University of San Diego Law celebrates 45th anniversary of the Centers for Public Interest Law

February 26, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW — On Sunday, February 2, friends, family, and colleagues gathered at the University of San Diego (USD) campus to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Centers for Public Interest Law (CPIL) and the retirement of its founder and executive director Robert C. Fellmeth, Price Professor of Public Interest Law.

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Penn State Dickinson Law professor Ronnie Gipson publishes article in Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal

February 26, 2025

PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — The Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal recently published Professor Ronnie Gipson’s article titled, “The Time Has Come to Stop the Bloodshed in Myanmar and Restore the People’s Democratically Elected Government.” 

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University of South Carolina Law professor Derek Black recognized as education scholar

February 26, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — Every year, Derek Black, professor of law and Carolina Distinguished Professor, checks Education Week’s Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings to see the accomplishments of the scholars he respects most in the field.

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University of South Dakota Law student Tory Shafer researches intersection of stalking and threats

February 26, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA — Shafer’s article, “Does a Stalker Need to Threaten Their Victim? In Counterman v. Colorado, the Supreme Court Shrugs” was published in the fall 2024 issue of the Criminal Law Bulletin, a peer-reviewed law review based in Arizona State University.

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Stanford Law podcast discusses political violence, hate groups, and the rule of law

February 26, 2025

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — President Biden’s DOJ prosecuted nearly 1,600 of the January 6, 2021, rioters—many for acts of shocking violence against police and government offices.

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Stetson Law to host tax moot court competition

February 26, 2025

THE FLORIDA BAR — The Tax Section’s 2025 National Tax Moot Court Competition takes place March 6–8 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, and tax attorneys are invited to serve as volunteer judges for the event.

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Stetson Law professor Andrew Appleby and recent graduate La’Tonya Lynn named to AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll 

February 26, 2025

STETSON UNIVERSITY — While pro bono service is a cultural cornerstone at Stetson Law, sometimes a student, professor, or staff member will go well beyond what is expected of them.

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Syracuse Law celebrates recent graduates bar passage rates

February 26, 2025

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The College of Law continues to demonstrate its commitment to student success with recent bar exam passage rates.

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Gift to University of Tennessee Law to support scholarships 

February 26, 2025

THE UNIVERITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Another $2 million pledge was made on behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers, P.C., a Chattanooga-based law firm, to support students at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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University of Tennessee Law Advocacy Clinic analyzes life-sentence cases for juveniles 

February 26, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Fifteen minutes–that was how long one man’s parole hearing lasted in 2023. The man, sentenced to a life term of imprisonment at age 15, is considered one of Tennessee’s “juvenile lifers.” 

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