Penn Law hosts English barrister Cherie Blair for Women, Law, and Leadership seminar
PENN LAW — Juni Solbraekke LLM ’22 said: “Each year, Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership and Associate Dean of International Affairs Rangita de Silva de Alwis invites one extraordinary leader who personifies the values of her seminar ‘Women, Law, and Leadership’ to speak to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School class. On November 23, 2021, she…
Read More about Penn Law hosts English barrister Cherie Blair for Women, Law, and Leadership seminarPenn Law international students host annual Thanksgiving dinner
PENN LAW — Countless students across the country plan to take a much-deserved break this holiday weekend to spend Thanksgiving with their families and loved ones. For University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School LLM students, who are all international, Thanksgiving is a new tradition abundant with Penn collegiality and American holiday spirit. “Most of the LLMs do…
Read More about Penn Law international students host annual Thanksgiving dinnerPenn Law student Michelle Rodriguez discusses experience as First Generation Professionals Fellow
PENN LAW — Michelle Rodriguez L’24, MBE’24 never expected to go to law school – she only dreamed of it. When she tells her story, Rodriguez begins by explaining that she embodies a multitude of intersecting identities and holds several seemingly disparate but ultimately cohesive interests. Rodriguez grew up in California, just north of Los Angeles. A…
Read More about Penn Law student Michelle Rodriguez discusses experience as First Generation Professionals FellowNew Penn Law course looks at community lawyering as a solution to mass incarceration
PENN LAW — In one of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s newest courses, “Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration,” students learn how to engage a range of legal, political, and advocacy strategies to advocate for the rights of incarcerated individuals and lead change in the criminal justice system. Co-lecturer and Legal Director of the Abolitionist…
Read More about New Penn Law course looks at community lawyering as a solution to mass incarcerationPenn Law center releases review analysis of Madison Police Department’s response to George Floyd protests
PENN LAW — The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice recently completed a Sentinel Event Review (SER) conducted by community stakeholders and representatives of the Madison (Wisconsin) Police Department (MPD) reviewing MPD’s responses to protests in the summer of 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The stakeholder group generated 69…
Read More about Penn Law center releases review analysis of Madison Police Department’s response to George Floyd protestsPenn State Dickinson Law students win regional moot court competition
PENN STATE — Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law students Mitchell Snyder and Tyler Eckert won Region 3 in the New York City Bar Association’s 77nd National Moot Court Competition, held virtually Nov. 13-14. In addition to Dickinson Law, teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Drexel University, the University of Baltimore, American…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law students win regional moot court competitionPenn State Law entrepreneur assistance clinic launches outreach program
PENN STATE — This fall, the Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic (EAC) launched an Underserved Small Businesses (USB) legal services program, which targets entrepreneurs who are generally categorized as socially and economically disadvantaged. The program is an extension of the existing EAC program, adding targeted educational outreach to qualifying entrepreneurs including people of color, women,…
Read More about Penn State Law entrepreneur assistance clinic launches outreach programRutgers Law professor Sahar Aziz publishes book on the treatment of Muslims post 9/11
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Rutgers Law School Professor Sahar Aziz is a Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar and an expert in civil rights and the Middle East. Her scholarship looks at the intersections of national security, race, and civil rights and the adverse impact of national security policies on racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in the U.S. She is…
Read More about Rutgers Law professor Sahar Aziz publishes book on the treatment of Muslims post 9/11University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of Health
NIH RECORD — NCCIH will present the 2021 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies virtually on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Rhonda V. Magee, professor of law at the University of San Francisco and a longtime scholar and teacher of mindfulness, will speak on “Mindfulness as a…
Read More about University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of HealthSouthern University Law Center to offer classes at Shreveport campus in January 2022
YAHOO!NEWS — The Shreveport extension of the Southern University Law Center will begin classes in the renovated Shreve Memorial Library beginning January. The inaugural class will be eight Southern University Law students who have roots in Northern Louisiana and felt an early move back to the region could help secure post-graduation employment. The Shreveport extension of the…
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