University of Houston Law Center professor presented at the 2018 World Congress on Justice for Children
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston law professor Ellen Marrus attended the 2018 World Congress on Justice for Children in Paris. She gave a presentation on holistic lawyering and the necessity of collaboration.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center professor presented at the 2018 World Congress on Justice for ChildrenHarvard Law professors participate in legal cultural exchange with French law school
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School professors traveled to France in June to teach at the eighth annual Intensive Doctoral Week (IDW) at the law school of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris.
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CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — At the International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition in Nuremberg, Germany, students, jurists and academics from more than 50 countries participate. This year, a second year law student from Creighton was awarded “best speaker” in the overall competition.
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UA NEWS — In a new program developed jointly by the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and the Mexican Foreign Ministry (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores), Mexican diplomats are learning the foundations of American law.
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School created an initiative that aims to contribute to legal education reform in Iraqi Kurdistan through designing legal curricula that emphasize critical thinking and legal skills development.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Transnational Environmental Accountability project will focus on strategies for holding multinational companies accountable for harm caused by their activities in developing countries.
Read More about University of Maryland Carey Law launches transnational environmental accountability projectCanadian Supreme Court rules law societies can deny law school accreditation over discrimination
CTV NEWS — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on June 15th that law societies have the right to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at a Christian university.
Read More about Canadian Supreme Court rules law societies can deny law school accreditation over discriminationWinners of the Global Legal Hackathon announced
ABA JOURNAL — The Global Legal Hackathon announced its winners on April 21 in New York City. Competitors were broken into two categories, those that were focused on the business and practice of law and those that worked to build access to justice and government solutions for the public.
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LEGAL CHEEK — Top law firms and Russell Group universities have thrown support behind a brand new lawtech incubator, which has been launched by Barclays and the Law Society.
Read More about Barclays and U.K. law firms launch legal tech hubLaw school in Liverpool, England set to close
LEGAL CHEEK — BPP Law School’s Liverpool centre will be closing this summer, Legal Cheek can reveal. Students will be compensated for the inconvenience of all this by way of reduced course fees.
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