Fordham Law clinicians Bernice Grant and Ian Weinstein honored for excellence in clinical teaching

May 24, 2022

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Two of Fordham Law’s clinicians were recently recognized for their contributions to clinical teaching work and accomplishments at the Law School. Bernice Grant, senior director of Fordham Law’s Entrepreneurial Program and the founding director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (ELC), was named this year’s winner of the Association of American Law…

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Fordham Law hosts LatinoJustice president Lourdes Rosado for discussion with Latin American Law Students Association

May 24, 2022

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On April 7, LatinoJustice President and General Counsel Lourdes Rosado spoke with Fordham’s Latin American Law Students Association and other members of the Law School community about her career as a lawyer and her organization’s recent successes and initiatives.

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Fordham Law expands peer clerkship programming and initiatives

May 24, 2022

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — At the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) launched a student leadership initiative—the Peer Clerkship Council (PCC). The development of this vehicle for student leadership was a natural next step in year two for the CJEC’s clerkship-side as Professor Daniel Capra and Assistant Dean…

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George Washington Law celebrates class of 2022

May 24, 2022

THE GW HATCHET — GW Law honored its graduating class of 2022 in the Smith Center Sunday. Officials congratulated the graduating seniors, among the 3,000-person crowd, for their accomplishments during their time at law school.

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A profile on recent Georgia State University Law graduate Dagem Araya

May 24, 2022

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — “Law has historically lacked diversity, and it oftentimes can be quite apparent even in modern times. I have worked at firms where I have been the only person of color, as well as firms where the majority of the staff and attorneys are people of color, and I have definitely noted…

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University of Hawai’i Law building earns energy efficiency certification

May 24, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I NEWS — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law clinical building has attained official Gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

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Recent Howard Law graduate Teeanna Brisco discusses how her father inspired her path to the legal profession

May 24, 2022

YAHOO!NEWS — The first time Teeanna Brisco saw her father after he was released from prison was just before her law school graduation, when she picked him up from the airport. Bernard Brisco had been imprisoned for 20 years for non-violent drug crimes, sentenced in 2001 for selling cocaine. His daughter was just four years old.

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Gift to Howard Law will support endowed chair in honor of civil rights activist Vernon Jordan

May 24, 2022

HOWARD UNIVERSITY THE DIG — Philanthropists Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault have donated $2 million to Howard University in memory of their longtime friend and mentor, the late Vernon Jordan, to support an endowed chair at the School of Law. The gift for the Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Esq., Endowed Chair will be made to support…

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IIT Chicago-Kent Law professor Daniel Martin Katz co-authors paper on teaching artificial intelligence legalese

May 24, 2022

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — When it comes to teaching machines how to understand and utilize language, it turns out that the more legalese that they know, the better, according to a new paper co-authored by Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor and Law Lab Director Daniel Martin Katz.

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University of Kansas Law celebrates class of 2022 graduates at commencement

May 24, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — The University of Kansas School of Law honored graduates in the Class of 2022 at a hooding ceremony May 14. During the ceremony, 11 graduates received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community.

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