Brooklyn Law School alumna wins top prize for legal writing from national scholarship foundation
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Leanne Welds ’14 has been awarded the 2014 Brown Award by The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation for her paper “Giving Local Municipalities the Power to Affect the National Securities Market.” The Brown Award recognizes excellence in legal writing in American law schools.
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LGBT WEEKLY – Three longstanding LGBT legal activists will be honored by the American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with its third annual Stonewall Award during a ceremony on Feb. 6, 2016, at the ABA Midyear Meeting in San Diego.
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – In recognition of his passion and commitment to advocating for people in need, Baylor Law alumnus and 2002 recipient of Baylor’s Lawyer of the Year Award, John Eddie Williams Jr. (JD ’78), was honored as the second recipient of the Joseph D. Jamail Award for Justice, presented by Aid to…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – Recently, the City of Chicago made history when it passed the reparations ordinance, the first of its kind legislature to address police brutality in the country. Shubra Ohri ’12 helped push support for this reform.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – In September 2014, she brought her vision to live by starting her own non-profit organization, the International Coalition for the Eradication of Hunger & Abuse (ICEHA).
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – Johanna Torsone ’75 was recently named in a list of the top 15 most influential Women HR Leaders in the country by Human Resource Executive.
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CHARLESTON CITY PAPER – For those who make too much money to qualify for free legal services, but still can’t quite find the money to hire an attorney, there was no place to go for help. Recognizing this need in the community, Newman founded Charleston Legal Access, the first nonprofit, sliding-scale law firm in the…
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WIBW (KANSAS) – The Kansas Supreme Court announced today that it has appointed Douglas T. Shima to be clerk of the appellate courts at the judicial center in Topeka.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – President Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick B. Garland to be the nation’s 113th Supreme Court justice, choosing a centrist appellate judge who could reshape the court for a generation and become the face of a bitter election-year confirmation struggle.
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TULSA BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS – A strong alumni base is important for any college or university, but it’s especially imperative for smaller private colleges and universities such as The University of Tulsa College of Law.
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