Richmond Law faculty and alumni reflect on the 10th anniversary of pro bono center
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Alumni and faculty of the University of Richmond School of Law recollect on the history and discuss the impact of the Carrico Center for Pro Bono and Public Service as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The Carrico Center has launched more than a dozen programs aimed at serving specific community needs.…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in the Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans and recent Law School graduates played key roles in a class action litigation effort that won a court order on Tuesday, December 19, temporarily blocking the deportation of 92 Somali men and women.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UGA Law Professor and alumna Christine Scartz leads the Family Justice Clinic, which provides direct representation and legal support to low-income domestic violence victims. Under its current structure, Scartz and her staff represent 75-100 cases through direct representation each year.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Georgia Law alumnae, Mary S. Honeychurch and Samantha Kessler, received the State Bar of Georgia Law School Excellence in Access to Justice Awards.
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LAW.COM — The District of Columbia’s February bar exam is on track to take place as scheduled next month, after the prolonged partial government shutdown threw the test into uncertainty. The District of Columbia court system’s Committee of Admissions announced late Friday that the exam will take place Feb. 26 and 27.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Forty percent of the current Congress attended law school—54 percent of senators and 37 percent of House members have a law degree. Of the 535 members who make up the 116th Congress, 40 percent had attended law school.
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LAW.COM — A pair of prominent law firms are stepping up their efforts to recruit women and minority law students with programs they say are unlike any others now offered in Big Law.
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LAW.COM — Law graduates who expected to sit for the bar exam in the District of Columbia next month are in limbo, awaiting official word on whether the test will take place amid the partial shutdown of the federal government.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL — The ABA’s accreditation council is renewing a push to toughen requirements in the face of historically low passage rates for attorney-licensing exams. The proposal—to condition ABA accreditation on meeting a 75% bar-pass rate—will be back on the table this month at an ABA meeting.
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LAW.COM — A number of elite law schools have in recent months bolstered their Loan Repayment Assistance Programs for graduates who go into public interest and government law jobs. Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and New York University School of Law have since the summer announced improvements to their existing programs.
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