Bar Council of India announces plan to crack down on fake law colleges

February 21, 2017

NEW INDIAN EXPRESS – To revamp the legal education system, the Bar Council of India has planned to crack down on fake colleges operating across the country.

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UVA Law students volunteer at women’s clinic in Tanzania

February 21, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – Members of the Black Law Students Association at the University of Virginia School of Law recently reported on their 12-day winter break service trip to the East African nation of Tanzania.

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Southwestern Law School to offer dual LL.M degree program with Indian law school

February 21, 2017

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL – Southwestern has partnered with the Jindal Global Law School in India to offer an 18-month dual LL.M. degree program.

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Lawyers rush to airports to help those affected by immigration ban

February 6, 2017

NEW YORK TIMES – The lawyers who heeded the call were at about a dozen airports around the country.

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Yale Law’s Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic helps secures victory for detained immigrants

February 6, 2017

YALE LAW SCHOOL – This order resulted from an action filed by the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School on behalf of a class of people being unlawfully denied entry into the United States.

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Yale Law students help extend court order prohibiting U.S. government from deporting individuals

February 6, 2017

YALE DAILY NEWS – After pressure from a Yale Law School team, a federal judge extended a court order prohibiting the United States government from deporting individuals

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Canadian law students assist travelers denied entry to U.S.

February 6, 2017

CBC NEWS – Recent law school graduates and students from McGill University are volunteering their services at Montreal’s airport to get an Iranian PhD student into the United States.

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Antigua and Barbuda to conduct feasibility study for establishing a law school

February 6, 2017

JAMAICA GLEANER – Antigua and Barbuda is considering establishing a law school and will conduct a feasibility study towards that end.

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University of Georgia Law launches international law colloquium speaker series

February 1, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW – The University of Georgia School of Law will bring several international law scholars to Athens this spring to share their latest research as part of the revival of the school’s International Law Colloquium Series.

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