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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.
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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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University of Cincinnati Law students gain international legal experience in Colombia
UC NEWS — In recent years, the University of Cincinnati’s College of Law successfully has forged friendships with important universities around the world. One of those partnerships is with the Pontificia Universidad de Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.
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UCLA Law Career Services Dean Elizabeth Moeller elected President of the National Association for Law Placement
UCLA LAW — Elizabeth Moeller, the assistant dean of career services at UCLA School of Law, was elected president of the National Association for Law Placement at the organization’s annual meeting in San Diego on April 12.
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UC Irvine Law Appellate Litigation Clinic wins First Amendment rights appeal
UCI LAW — UCI Law students in the Appellate Litigation Clinic won an important appeal implicating the First Amendment rights of prison journalists. 3L students Chaplin Carmichael and Samantha Abraham represented Kevin Sawyer, an award-winning prison journalist writing from San Quentin Prison.
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Upcoming Symposia at Member Schools
- 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
- 6th Annual USD Transfer Pricing Symposium - University of San Diego School of Law - May 9-10, 2019
- NSU Law Environmental Symposium - Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law - May 10, 2019
- ASIL-Southeast Journal Scholar Workshop - Washington & Lee University School of Law - May 13, 2019
- 38th Annual Federal Tax Institute - Chicago-Kent College of Law - May 16, 2019
- The Biennial Empire State Legal Writing Conference - New York Law School - May 17, 2019
- Fifth Annual Texas Tax Faculty Workshop - University of Houston Law Center - May 17, 2019
- 29th Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association - New York University School of Law - May 17-18, 2019
- Conference on Elder Abuse - UC Hastings College of Law - May 21, 2019