Lack of commercial awareness affects U.K. law students applying for legal positions
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.”
Read More about Lack of commercial awareness affects U.K. law students applying for legal positionsIreland creates new tendering competition for state legal services
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.
Read More about Ireland creates new tendering competition for state legal servicesOpinion: Kenyan law students need global exposure
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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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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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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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.
Read More about John Marshall Law School aids Syrian refugee family in housing caseU.K. to launch legal apprenticeships as an alternate route to pursue law without formal legal education
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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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…
Read More about How Canadian law schools are adjusting to the globalization of lawOpinion: Structured clinical legal education should be added to law colleges in India
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.
Read More about Opinion: Structured clinical legal education should be added to law colleges in IndiaAlbany Law receives grant for joint project to improve international health laws in the Middle East
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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