Gift to USC Gould Law establishes scholarship for first-generation students
YAHOO! FINANCE — The University of Southern California Gould School of Law today announced a generous $1 million gift from USC Gould alumnus and tax law attorney David Howard (JD 1970) and his wife, Susan, to establish a new scholarship with positive consideration given to USC Gould students who self-identify as the first in their…
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WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — On Sept. 3, WMU-Cooley Law School students Dalton Dennis and Jalitza Serrano were presented with WMU-Cooley’s Alumni Distinguished Student Award during the law school’s Tampa Bay campus Honors Convocation.
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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — Just over seven years ago, IAALS launched Law Jobs: By the Numbers, an effort to provide a new perspective on law school rankings.
Read More about Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System to cease law jobs tool for prospective law studentsFlorida Supreme Court announces supervised practice program for law graduates amid bar exam delays
THE GAINESVILLE SUN — The state Supreme Court on Monday released a supervised-practice program for law school graduates who have been unable to take the Florida Bar exam amid the coronavirus pandemic, but critics said the program doesn’t go far enough.
Read More about Florida Supreme Court announces supervised practice program for law graduates amid bar exam delaysA look at the UConn Law Asylum and Human Rights Clinic
UCONN TODAY — She traces it back to her second year when she participated in the school’s Asylum and Human Rights Clinic. She and another student got the chance to represent a woman who had fled from her home in Honduras.
Read More about A look at the UConn Law Asylum and Human Rights ClinicQuinnipiac Law hosts virtual graduation
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — The School of Law Class of 2020 was urged to live their professional oath every day through their actions and service to their communities.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law hosts virtual graduationLaw graduates express concern over in-person Alaska Bar Exam
ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA — With coronavirus on the upswing, a group of recent law school graduates say it’s too risky to sit indoors for the Bar exam. They’re asking the Alaska Supreme Court to allow applicants to practice law without taking the two-day proctored test.
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THE BALTIMORE SUN — Maryland law school deans and recent graduates are calling on the state’s highest court to waive the bar exam for new lawyers, citing concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about Maryland law deans and law graduates urge state court of appeals to temporarily adopt diploma privilegeNALP Report: 2019 law graduates land highest employment rate in 12 years
BLOOMBERG LAW — The last law school graduating class before the coronavirus pandemic notched a near record high employment rate, a new report found, but it warned that the virus is likely to squelch similar outcomes in the coming years.
Read More about NALP Report: 2019 law graduates land highest employment rate in 12 yearsUC Irvine Law graduate Olivia Meme wins Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Olivia Meme, a UCI Law 2020 graduate, was announced as the winner of the 2020 Academy for Justice and Arizona State Law Journal: The Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition for her entry “The Unkindness of Fate: Why Atkins v. Virginia Demands an Extension to Capital Defendants with a…
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