Pepperdine Law names alumna as new Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs
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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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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WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY – Attorney Luis Roberto Vera was honored by the Mexican Government and given the 2017 Ohtli Award for his work against SB4 the contentious “sanctuary cities” law in Texas.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL – Christopher Wray ’92 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the next Director of the FBI on August 1, 2017.
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GAINESVILLE SUN – The fellowship, from September until August 2019, will allow Saco to help migrant and seasonal farm workers in Florida gain access to affordable, safe and sanitary housing.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Anderson Phillips ’17 represented a young man who sought to set aside a conviction for violating North Carolina’s HIV control measures.
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SIOUX CITY JOURNAL – Stephanie Parry will be sworn in as a district associate judge in Iowa’s 3rd Judicial District.
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY – Zane Johnson, a 2016 graduate of the Beasley School of Law, wanted to become a lawyer to help bring social change.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF LAW – Alexander Engelkamp, ’17, won the 2017 Sidney M. Perlstadt Memorial Award in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel’s Thirteenth Annual Employee Benefits Writing Competition.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – UNM School of Law former Dean and Professor Emeritus Ted Parnall (`67) recounts his upbringing, more than three decades at the law school, and international work in a very personal memoir.
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