India Supreme Court judge calls for improvements in quality of legal education
BUSINESS STANDARD – Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra today stressed on the need to improve the quality of legal education in India and said Bar Council of India should look into it.
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LEGAL BUSINESS – The latest Annual Statistics Report from the Law Society concludes that the legal profession in England and Wales is on course to have more female solicitors with practising certificates than men by 2017.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Mitchell Hamline administrators and faculty met with a delegation of Chinese higher education officials Tuesday, April 26.
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PR NEWSWIRE– USC Gould School of Law is launching a new certificate in U.S. Legal Studies, a two-year program that allows Middle East students to spend one year developing English skills before beginning their LL.M. program.
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – NIU Law hosted an anniversary dinner for alumni, faculty, staff and current students, marking the longtime relationship and exchange program with the Université Bordeaux-Montesquieu in Agen, France.
Read More about Northern Illinois Law celebrates 20 years of international exchange with French universityLaw students gain human rights legal experience through study abroad programs
THE NATIONAL JURIST – Upcoming study abroad programs concentrated in human rights offer experiences that universities say law students just can’t get while in the U.S.
Read More about Law students gain human rights legal experience through study abroad programsUniversity of New Mexico Law student helps prosecute war crimes through internship at U.N.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Last fall, Krista Garcia (’16) worked with colleagues from all over the world to help prosecute genocide and war crimes.
Read More about University of New Mexico Law student helps prosecute war crimes through internship at U.N.Duke Law receives international gift for endowed professorship
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The gift establishes the David T. Zhang Professorship, the first faculty position created with the assistance of matching gift support from The Duke Endowment, launching the Duke Law Faculty Endowment Challenge.
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VTDIGGER.ORG – Vermont Law School and the Environmental Conservation Department of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry of Myanmar recently signed an agreement intended to foster cooperation on environmental governance and climate change issues.
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DISRUPT AFRICA – All of a sudden, there is genuine momentum around Africa’s legal-tech space, with Nigerian startup DIYlaw at the forefront of the movement.
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