Questions to consider before applying to law school
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Law schools challenge students inside and outside the classroom. Before enrolling in a J.D. program, aspiring lawyers should be aware of what the law school environment will be like, how much it costs to get a law degree and what distinguishes one school from the next. It’s also important to…
Read More about Questions to consider before applying to law schoolWhat law school applicants should know about joint JD-MBA programs
WTOP NEWS — The popularity of J.D.–MBA programs has grown accordingly. These joint programs allow students to finish both business and law degrees concurrently within the same university system, typically shaving a year off the five years it generally takes to earn both degrees separately. Some schools, like Northwestern University and the University of Notre Dame,…
Read More about What law school applicants should know about joint JD-MBA programsColumbia Law professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen and University of Virginia Law professor Saikrishna Prakash participate in discussion on presidential reform at the National Constitution Center
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — As part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, the National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University present a conversation exploring the role of the president in our constitutional system. Experts Jessica Bulman-Pozen, law professor at Columbia Law School, Saikrishna Prakash, law professor…
Read More about Columbia Law professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen and University of Virginia Law professor Saikrishna Prakash participate in discussion on presidential reform at the National Constitution CenterOklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section awards scholarships to students
THE OKLAHOMAN — The Oklahoma Bar Association’s Indian Law Section has awarded the G. William Rice Memorial Scholarship to three recipients committed to practicing Indian law in Oklahoma. The 2021 winners are: Michael Vincent “Vinnie” Amato, Arizona State University College of Law Tempe, Arizona; Jessica Goodwin, University of Oklahoma College of Law; and Emilee Morris, University of Tulsa College…
Read More about Oklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section awards scholarships to studentsCorporate Counsel Women of Color announces new scholarship for third-year students
CISON PR NEWSWIRE — Corporate Counsel Women of Color® (CCWC) is pleased to announce a special opportunity for diverse third-year law students. In support of CCWC’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Kaplan has made a contribution of bar preparation course packages to be distributed to students from underrepresented groups. Course package winners will be chosen by…
Read More about Corporate Counsel Women of Color announces new scholarship for third-year studentsPodcast: Author Jonathan Wolf discusses how students can go to law school without incurring debt
ANCHOR BY SPOTIFY — 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…
Read More about Podcast: Author Jonathan Wolf discusses how students can go to law school without incurring debtPenn State Dickinson Law announces plans for Antiracist Development Institute
PENN STATE — Penn State Dickinson Law will further recent faculty action to lead antiracism efforts by creating an Antiracist Development Institute (ADI), a program offering organizations across the country systems design-based approaches to implementing antiracist practices, processes and policies throughout each of their functions. The ADI will run its first prototype course in summer 2022, concurrent…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law announces plans for Antiracist Development InstitutePenn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle Conway gives speech on Critical Race Theory and Law at Saint Louis University Law
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Dean Danielle Conway delivered a talk titled, “The Assault on Critical Race Theory as Pretext for Populist Backlash on Higher Education,” on October 8 during the 2021 Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, at the Saint Louis University Law Journal Symposium titled, “Critical Race Theory and the…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle Conway gives speech on Critical Race Theory and Law at Saint Louis University LawLarge gift to University of North Carolina Law to support civil rights work
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL — While recent events across the country have renewed Americans’ awareness of racial inequality, James Yancey “Jim” Kerr II J.D. ’92, and his wife, Frances King Kerr ’89, discussed aligning their support of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with their desire to see progress on issues…
Read More about Large gift to University of North Carolina Law to support civil rights workAlbany Law dean Alicia Ouellette and professor Ray Brescia published by Oxford University Press
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ‘94 and The Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law and Technology Professor Ray Brescia recently had scholarly work published by Oxford University Press. Ouellette’s article, People with Disabilities in Human Subjects Research: A History of Exploitation, a Problem of Exclusion, was published in Oxford Handbooks Online, one…
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