Legal community rallies around Yale Law graduate denied bar admission for teenage indiscretions

September 5, 2017

YALE NEWS – Betts’ story has attracted national attention and sparked a public debate about the equity of the U.S. criminal justice system.

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Harvard Law’s David Wilkins named to ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Education

August 29, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – David Wilkins ’80, the Lester Kissel Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has been named to the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Future of Legal Education.

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Recent Case Western Reserve Law graduate wins regional bankruptcy law award

August 29, 2017

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Yamane is the 2017 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar Distinguished Law Student.

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Largest ever group of black UC Berkeley Law students, alumni secure federal clerkships

August 21, 2017

DAILY CALIFORNIAN – 11 Black Berkeley Law students and alumni secured federal judicial clerkships this year, the highest known number of clerkships obtained by the school’s Black students and graduates in a single application cycle.

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Penn Law graduate awarded postgraduate fellowship to work with Southern Poverty Law Center’s Special Litigation Practice Group

August 21, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL – David Washington L’15 has been named the Penn Law Civil Rights Fellow, a new, two-year, postgraduate fellowship created by Penn Law and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Illinois Law alumnus named president-elect of National Bar Association

August 21, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW – Juan Thomas ’96 has been selected as the President of the National Bar Association.

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John Marshall Law adjunct professor knighted for contributions to France

August 14, 2017

FOREX TV – John Marshall graduate and Adjunct Professor Lynne Ostfeld (’85) was presented with the French National Order of Merit in recognition of her many contributions to France.

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Pepperdine Law names alumna as new Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs

August 14, 2017

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Sophia Hamilton joined the Pepperdine Law faculty on August 1 as Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs and Adjunct Professor for Academic Success and Bar Preparation.

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Yale Law graduate faces additional hurdle to bar approval due to criminal record

August 14, 2017

ABA JOURNAL – Reginald Dwayne Betts, 36, passed the state bar exam in February but now must, by “clear and convincing evidence,” prove his rehabilitation to a panel of judges on the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee.

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