University of Maine Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic honored for recent report on Boston Asylum Office
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Maine School of Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC) recently received the 2022 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project.
Read More about University of Maine Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic honored for recent report on Boston Asylum OfficeUMass Law and Johnson & Wales University launch ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD degree program
UMASS LAW — Dartmouth (UMass Law) and Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Providence, RI have finalized an agreement for a joint 3+3 program that will enable JWU students to earn an undergraduate and law degree in six rather than seven years.
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THE GLORIDA BAR — The University of Miami School of Law won the “MVP Pro Bono Award” for matching the most students with its own alumni as part of The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2022 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge in April.
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MICHIGAN.GOV — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced new hires and promotions in the executive office’s legal and appointments divisions. Nick Bagley brings a wealth of experience to the executive office and I am confident that he will help us continue putting Michiganders first,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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FREE PRESS JOURNAL — A video went viral on social media in which Professor Frank Bowman, who had been teaching at Mizzou Law for 17 years, retired and left netizens in ‘awe’.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — In a continued effort to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff, leaders at Mitchell Hamline on Monday cut the ribbon on a new wellness center. “Law school for students and faculty and staff is necessarily and sometimes unnecessarily stressful,” said Professor Natalie Netzel ’15. “This is an investment for…
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REUTERS — The cost of preparing for and taking the bar exam places an unfair financial burden on law grads seeking to enter the legal profession while enriching the testing industry, academics critical of the licensing exam said Friday.
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NEWSWIRES — UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, a top-10 ranked IP law school in the US, will provide students and lawyers with the unique opportunity to access world-class faculty, researchers, and industry professionals and learn about today’s trending topics in intellectual property at its popular annual Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI), offered both online…
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REUTERS — New York University School of Law has found its next dean right on campus. Longtime professor Troy McKenzie will assume the deanship May 31 when current dean Trevor Morrison steps down, the school said Friday. McKenzie, an expert in bankruptcy, civil procedure and complex litigation, graduated from NYU Law in 2000 and began teaching there…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Honorable Victoria Roberts ’76, legal pioneer and senior US District Court judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, will deliver Northeastern University School of Law’s commencement address on Friday, May 20, 2022.
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