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Incubator Program Prepares Law Graduates for Successful Solo Practice
The Law Entrepreneurs for Access Program (LEAP) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is a year-long incubator program that provides advanced legal and business training to JD students who want to run successful solo practices.
Current Issues in Legal Education
The Demand for Legal Education: The Long View
Deborah M. Hussey Freeland, Research Fellow at the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession, examines available data on the total number of law school applicants, including long-term economic and demographic trends in the demand for legal education.
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UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh creates ‘Free Speech Rules’ video series for K-12 students
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh, one of the nation’s leading experts on free speech and First Amendment law, has launched a series of short, animated videos for explaining modern constitutional law issues in clear, concise and often humorous terms for K-12 students.
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2018 UCLA Law entrepreneur contest winners ready environmental project for market
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — A team of UCLA law students won $70,000 in seed funding for their company Mote in UCLA Law’s LMI-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs. UCLA Law alumnus Marc Kennedy ’18 is working with a new partner and using last year’s win as a launch pad to success.
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UC Irvine Law student Michaela Posner elected to ABA Board of Governors
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law student Michaela Posner ’21 was elected this April to be the Law Student At-Large on the ABA Board of Governors for the 2019-2020 year. Posner will join the Law Student Division Council and also be a voting member of the ABA Board of Governors and ABA House of Delegates.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 2019 Valerie Gordon Lecture Featuring Alfred Brownell - Northeastern University School of Law - April 17, 2019
- 10th Annual Empirical Health Law Conference - Boston University School of Law - April 19, 2019
- Rising Stars: A New Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice - DePaul University College of Law - April 25-26, 2019
- Artificial Intelligence: Thinking About Law, Law Practice, and Legal Education - Duquesne University School of Law - April 26-27, 2019
- Ensuring Equal Access to Justice in Maine’s Rural Communities - University of Maine School of Law - April 26-27, 2019
- Food Policy and Climate Change - University of Connecticut School of Law - April 26, 2019
- Let’s Settle This: Tips and Techniques for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Mississippi - Mississippi College School of Law - April 26, 2019
- Online Learning and the Future of Legal Education - Syracuse University College of Law - April 26, 2019
- Democracy, Religion, and the Marketplace - University of Virginia School of Law - May 2-3, 2019
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable? - University of Colorado Law School - May 3, 2019