Lack of commercial awareness affects U.K. law students applying for legal positions

November 2, 2015

THE GUARDIAN – “In the world of legal graduate recruitment, commercial awareness is crucial. But the term can be confusing for those who are applying for training contracts and vacation schemes.”

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Ireland creates new tendering competition for state legal services

November 2, 2015

THE IRISH TIMES – A new system of tendering for legal services for all public bodies has been announced by Minister of State at the Department of Finance Simon Harris.

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Opinion: Kenyan law students need global exposure

November 2, 2015

ALL AFRICA – “Legal education is changing. Students need global exposure, and the world needs exposure to a different Africa, to that face of Africa beyond the wars and election chaos.”

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Indiana-Maurer Law Dean Austen Parrish visits Chinese law school

November 2, 2015

PEKING UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – The Dean of Indiana University Maurer School of Law Austen Parrish and Director of Indiana Gateway Center Steven Yu visited the Peking University Law School in the morning on October 21, 2015.

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Yale Law clinic contributes to investigation of Myanmar genocide

November 1, 2015

AL JAZEERA AMERICA – Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has uncovered what it says amounts to “strong evidence” of a genocide coordinated by the Myanmar government against the Rohingya people, according to an assessment by Yale University Law School.

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John Marshall Law School aids Syrian refugee family in housing case

November 1, 2015

GLOBENEWSWIRE – For many refugees, making it out of Syria often is not the end of a journey, but the beginning of a new life. A few John Marshall Law School students recently had the opportunity to help a refugee family in Chicago make their new lives in the United States a little less stressful.

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U.K. to launch legal apprenticeships as an alternate route to pursue law without formal legal education

October 27, 2015

THE GUARDIAN – Kicking off next September, UK’s new apprenticeship scheme will enable students to sign up straight from school to a five or six year programme of work-based learning and assessment that gives them the qualification of solicitor, without doing a university degree, the legal practice course (LPC) or a training contract.

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How Canadian law schools are adjusting to the globalization of law

October 27, 2015

CANADIAN LAWYER – “It’s one thing in a place like Calgary to see a massive industry like energy that is integrated on a continental basis. But when three small firm lawyers in a remote part of the country tell you that they conceive of their practice as “international law” well, that’s when it dawned on

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Opinion: Structured clinical legal education should be added to law colleges in India

October 27, 2015

BAR & BENCH – The Constitution of India recognizes the right of all citizens to secure justice. However, too many disadvantaged and poor citizens in India are denied access to justice. Simultaneously, law graduates lack analytical, research and drafting skills to compete in the job market and become highly skilled professionals.

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Albany Law receives grant for joint project to improve international health laws in the Middle East

October 26, 2015

UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY – The University at Albany’s Global Institute for Health and Human Rights (GIHHR), with distinguished faculty from UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice and Albany Law School, has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant to improve international health laws through human rights considerations.

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