Brooklyn Law welcomes new students

August 25, 2021

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law School marked its return to campus Aug. 16, welcoming 439 new students at the annual Convocation ceremony. The event featured remarks from Alphonzo Grant ’98, managing director at Morgan Stanley, Dean Michael T. Cahill, Vice Dean Christina Mulligan, and Professor Neil B. Cohen.

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Case Western Reserve Law students to brief case before Supreme Court of Ohio

August 25, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students who begin their semester in the Appellate Litigation Clinic this fall will have an opportunity few practicing attorneys ever do: they will brief a case to the Supreme Court of Ohio, which last week accepted the clinic’s petition for discretionary review in an important case involving a…

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Chapman Law to host state and local government works-in-progress conference

August 25, 2021

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — When the annual State & Local Government Works-in-Progress Conference returns to the Fowler School of Law for its 10th anniversary this academic year, it will be made possible thanks to the conference’s co-founder, Kenneth Stahl, 2021 Kennedy Professor in Law and director of the law school’s Environmental, Land Use, and Real Estate Law…

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Gift to Florida State University Law to support law and business center

August 25, 2021

TALLAHASSE DEMOCRAT — The Stoops Family Foundation, Inc. and FSU College of Law graduate (Class of 1984) Jeffrey A. Stoops have pledged $1 million to create the Stoops Center for Law and Business at the FSU College of Law, Dean Erin O’Connor announced Friday.

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Fordham Law welcomes incoming class

August 25, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School opened its doors prior to the start of the fall semester, welcoming its newest class of students to the Lincoln Center campus for in-person orientation.

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Fordham Law launches Leadership Academy for Women in Law

August 25, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS —  On September 24, 2021 Fordham Law School will launch its inaugural Leadership Academy for Women in Law: RISE—Resilient, Inspired, Strategic, Empowered. Program speakers are drawn from women lawyers in leadership positions throughout the profession, as well as male allies.

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Georgia State University Law professor Courtney Anderson publishes research on the pandemic’s effect on the housing and opioid crises

August 25, 2021

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Associate professor of law Courtney Anderson’s research centers around health equity for the lower-class and people of color, an area where many health issues were exacerbated because of the pandemic.

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Georgia State University Law announces endowment of health law scholarship for students

August 25, 2021

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — The health law program at Georgia State University College of Law has consistently ranked top in the country, this year earning the No. 1 spot according to U.S. News & World Report. The program continues to expand, most recently by announcing the endowment of the Health Law Scholarship.

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Harvard Law students create Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association

August 25, 2021

REUTERS — “It has been a grassroots movement, trying to get the plaintiffs’ bar in front of students and for them to understand that they have options besides going into Big Law or public interest work,” said McCann, noting that Edelson also puts out a podcast for law students and has been doing job talks at…

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University of Houston Law celebrates seven years of Pre-Law Pipeline Program

August 25, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER —  The University of Houston Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program has now completed seven years of its multi-faceted approach to diversifying the legal profession. Because of ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, the Summer 2021 class marked the second online-only instruction in the program’s history.

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