University of Alabama Law student Aaliyah Locke discusses balancing parenthood with law school
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA NEWS CENTER — As she looked into her newborn son’s eyes, Aaliyah Locke made him a promise: She would do whatever it took to succeed. Five years later, on Mother’s Day with her son cheering her on, she’ll cross the commencement stage to receive her Juris Doctor.“Graduating on Mother’s Day, surrounded by my…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Second-year law student Joshua Clem has been selected as the 2022 Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Sustained Impact Veterans’ Justice Fellow. He was selected from a large pool of highly qualified law students from across the country.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Third-year law student Katie Sparrow delivered her first closing argument to a jury in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Arkansas at the end of a three-day trial in September 2021.
Read More about University of Arkansas Law Criminal Practice Clinic helps protect client’s civil rightsLaw School Students Gain Experience from New Research Opportunity
UA LITTLE ROCK NEWS — A new, first-of-its-kind project at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law connects law review students with firms and judges on issues impacting state courts.
Read More about Law School Students Gain Experience from New Research OpportunityUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Margaret E. Johnson named Fulbright Scholar
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE — University of Baltimore School of Law Prof. Margaret E. Johnsonhas received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Law for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor Margaret E. Johnson named Fulbright ScholarBaylor Law Estate Planning Clinic offers free services to first responders
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW — For the fifth straight year, Baylor Law’s Legal Clinics will honor the hard work, dedication, and sacrifice of McLennan County’s law enforcement, firefighters, and emergency medical services. During May, Baylor Law’s Estate Planning Clinic will offer free wills and simple estate planning to police, firefighters, EMTs, and their spouses living or…
Read More about Baylor Law Estate Planning Clinic offers free services to first respondersPodcast: UC Davis Law professor Irene Oritseweyinmi discusses her upcoming paper on wrongful convictions
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — UC Davis Law Professor Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe discusses her forthcoming article, “Learning from Mistakes,” where she explores the role of the public defender in wrongful convictions in death row cases. To start with, she points out that unlike medical, aviation and military systems, there is no national or formal…
Read More about Podcast: UC Davis Law professor Irene Oritseweyinmi discusses her upcoming paper on wrongful convictionsUCLA Law students Amber Dean and Monica Gibbons honored for commitment to community
UCLA — Amber Dean ‘23 and Monica Gibbons ’22 are the winners of the 2022 Skye Donald Spirit of Community Award, the highest recognition for student service to UCLA Law. Their recognition was announced this week by Bayrex Martí, the assistant dean for student affairs, in a message to the community.
Read More about UCLA Law students Amber Dean and Monica Gibbons honored for commitment to communityUCLA students Akruti Chandrayya and Jenna Finkle earn public interest fellowships
UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law students Akruti Chandrayya ’22 and Jenna Finkle ’22 have earned Gideon’s Promise fellowships. Both are students in the law school’s David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, and they are just two of six law students across the country to whom the Gideon’s Promise fellowship…
Read More about UCLA students Akruti Chandrayya and Jenna Finkle earn public interest fellowshipsUCLA Law aims to reduce student debt by supporting students with career ambitions in public interest
UCLA LAW — “When you have a lot of student loans, it can be daunting to take on a public interest job after graduation. Many of our public interest students make a fourth or less of what they might make at a large law firm,” says Brad Sears, UCLA Law’s Associate Dean for Public Interest…
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