Gift to Roger Williams Law to establish scholarship focused on promoting racial justice
RHODE ISLAND LAWYERS WEEKLY — Providence attorney Mark S. Mandell has always been passionate about working for racial and social justice, so perhaps it’s no surprise that the scholarship that he and his family recently established at Roger Williams University School of Law is meant to help diversify the profession and assist students planning public interest…
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ABC COLUMBIA –South Carolina’s capital is more than 5,000 miles away from Kiev Ukraine, but what is happening overseas could impact us here at home. That’s according to two South Carolina lawmakers who were at the USC School of Law speaking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a roundtable discussion. “What we have is a choice,…
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Eric B. Williams II, a third-year student at South Texas College of Law Houston for whom law is his second career, was the only honoree from a Texas law school named a prestigious National Jurist Magazine 2022 Law Student of the Year. He is featured in the publication’s edition…
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — At its annual gala Saturday, the Black Law Students Association honored Executive Vice President Emerita and Professor Helen B. Jenkins with a Lifetime Achievement Award for 35 years of dedicated service to South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston). Jenkins, who has been referred to as “South Texas’ Renaissance…
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law recently raised over $10,000 for the David Arapene Cuch Endowed Scholarship Fund, a scholarship specifically for Native students. David Arapene Cuch was believed to be the first Ute Indian to attend law school. He was in his third year at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney…
Read More about University of Utah Law raises money for Native student scholarshipsUniversity of Utah Law hosts Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tanya Trujillo for discussion on environmental law
S.J QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Colorado River is at a tipping point. Forty million people rely on the river system’s flows. In the midst of a megadrought, lakes Mead and Powell—the two main reservoirs on the Colorado River—have been drained to their lowest levels ever, with no reprieve in sight. In August 2021, the…
Read More about University of Utah Law hosts Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tanya Trujillo for discussion on environmental lawVermont Law launches online hybrid JD program
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School (VLS) today launched a part-time Online Hybrid JD that makes it easier for working professionals to earn their law degree from one of the nation’s top environmental law programs and a leader in the emerging field of restorative justice. VLS will begin accepting applications to the ABA-accredited program immediately, with…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Whether people accept laws and legal authority as legitimate depends on having fair processes in the justice system and policing, Yale Law School professor Tom R. Tyler says on the latest “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law. Tyler, the Macklin Fleming Professor of Law…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association has been named 2021-22 Mid-Atlantic chapter of the year. UVA BLSA president Yewande Ford ’23 considers the chapter’s win, announced at the regional convention in February, to be in no small part due to the diligence…
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WWLP — Western New England University School of Law Professor Tina Cafaro is appointed to a new position as Associate Justice of the District Court. Cafaro is saying goodbye to Western New England University School of Law after 21 years of being a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of Criminal Law Clinics. This role enabled…
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