George Washington Law students judge high school mock trial competition
GW LAW — GW Law’s Jacob Burns Moot Court Room opened its doors to two mock trial teams from The Field School, an independent high school 3 miles from GW Law, for two mock trials presided over by GW Law student judges. The two trials were the culmination of a 2-week intensive class on Crime Scene Investigations…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I NEWS — For centuries, Kauaʻi loʻi kalo (wetland kalo) farmers have depended on a traditional Native Hawaiian irrigation system that borrows water from Waiʻoli Stream. Since 2019, more than 30 students and faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law through its Native Hawaiian and Environmental Law…
Read More about University of Hawai’i Law students help local farmers secure a water leaseIndiana University Maurer Law students Katherine Bingaman and Blake T. Welter receive scholarships from local law firm
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS — Katherine Bingaman, a first-year law student at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, is the 2022 recipient of Barnes & Thornburg’s 1L Diversity Scholarship. She will be a summer associate in the South Bend office in 2022. Indiana University Maurer School of Law student Blake T. Welter is the recipient of…
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INDY STAR — After more than two decades teaching about civil rights and poverty, I’ve never come upon a more powerful illustration of our nation’s failings other than a day in an Indianapolis eviction court. When our law school clinic made a switch during the pandemic to focus on representing low-income tenants, I expected students would…
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UMASS AMHERST — Anthony Paik, sociology, and Steve Boutcher, executive officer of the Law and Society Association and senior research fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research, are part of a team recently awarded a $511,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research examining diversity and networking in law school. Paik and…
Read More about National Science Foundation grant to UMass Law to fund research on diversity and networking in law schoolsUniversity of Miami Law clinic director Denisse Córdova Montes appointed to international human rights board
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Denisse Córdova Montes was recently elected to the International Board of FIAN International, an international human rights organization with headquarters in Germany. This is a 3-year position with the possibility of being elected two more times. FIAN’s mission is to expose violations of people’s right to food wherever they…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile, the E.J. Ball Professor of Law, has been appointed a Scholar-in-Residence at the New York University School of Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, commonly known as CHRGJ. At NYU Law, Ofodile will pursue two different lines of research. Her first research focus is on the legal,…
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KNOX NEWS RADIO — The search of the next dean of UND’s law school is narrowing. Four finalists have been invited to visit campus between March 23rd and 29th for open forums. They are: Bradley Myers, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Administration and a Professor at UND’s law school. Brian Pappas, former Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at Eastern…
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual BLSA Week in February. The week of events was dedicated to conversations about the experience of being Black in higher education, and highlighted the need for public service to Black communities. The week’s theme,…
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Oregon School of Law’s 2021 graduates achieved a 92% employment rate as of March 2022. That overall employment rate is the best outcome for any class since the class of 2007. Out of the students employed, nearly 92% reported obtaining full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage…
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