University of Dayton Law partners with firms to build a more diverse legal profession
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON NEWS — Dayton law firms Thompson Hine and Taft Law are teaming with the University of Dayton School of Law to recruit underrepresented and underserved students to law school and the legal profession. The Flyer Legal Promise Program will provide two students full law school tuition, a $15,000 stipend for living expenses, mentors,…
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MIAMI VALLEY NEWS — The University of Dayton prelaw program is hosting its prelaw day and law fair at the school’s Kennedy Union on Tuesday, October 5. Anyone in the region interested in attending law school is encouraged to attend this event, the University of Dayton said in a release. The event is intended to give prospective…
Read More about University of Dayton hosts pre-law day and law school fairFordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain named senior advisor to Federal Trade Commission chair
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School announced that Olivier Sylvain, a professor of communications, information, and administrative law, and the director of the McGannon Center for Communications Research and the academic director of the Center for Law and Information Policy, has been named a senior advisor to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. During…
Read More about Fordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain named senior advisor to Federal Trade Commission chairFordham Law professor Andrew Kent Contributes to briefs on Capitol riot lawsuits
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — In the aftermath of the events of January 6, members of Congress and Capitol Police officers have filed lawsuits against former President Donald J. Trump and others alleging they are liable for the destruction in the Capitol and for personal injuries suffered during the riot. They seek money damages from Trump personally,…
Read More about Fordham Law professor Andrew Kent Contributes to briefs on Capitol riot lawsuitsFordham Law Latin American Law Students Association celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As Fordham Law School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, we spoke with Dayana Ledezma ’22 and Zane Mitchell ’22—president and vice president, respectively, of Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)—about the group’s goals for the 2021-22 academic year and the fun events that will be held in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Read More about Fordham Law Latin American Law Students Association celebrates Hispanic Heritage MonthFordham Law hosts President of Slovenia for speech on elections and democracy
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — President Borut Pahor of Slovenia made a special visit to Fordham Law School on September 22 during his brief stay in New York City for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Dean Matthew Diller and Joseph Landau, associate dean for academic affairs, greeted President Pahor at the Lincoln Center campus. “It was…
Read More about Fordham Law hosts President of Slovenia for speech on elections and democracyGeorge Washington Law professor Kate Weisburd and students release report on the restrictiveness of ankle monitors
THE GW HATCHET — A law professor found that wearing an ankle monitor during probation or parole is just as restrictive as incarceration in a report published late last month. Kate Weisburd, an associate professor of law and the lead researcher of the study, said she worked with a team of 10 GW Law students who collected…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — Stepping up to the podium at the start of Georgetown Law’s annual event previewing the upcoming Supreme Court term for students, Professor from Practice Irv Gornstein, the executive director of the Supreme Court Institute, set the tone for what lies ahead for Court-watchers. “This term has all the makings of a momentous term,” he…
Read More about Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute previews upcoming termGeorgia State Law honors inductees to Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Georgia State Law students, faculty and alumni gathered Monday for a celebration of The Order of the Coif and The Order of Barristers. The two prestigious honor societies celebrated the inductees for the class of 2020 and 2021. The Order of the Coif is the national honor society of legal education. Its…
Read More about Georgia State Law honors inductees to Order of the Coif and the Order of BarristersUniversity of Hawaii Law student Stephanie Haro-Sevilla advocates for undocumented immigrants in state
KITV — Efforts to include immigration reform in the U.S. Senate’s budget reconciliation package failed twice this week – potentially impacting thousands of people in Hawaii. Human rights advocates here say creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in Hawaii is vital for the economy. For years, Stephanie Haro-Sevilla lived in fear that she…
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