Penn State Law students gain career perspective through clinical experience
PENN STATE LAW — Penn State Law in University Park students work alongside faculty in a hands-on atmosphere that takes them beyond the books. Penn State Law faculty encourage experiential learning – both in courses, and in nine clinics and one practicum – to augment students’ coursework and help them develop the confidence to serve as…
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ROGERS WILLIAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Roger Williams University School of Law was recognized today by the White House at an event thanking law schools that had “responded to the U.S. Attorney General’s call to address the housing and eviction crisis, and help increase housing stability and access to justice in their communities.” Last August 30,…
Read More about Roger Williams Law recognized by White House for response to the eviction crisisSanta Clara University Law professor Margaret Russell discusses the impact of Black women judges
NPR — President Biden has promised to nominate a Black woman to fill retiring Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat on the Supreme Court. That historic first has Black women in the legal profession reflecting on how long it’s taken to get this far. NPR’s Sandhya Dirks reports.
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CISION PR WEB — Seton Hall University’s Chair of the Board of Regents, Kevin H. Marino, Esq. ’84, announced last month that he and his wife, Rita Marino, M.A.E. ’94, are donating $1 million to establish an endowed professorship at Seton Hall University School of Law. The professor occupying the endowed chair will be known as…
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USC GOULF SCHOOL OF LAW — A new seminar created by three USC law professors takes a reflective approach to building strategic skills, relating modern corporate governance innovations to iconic research by leading scholars of corporate law.The Corporate and Commercial Law Seminar is co-taught by Professors Bob Rasmussen, Michael Simkovic and D. Daniel Sokol. The seminar…
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Before becoming law partners at Sanders Roberts LLP, longtime friends Justin Sanders JD ’00 and Reginald Roberts Jr. JD ’00 found their profession in different ways. Roberts, a first-generation college student, discovered he had a natural ease with words, which steered him to law. Sanders’ father was a Yale School of…
Read More about Endowment to USC Gould Law will create scholarship for underrepresented law studentsUniversity of Texas Law student Jason Onyediri becomes first Black editor of Texas Law Review
KUT 90.5 — The Texas Law Review has been edited and published by students at the University of Texas School of Law since 1922. This year, the independent journal did something for the first time in its 100-year history: It chose a Black editor in chief. Jason Onyediri, a second-year law student, was selected to lead the Law…
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4 STATE NEWS — The dawn of a new year heralded the arrival of The University of Tulsa College of Law’s new dean, Oren Griffin. During his first month at the helm, Griffin kindly made time in his bustling schedule to shed some light on his background and insights into what makes TU Law such a…
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S.J QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Colorado River is at a tipping point. Forty million people rely on the river system’s flows, and 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,…
Read More about University of Utah Law to co-host symposium on the Colorado River CompactUniversity of Utah Law professor Heather Tanana uses environmental and public health expertise with National Climate Assessment team
S.J QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Research Professor and Stegner Fellow Heather Tanana was recently appointed to assist the U.S. Global Change Research Program in the creation of their quadrennial report. She will serve as an author for the “Water” chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). The National Climate Assessment analyzes the effects of global…
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