University of Nebraska Law student Rachel Tomlinson-Dick recognized by university for dedication to advocacy
NEBRASKA TODAY — Ten University of Nebraska-Lincoln students — eight undergraduates and two graduate students — were awarded Student Luminary Awards to recognize their exceptional leadership and commitment to improving the campus and community.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law student Rachel Tomlinson-Dick recognized by university for dedication to advocacyPodcast: University of New Hampshire Law dean Megan M. Carpenter discusses unique programs at the school
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education…
Read More about Podcast: University of New Hampshire Law dean Megan M. Carpenter discusses unique programs at the schoolNYU Law professor Deborah N. Archer to deliver lecture at University of Colorado Law on the persistence of racism
COLORADO LAW — Professor Deborah N. Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, will join the Colorado Law community on April 14, 2022 to deliver the 64th annual John R. Coen Lecture. The lecture, co-sponsored by the ACLU of Colorado, is titled,…
Read More about NYU Law professor Deborah N. Archer to deliver lecture at University of Colorado Law on the persistence of racismNorthern Kentucky University Law launches initiative to combat financial obstacles to passing the bar exam
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — The Finish Line Fund at Salmon P. Chase College of Law is doing exactly what it was designed to do: Help more graduating students pass bar exams by helping them overcome financial obstacles to success, such as not being able to afford a review course or not having concentrated time to study.
Read More about Northern Kentucky University Law launches initiative to combat financial obstacles to passing the bar examNorthwestern Law hosts discussion on restorative justice and health equity
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series with “Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Health Equity.” Hosted online and in-person, the 90-minute conversation addressed public health, the need for restorative justice, and how income inequity contributes to…
Read More about Northwestern Law hosts discussion on restorative justice and health equityNorthwestern Law students Michael Choi and Rohun Reddy win best brief in First Amendment and media law diversity moot court competition
NORTHWESTERN PRIZTKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In January, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students participated in the American Bar Association’s 14th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition. Michael Choi (JD-MBA ’23) and Rohun Reddy (JD-MBA ’23) won Best Brief overall in the competition, one of the top three prizes of the…
Read More about Northwestern Law students Michael Choi and Rohun Reddy win best brief in First Amendment and media law diversity moot court competitionPenn Law students Chayla Sherrod, Simone Hunter-Hobson, and Layla June West discuss experience leading school’s law journals
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — When Chayla Sherrod learned she had been selected as the next editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review — the oldest and one of the most prestigious law journals in the country — she was thrilled. Then she found out her law school classmates Simone Hunter-Hobson and Layla June West would be…
Read More about Penn Law students Chayla Sherrod, Simone Hunter-Hobson, and Layla June West discuss experience leading school’s law journalsPenn Law fellow Allison M. Whelan discusses her work with public health and the law
PENN STATE LAW — Allison M. Whelan is a Sharswood Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and an Associate Fellow at Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching encompass a broad set of medical, science, and social policy issues at the intersection of…
Read More about Penn Law fellow Allison M. Whelan discusses her work with public health and the lawPenn Law professor Dorothy E. Roberts publishes a book on inequities in the child welfare system
PENN LAW — Professor Dorothy E. Roberts’ new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families — And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, was published by Basic Books on April 5. Roberts, an acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology…
Read More about Penn Law professor Dorothy E. Roberts publishes a book on inequities in the child welfare systemPenn Law student Elizabeth Shackney co-authors report on for the US Department of Labor
PENN LAW — Elizabeth Shackney L’24, MUSA’24 recently co-authored “Can We Use Local Outreach to Improve Equity in Federal Oversight? A Case Study with the H-2A Visa Program,” a report for the Chief Evaluation Office of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The report is based on the findings of a team of researchers co-led…
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