Washburn Law student Braxton Moral to graduate at 19
KCTV — A 19-year-old is getting ready to graduate from Washburn University’s School of Law in Topeka. The Hutchinson News reports that Braxton Moral’s parents have long known he was gifted. He skipped fourth grade and then took his first undergraduate class at Harvard University while still in sixth grade. As he got older, he spent his summers…
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Join us for this upcoming event that will provide lawyers and Pennsylvania business owners an understanding of the state of Pennsylvania law regarding business interruption insurance. This program will provide lawyers and Pennsylvania business owners with an understanding of the state of Pennsylvania law with respect to business interruption insurance.…
Read More about Widener Commonwealth Law to host conference on business interruption insuranceWilliam & Mary Law veterans benefits clinic helps veterans with service-related disabilities
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE — In January 2009, the Puller Veterans Benefits Clinic accepted its first clients. In the years since, the clinic has achieved great success in its two-fold mission: to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to be effective attorneys, and to help veterans affected by service-related disabilities receive the benefits they deserve. The…
Read More about William & Mary Law veterans benefits clinic helps veterans with service-related disabilitiesWillamette Law professor Jim Nafziger honored by International Law Association for distinguished service
INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION — The Charles Siegal Distinguished Service Award was established by the ABILA Board of Directors in 2020 to recognize “outstanding contributions to the ABILA by a member of the ABILA Board, ABILA Committees, and/or the ABILA’s International Law Weekend. In choosing the recipient, the Selection Committee May consider an individual’s specific extraordinary service…
Read More about Willamette Law professor Jim Nafziger honored by International Law Association for distinguished serviceYale Law professor Vicki Shultz launches civil rights law project
YALE LAW SCHOOL — A new project led by Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz and involving Yale Law students will examine the early work done by lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section (ELS) — and analyze what that work might have to say for…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — Earlier this year, the Yale Law School Free Exercise Clinic co-authored an amici curiae brief in support of a historically Black Pentecostal community — Victory Temple — seeking the right to build a new facility on its land to accommodate its growing congregation. On November 3, 2021 the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Read More about Yale Law free exercise clinic brief cited in US Court of AppealsUniversity of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimony
WUSF — A University of Florida task force held an inaugural meeting Tuesday as the state’s flagship university struggles to regain its stature amid a controversy involving three tenured professors who were told they could not testify as expert witnesses in a high-profile voting rights lawsuit. University President Kent Fuchs assembled the task force after political science…
Read More about University of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimonyUniversity of Florida reverses earlier decision and allows professors to testify against state
WUFT — Amid national controversy, the University of Florida abruptly reversed course Friday to allow three professors to testify as paid, subject-matter experts in a voting rights lawsuit against the state. The university initially denied requests by political science professors Sharon Austin, Michael McDonald and Daniel Smith. The decision deviated from precedent, contradicting previous work UF has…
Read More about University of Florida reverses earlier decision and allows professors to testify against stateHow eligible borrowers can apply for limited student loan forgiveness programs
FORBES — The biggest news in student loans over the past month has been the major changes to student loan forgiveness. President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping change to the long-troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could result in hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers getting total student loan…
Read More about How eligible borrowers can apply for limited student loan forgiveness programsColleges see increase in Hispanic student enrollment, but graduates face equity gaps
INSIDE HIGHER ED — More Latinx Californians than ever are graduating from high school and enrolling in higher education institutions, but these students still lack the support they need to attend college, transfer and earn degrees at rates on par with their white peers, according to a new report by the Campaign for College Opportunity, a…
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