Fordham Law to host federal judge Laura Taylor Swain for diploma ceremony address
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Laura Taylor Swain, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, will serve as the graduation speaker at Fordham Law School’s 115th diploma ceremony on Monday, May 23.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School’s Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics is designed to cultivate the next generation of public interest lawyers through academic and specialized discussion series, mentorships, and volunteer work with public interest organizations. Selected students with a demonstrated commitment to public interest participate in the academic and…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On April 6, students and members of the Fordham Law community gathered together to discuss progressive prosecution and criminal justice reform for the Spring 2022 Dialogue Day. The event was the fifth in an ongoing series, which began in 2020 to provide a forum for Fordham Law students and faculty to exchange information…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — After making it to the top seed of competition this spring, Brendan Moore Trial Advocates Ashley Abrankian ’22, Alejandro De La Torre ’22, Haley Griffin ’22, and Sophie Roytblat ’22 emerged as champions of the 14th Annual Capitol City Challenge.
Read More about Fordham Law trial advocacy team wins mock trial competitionHarvard Law student J.V. Langkilde discusses how his family and upbringing inspires his legal aspirations
HARVARD LAW TODAY — For J.V. Langkilde ’22, it’s all about community. “Growing up in American Samoa, I lived near a lot of family,” he says. “We had a plot of land where my mother and her children, her brother and his children, and their sister and their children, all lived. That’s pretty typical for Samoan families…
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INDIA EDUCATION DIARY — Together, the MIT Press and Harvard Law School Library announce the launch of the “Open Casebook” series. Leveraging free and open texts created and updated by distinguished legal scholars, the series offers high-quality yet affordable printed textbooks for use in law teaching across the country, tied to online access to the…
Read More about Harvard Law Library partners with MIT Press to offer affordable law textbooksHarvard Law student Jackson Beard discusses her aspirations in international law
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Jackson Beard ’22 has known she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 14 — and she can recall the exact moment that set her on her path to Harvard Law School and her future career.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I — Leilani Carrero says her scholarship donors have not only made it possible for her to attend the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa – William S. Richardson School of Law, they have broadened her outlook: “The mentors who provide these scholarships, they show you a world you didn’t know existed and they…
Read More about Video: University of Hawai’i Law student Leilani Carrero discusses the importance of scholarships to law studentsIndiana University McKinney Law Civil Practice Clinic files amicus brief in expungement case
IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in IU McKinney Professor Carrie Hagan’s Civil Practice Clinic have been granted permission to file an amicus brief in yet another expungement appeals case,
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law Civil Practice Clinic files amicus brief in expungement caseLewis & Clark Law professor Robert Klonoff named co-author of Federal Practice and Procedure
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Noted national expert in class action law, Professor Robert Klonoff, has been named as a co-author of the Wright & Miller treatise, Federal Practice and Procedure. The treatise is one of the most respected and frequently cited legal texts in the country.
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