UCLA Law visionary alumna Martine Rothblatt awarded prestigious UCLA Medal
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law alumna Martine Rothblatt was presented Jan. 11 with the UCLA Medal, the highest campus honor. Rothblatt is a lawyer, medical ethicist, futurist, pilot, triathlete, parent and world-changing technologist.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law alumnus Ian Deady ’17 is in the midst of a yearlong fellowship with the Santa Ana-based Veterans Legal Institute thanks in large part to the Nicholas Endowment, who are generously funding the fellowship.
Read More about UC Irvine Law alumnus receives funding from Nicolas Endowment to pursue yearlong fellowshipBerkeley 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.
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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.
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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.
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