Duke Law Immigrant Rights Clinic helps Afghan refugees
THE DUKE CHRONICLE — Since August, thousands of Afghan refugees have arrived in the United States. Besides grappling with the anguish of leaving home and the difficulties of building new lives in a foreign country, these refugees have also had to navigate the country’s complex and often bewildering legal system. The Duke School of Law’s Immigrant Rights…
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CLICK ORLANDO — Wednesday, school leaders unveiled a new street name in front of the school to celebrate 20 years in downtown Orlando. The new street name is located between West Robinson and West Washington Streets in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood. It was a joyous and historic day for third-year law student and Student Bar Association president Suwana…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The law school at Georgetown University, which receives more applications than any other law school, saw applications increase by 41 percent this year, more than the national average of 26 percent, The Washington Post reported. Officials credited Georgetown’s Washington location and its faculty for the gains.
Read More about Georgetown Law reports major increase in applicationsGeorgetown Law Street Law Clinic holds mock trial competition for DC public school students
THE HOYA — The Georgetown University Law Center’s Street Law clinic held its 49th annual fall mock trial event for students attending Washington, D.C. public high schools Nov. 4, offering participants the opportunity to learn about the law and practice legal skills. Under the program, students in the clinic teach a semesterlong course about basic legal principles…
Read More about Georgetown Law Street Law Clinic holds mock trial competition for DC public school studentsGeorgia State University Law professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry co-author handbook on disaster law and policy
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Disaster law and policy is a developing and dynamic field. It’s new enough that foundational texts in the field are rare, but two Georgia State College of Law scholars are about to change that. Professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry are co-editors of the Handbook on Disaster Law and Policy, which is…
Read More about Georgia State University Law professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry co-author handbook on disaster law and policyHarvard Law hosts discussion on Azerbaijani human rights violations
THE ARMENIAN MIRROR-SPECTATOR — On November 8, the Harvard Armenian Law Students Association (ALSA) and the Harvard Law School (HLS) Advocates for Human Rights hosted a discussion with State Minister and former Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan. Beglaryan, who holds the highest governmental position in Artsakh after the president and speaker of the parliament, presented the…
Read More about Harvard Law hosts discussion on Azerbaijani human rights violationsSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan judges moot court competition at Harvard Law
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — Harvard Law School affiliates congregated to watch United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan preside over the final round of the Law School’s annual Ames Moot Court Competition Tuesday night. Founded in 1911, the Ames Moot Court Competition judges students’ ability to develop appellate briefs and advocate for a legal position. Qualifying rounds…
Read More about Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan judges moot court competition at Harvard LawLewis & Clark Law announces five new local Bar Association fellows
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School, through the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA), named five first-year Lewis & Clark Law students as MBA Fellows: Emilia Halvorsen, Nick Mercado, Allison Sandhu, Celeste Williams and Amitav Kamani as the 2021-22 MBA Legal Fellows. The MBA Fellows Program is a highly selective program designed to address…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law announces five new local Bar Association fellowsLewis & Clark Law Review announces three new volumes
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — With each new leadership for the 2021-2022 school year, Animal Law Review,Environmental Law Review, and Lewis & Clark Law Review have produced their latest publications. Led by Editors-in-Chief Cindy Lundy ’22 and Rohan Hiatt ’22 Animal Law Review (ALR) released their newest publication on October 19th. The publication is ALR’s 1st…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Review announces three new volumesLiberty Law names former state department ambassador Morse Tan as new dean
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY — Liberty University has announced that Morse Hyun-Myung Tan has been named the new dean of Liberty University School of Law. Tan will assume his duties on Jan. 1, 2022. Most recently, Tan served as Ambassador at Large for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, where he oversaw the indictment, sanctioning, capture,…
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