Stanford Law highlights faculty recognized for excellence in scholarship
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, was co-awarded the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) Administrative Law Section’s Annual Scholarship Award which honors the best work published in the field of administrative law during 2020. She has been recognized for her scholarship, Actings, which examines open questions about acting government…
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NBC NEWS — Civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, who won fame representing the families of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor and other victims of racial and police violence, is ready to usher in the next generation of social justice lawyers with a center named for him at a Florida law school. The Benjamin L. Crump Center…
Read More about St. Thomas University Law launches new Benjamin Crump Center for Social JusticeTexas A&M Law looks to host national law firm on new campus
REUTERS — Texas A&M could become the first U.S. law school to house a major law firm on campus. Law dean Robert Ahdieh said in an interview Friday that he is in talks with several national law firms to locate offices on the new downtown Fort Worth campus the school is planning. He declined to name which…
Read More about Texas A&M Law looks to host national law firm on new campusWashburn Law celebrates new law building with beam signing
WIBW — Washburn University celebrated the progress of their new law building by inviting the community to leave their mark on it. Faculty, staff, and donors to the $34 million law building got to sign the final steel beam being placed in the new building. Washburn President Dr. Jerry Farley says the building wouldn’t be a reality without…
Read More about Washburn Law celebrates new law building with beam signingLarge gift to Washington University in St. Louis Law to support low-income taxpayer clinic
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS — The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, one of the 11 legal clinics at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, recently received a $100,000 grant for 2022 by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, an independent branch of the Internal Revenue Service. This is the maximum grant awarded under the program and will…
Read More about Large gift to Washington University in St. Louis Law to support low-income taxpayer clinicWillamette Law partners with Legal Innovators alternative legal service provider
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Under a new partnership with Legal Innovators, Willamette Law students have increased access to top career opportunities. Legal Innovators is an alternative legal service provider and end-to-end talent management solution. It recruits, vets, trains and mentors new graduates, offering a new pathway for students to jobs in Big Law and corporate legal departments. With its…
Read More about Willamette Law partners with Legal Innovators alternative legal service providerYale Law veterans clinic files suit against Connecticut National Guard over right to unionize
YALE DAILY NEWS — The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, asking the court to confirm the right of the Connecticut National Guard to unionize while on state active duty. The Veterans Clinic, along with co-counsel at Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly PC, filed the…
Read More about Yale Law veterans clinic files suit against Connecticut National Guard over right to unionizeYale Law Students honored with fellowships for excellence in academics
YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Kerry Initiative announced that seven Yale Law School students have been named Kerry Fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year. The Kerry Fellows were selected on the basis of outstanding academic and, if appropriate, professional achievement, with some priority given to interdisciplinary work in the core subjects on which the Kerry Initiative is…
Read More about Yale Law Students honored with fellowships for excellence in academicsYale Law Housing Clinic helps local residents facing eviction, foreclosures, and fair housing issues
YALE DAILY NEWS — In light of the economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Law School Housing Clinic has intensified its fight for local and national housing justice. The clinic provides law students with the opportunity to practice direct service across three tracks: evictions, foreclosures and fair housing. Each track offers a different scope of…
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YALE DAILY NEWS — The Yale Law School European Law Association co-hosted a talk titled “A Ray of Hope? Green Law and Policy in the EU” with the Harvard European Law Association on Monday afternoon. The talk featured four panelists from varying fields of European climate policy and international environmental law. Matei Alexianu YLS ’23, a board…
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