Fordham Law professor James Brudney explores essential worker pay gap
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor James Brudney was quoted in a USA Today article examining the wages made by essential workers during the pandemic.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — International students admitted to the University of Houston Law Center or prospective law students can brush up on legal language, oral communications and other skills as part of a custom-created online course being conducted by the UH Language and Culture Center. The English as an Additional Language Certificate course will…
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CONCORD MONITOR — All graduations are unusual right now but Friday’s law school graduation in Concord was unusual for two reasons: It was online for the first time, and for the 13th time it turned students into lawyers without having to take the two-day bar exam.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL –Bringing together commercial and legal innovation, the DIPTC is enabling entrepreneurial enterprises to maximize value from their IP, and helping budding lawyers future-proof their careers, through exposure to the advanced tech tools that are increasingly essential in IP work. The DIPTC joined forces with CPA Global to provide students…
Read More about Penn Law clinic provides students access to patent data and analytic toolsPenn Law professor Edward B. Shils coauthors article on the use of artificial intelligence in courts
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In “AI in Adjudication and Administration,” forthcoming in the Brooklyn Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science Cary Coglianese and co-author Lavi M. Ben Dor L’20 survey and assess the use of artificial intelligence in courts and administrative agencies…
Read More about Penn Law professor Edward B. Shils coauthors article on the use of artificial intelligence in courtsA look at Penn Law’s 2020 public interest fellowship programs
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Through three rigorous and competitive fellowship programs — Project-Based Fellowships, Catalyst Fellows, and the LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship — the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is supporting a historic number of JD and LLM grads to launch public interest careers to serve communities in need.
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UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — With the support of John and Sue Morrison, the law school launched its pilot program in 2014, originally called the Access to Justice Fellowships program. It supported five graduates in the program (through 2018) and of those five, three transitioned into permanent public service employment. Kate and Jack Helms sponsored a…
Read More about A look at University of St. Thomas Law’s Access to Justice Fellowship ProgramSMU Dedman Law launches COVID-19 legal helpline for North Texas residents
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning June 1, SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a clinic project with an emergency helpline that offers North Texas residents the opportunity to secure free legal assistance with matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as housing, immigration and consumer protection.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Crystal Shin ’10 will step down as director of the Program in Law and Public Service to direct a new University of Virginia School of Law clinic. The clinic, which starts this spring and has yet to be formally named, will focus on holistic juvenile defense.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Crystal Shin to direct clinic on juvenile defenseUniversity of Virginia Law professor Cynthia Nicoletti receives Student Council Distinguished Teaching Award
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Cynthia Nicoletti, a legal historian and professor of law at the University of Virginia, has been named a recipient of the UVA Student Council Distinguished Teaching Award.
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