Podcast: Gonzaga Law dean Jacob Rooksby and professor Gail Hammer discuss school’s unique programs
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing explosive 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 explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
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REUTERS — The Harvard Law Review has named a California-born daughter of Mexican immigrants as its newest president, elevating a Latina to the top of one of the most prestigious U.S. law journals for the first time in its 135-year history. Harvard Law School student Priscila Coronado, 24, said in an email Sunday that her experiences growing…
Read More about Harvard Law Review elects student Priscila Coronado as presidentIndiana University McKinney Law professors adapt teaching styles to support students
THE INDIANA LAWYER — When Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law professor Carrie Hagan returned to in-person teaching from virtual learning, she immediately noticed a change in her students. “You can see exhaustion and you can feel stress and tension,” Hagan said. Returning to the physical classroom to teach after conducting online courses was an eye-opener…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law professors adapt teaching styles to support studentsUniversity of Iowa Law student Kabi Palaniappan discusses how he found community at law school
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — The best words to describe Iowa Law are “friendly” and “familial,” according to second-year student, Kabi Palaniappan. These characteristics were especially important to Palaniappan. Three weeks before he started his first semester of law school, his mother passed away from stage 4 cancer. Earlier, before he was about to graduate…
Read More about University of Iowa Law student Kabi Palaniappan discusses how he found community at law schoolGrant to Lewis & Clark Law to support Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has awarded a competitive 3-year, $300,000 grant in support of Lewis & Clark’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC). The LITC reapplies for these competitive grants every three years, and the award has been continuously granted by the IRS since the Clinic was founded over 20…
Read More about Grant to Lewis & Clark Law to support Low Income Taxpayer ClinicStetson Law dean Michèle Alexandre named dean of Loyola Law Chicago
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO UNIVERSITY NEWSROOM — Loyola University Chicago announced today that Michèle Alexandre, JD, will be joining the University as Dean of the School of Law, effective July 15, 2022. After a national search led by Isaacson Miller, President Jo Ann Rooney, Provost Margaret Callahan, and the University’s School of Law Dean Search Committee selected Dean Alexandre from a talented and diverse pool…
Read More about Stetson Law dean Michèle Alexandre named dean of Loyola Law ChicagoLoyola Law New Orleans to accept GRE for admissions
BIZ NEW ORLEANS — The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law announced that it has changed its admissions policy to allow applicants to submit either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) to be considered for the school’s three-year Juris Doctor program. The decision comes a month after the American…
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UMASS LAW — UMass Law has done it again . . . and done it very well. In the law school’s seventh year of participating in Talk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid, UMass Law has received the Highest Participation for a Law School Award for the fourth time. “UMass Law has demonstrated an enthusiastic and…
Read More about UMass Law recognized for civil legal aid advocacyUniversity of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman selected for federal posts
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Biden administration has appointed Professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman to leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Bettinger-López is serving as the senior advisor on gender and equality for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she is tasked, in coordination with…
Read More about University of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman selected for federal postsUniversity of Miami Law Environmental Justice Clinic helps marginalized communities affected by climate change
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Due to continuing emissions of heat-trapping gases, the Earth’s climate is warming at an unprecedented rate, leading to widespread, severe impacts for societies, economies, and ecosystems. As is always the case, marginalized communities are the first to suffer. In Miami-Dade County, ground zero of the climate crisis, communities are…
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