Brooklyn Law alumnus Patrick Taurel named 2018 Young Lawyer Award by American Immigration Lawyers Association

July 2, 2018

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law alumnus Patrick Taurel ’10 has been named the 2018 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). The award recognizes Taurel’s outstanding contributions as a young lawyer in the field of immigration and nationality law.

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University of Mississippi appoints JD alumna Erica McKinley as general counsel

July 2, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Mississippi has appointed Erica McKinley (JD 1998) as general counsel. McKinley, former chief operating officer for the National Basketball Players Association, is an attorney with nearly 20 years of global legal experience in the private and public sector.

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SMU Law pressents Kathleen LaValle with Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service

July 2, 2018

JACKSON WALKER — Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law recognized Kathleen LaValle with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service. The Jackson Walker attorney dedicated herself to Dallas CASA, a nonprofit that provides advocacy for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect.

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Former attorney uses influencer marketing to launch career in fashion

July 2, 2018

FORBES — Australian native Rachel Zeilic, who received her LLB from the University of Technology, Sydney, is now VP of Influencer and Talent Relations at Clique. She is the creative mastermind of brands such as Stylestalker, The Jet Diaries, and Majorelle.

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American University Washington College of Law alumni named recipients of National Bar Association’s 2018 Best Advocates Under 40

June 20, 2018

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Two AUWCL alumni, Judge Zuberi Williams ’03 and Alex Johnson ’05, have been named recipients of the National Bar Association’s 2018 “40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates” awards.

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Law graduates from the class of 2013 share stories about the job market at the time

June 4, 2018

THE INDIANA LAWYER — Nine months after graduation, just 57 percent of the Class of 2013 had full-time, long-term J.D.-required jobs, and 11.2 percent were unemployed and looking for work. The data was collected by the American Bar Association and included jobs that were funded by law schools.

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Wayne Law graduate leads marketing efforts at Dickinson Wright law firm

May 30, 2018

LEGAL NEWS — Wayne State University Law alumna Christian Chen now serves as marketing director for Dickinson Wright, one of Detroit’s most prominent law firms.

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William & Mary Law alumni now at helm of both U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Virginia

May 30, 2018

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Both of Virginia’s U.S. Attorney’s Offices are now led by William & Mary Law alumni: Zachary Terwilliger J.D. ’07 as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and Thomas T. Cullen J.D. ‘04 as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.

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Notre Dame Law graduate creates software for the legal profession

May 21, 2018

THE INDIANA LAWYER — Notre Dame Law graduate Jason Boehmig ’12 co-founded Ironclad that creates software for the legal profession. The 36-year-old attorney-turned entrepreneur regularly returns to Notre Dame to teach a legal technology course to law students.

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Texas Lawyer spotlights University of Houston Law Center alums who founded non-profit law firm

May 15, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Texas Lawyer recently featured two newly-minted attorneys, MacKenzie Dunham ’17 and Doug Evans ’17,  from the University of Houston Law Center who saw a great need for low-cost legal services and set about to fill the gap with a no-frills, non-profit law firm.  

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