Arizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 years
NATIONAL JURIST — Sylvester joined ASU in 2002 as an associate professor, then quickly rose through the ranks to become a full professor, then associate dean for faculty research and development in 2008 before being appointed dean. He ended up being one the longest-tenured deans in the history of the school and helped transform it in…
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UBNOW — Johnniel Morales has a clear, powerful statement about how UB’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program, an immersive summer program for promising underrepresented students, changed his life. It’s about “admiring the value of my potential and the diversity that surrounds me as an opportunity to reflect and rebuild over the things that were seen as…
Read More about A look at University at Buffalo Law’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program for underrepresented studentsFordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program
FORDHAM LAW NEWSFordham Law School announced today that its Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) program launched this week when program participants were welcomed to campus. The program aims to expand opportunities for first-year law students from historically underrepresented backgrounds including underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, LGBTQ, and first-generation college backgrounds.
Read More about Fordham Law launches Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) programGeorgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the school
WABE — The first Black woman to lead the Georgia State College of Law says every institution of higher education should put its students at the center of everything that institution does. “Our faculty and staff here at the college of law work really closely with our students to prepare them for what they will get out…
Read More about Georgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the schoolPenn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journals
PENN LAW — In the Spring of 2021, Jessica Rizzo L’21 published “Federal Architecture and First Amendment Limits” in the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts and “The Children’s Hour: Climate Change, Law, and the Family” was published in the Hastings Environmental Law Journal. Rizzo’s third recent publication was “Flesh and Bone: Theater, Copyright, and the…
Read More about Penn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journalsGift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko Scholarship
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — In honor of the 100th anniversary of McQuaide Blasko in 2021 and to honor the service and career of John Blasko – who has given generously to Penn State over the years – the firm has pledged an additional $100,000 to the John W. Blasko Scholarship at Dickinson Law.
Read More about Gift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko ScholarshipRutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school students
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — While some high school students have spent their summer by the pool, a group of ambitious would-be law students learned the virtues of a career in law through a new Rutgers summer academy offered by the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Rutgers Law School led the two-week, Pre-College…
Read More about Rutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school studentsUniversity of Virginia Law Litigation Clinic wins appeal
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — Members of the University of Virginia School of Law community have recently been singled out for excellence. Among the accolades, the Richmond, Virginia-based Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an Appellate Litigation Clinicclient on June 21.
Read More about University of Virginia Law Litigation Clinic wins appealWillamette Law partners with Western Oregon University on direct admission program
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — This program admits WOU undergraduate students and alumni who meet certain academic credentials to Willamette Law and gives each student a $10,000 scholarship, renewable each year the student is enrolled at Willamette Law and remains in good standing.
Read More about Willamette Law partners with Western Oregon University on direct admission programStudents struggle to find affordable housing amid rising rents
USA Today — Uncertainty around colleges reopening this fall led many students to delay their housing decisions. Now, they are struggling to find a place to live weeks before classes start, according to a survey from Realtor.com, a digital real estate site.
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