Berkeley Law graduates receive top honors at Citation Award ceremony
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — During the Citation Award ceremony in San Francisco, Young Alumni Award winner Quyen Ta ’03, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award winner Robert Cooter, and Citation Award winner Noel Nellis ’66 all conveyed heartfelt admiration for Berkeley Law.
Read More about Berkeley Law graduates receive top honors at Citation Award ceremonyArkansas Law student named public policy fellow from Squire Patton Boggs Foundation
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Arkansas Law 3L student Katie Rose Martin has bee named a Public Policy Fellow from the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation. Martin will be mentored by Arkansas Law alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater ’80, who is a partner of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C.
Read More about Arkansas Law student named public policy fellow from Squire Patton Boggs FoundationArizona Law alumna combines water policy background with environmental law
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — During her time at Arizona Law, Mia Hammersley ’18 participated in the Tribal Justice Clinic and the newly launched Natural Resource Use & Management Clinic. After graduation, Hammersley heads to Washington D.C. to work as a legal fellow at Earthjustice.
Read More about Arizona Law alumna combines water policy background with environmental lawTulane Law alumna Judy Martinez named president-elect of ABA
TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane Law alumna Judy Perry Martinez ’82 became the president-elect of the American Bar Association earlier this week at the organization’s annual meeting in Chicago. Martinez, who is an attorney with the New Orleans firm of Simon, Peragine, Smith and Redfearn, will lead the nation’s largest professional legal organization beginning in 2019.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane 3L student Coleman Torrans has won the Burton Award honoring the finest legal writers around the country. Torrans won for his article, “How Did They Know That? Cell Site Simulators and the Secret Invasion of Privacy.
Read More about Tulane Law student wins Burton Award for outstanding legal writingThomas Jefferson Law alumnus named KPBS Community Hero
THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW — Deputy Public Defender Steve Binder ’84, who co-founded a game-changing court program that helps homeless individuals get back on their feet and leave the streets, has been named a Community Hero by KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution Center.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW — Thomas Jefferson Law alumnus Lee Vernon, who began practicing law in January 2015, references the law school’s Center for Solo Practitioners during an interview on a podcast hosted by Unbundled Attorney. Vernon also gives credit to the director of the incubator program, Professor Lilys McCoy.
Read More about Thomas Jefferson Law student interviewed on podcast by Unbundled AttorneyTexas A&M Law Clinic attorney, alumna, student awarded for pro bono service
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M Law Legal Clinics staff attorney Lynn Rodriguez ’04, alumna Ola Campbell ’15, and 3L student Katherine Hawkins all received Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans Pro Bono Awards at the Tarrant County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Awards Luncheon.
Read More about Texas A&M Law Clinic attorney, alumna, student awarded for pro bono serviceTemple Law student receives Equal Justice Works fellowship
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Tracie Johnson ’18 is a recipient of the 2018 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. Johnson will be hosted at Community Legal Services Inc., where she will represent and advocate for young women of color with criminal records to increase access to meaningful employment opportunities and fight intergenerational poverty.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse Law student Samantha Pallini ’18—along with her colleagues in the ABA Law Student Division Pro Bono Caucus—is hoping that her resolution encouraging all 50 states to implement similar scholar programs will pass the House of Delegates at the ABA Annual Meeting.
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