UCLA Law LL.M program graduates from Africa take up case in South Africa

March 10, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Law-Sonke Health and Human Rights Fellowship has brought 11 lawyers from South Africa and neighboring countries to Westwood to specialize in public interest law.

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ASU Law establishes scholarship for outstanding minority law students through endowment

March 6, 2017

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY – The Honorable Cecil B. Patterson Scholarship Endowment will be announced at a celebration and scholarship reception.

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Two Iowa lawyers share experiences, challenges with starting a solo practice

March 6, 2017

GAZETTE – Young lawyers starting out usually can’t afford to open a private practice because of the crushing law school debt they face after graduating. But some find a way.

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University of Chicago Law alumna named new chief of staff to Secretary of State

February 21, 2017

CHICAGO MAROON – A University of Chicago Law School alum will be Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s new chief of staff.

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Wrongly convicted ex-inmate turned innocence project advocate with law degree from Loyola Chicago Law

February 21, 2017

CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN – Adams is one of nearly 200 people the Innocence Project has freed since it was founded in 1992 — and one of only three exonerees who have become lawyers.

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Three Harvard Law students, two graduates awarded Skadden Fellowships

February 21, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Five Harvard Law School students and recent graduates have been awarded Skadden Fellowships to support their work in public service.

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Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds block on travel ban Executive Order

February 13, 2017

ABC NEWS – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to reinstate the order blocked last week by U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle.

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A history of the U.S. Supreme Court nominees and their legal education

February 13, 2017

VOA – Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s choice for the United States Supreme Court, has something in common with the court’s current members.

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Harvard Law School alumnus Neil M. Gorsuch nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

February 6, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Neil M. Gorsuch, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, is President Donald Trump’s pick as the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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