Drexel Law Professor Amy Boss leads seminars at women entrepreneurship summit in Cairo, Egypt

April 8, 2019

DREXEL LAW — Trustee Professor of Law Amy Boss led three seminars at the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Summit II, hosted by the School of Business at American University in Cairo.

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Florida International University Law receives AccessLex grant for pre-law diversity program

April 8, 2019

SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN NEWS — Florida International University College of Law has been awarded a $124,850 grant by the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence to launch a new pre-law initiative, the Path to the Legal Profession

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz vows to investigate Yale Law over non-discrimination policy applied to summer fellowships

April 8, 2019

NEW HAVEN REGISTER — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is threatening legal action against Yale Law School over an email from Dean Heather Gerken stating that students would not be supported financially if they interned at organizations that discriminate against LGBTQ people.

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University of Washington Law alumnus to receive Odegaard Award

April 5, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW– The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez ’80, Chief United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, is the 2018 recipient of the University of Washington Charles E. Odegaard Award. Martinez is the first Latino judge to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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UVA Law alumnus born deaf, excels toward legal career

April 5, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law alumnus Campbell Sode has already done much to distinguish himself through the language of the law. As an accomplished legal writer and researcher, Sode will be among a relative handful of deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers who practice in the United States.

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UVA Law alumnus mediates on privilege

April 5, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law student Joe Charlet is set to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law on May 20. Charlet is African-American, gay and was orphaned as a child. After graduation, Charlet will join the law firm Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.

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UVA Law alumnus Robert F. Kennedy spearheaded effort to desegregate a major speaking event

April 5, 2019

UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumnus Robert F. Kennedy ’51 helped convince University of Virginia’s leadership to desegregate a major speaking event for Nobel Prize winner Ralph Bunche. Kennedy was serving in his third year as president of the Student Legal Forum, a venerated organization that invites speakers to comment on topics of the day.

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UVA Law alumna shares her law school experience, pioneering book on sexual harassment

April 5, 2019

UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumna Linda Gordon Howard ’73 was the first black student and the first female student to become the law school’s student council president. After establishing her career in public service and academia, she went on to write a book on how to prevent another #MeToo — before the movement even

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UVA Law alumnus looks back at founding group that started conversations about race

April 5, 2019

UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumnus Ted Small ’92 started a student group in 1989 to bridge racial divides. Small looks back on founding Students Unit­ed to Promote Racial Awareness, which started conversations about race at the law school.

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UVA Law alumnus reflects on successful career, advancement in public interest

April 5, 2019

UVA LAWYER — UVA Law alumnus and now-retired corporate counsel Alfonso Carney Jr. ’74 views his successful career and subsequent public service as stemming from debts of gratitude he owes — to friends, family members, mentors and institutions who helped him along the way.

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