Fordham Law doctoral candidates pursue innovative legal scholarship
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — From research into migrant employment in Saudia Arabia to analysis of solitary confinement reform, students in Fordham Law’s Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program are pursuing a wide range of innovative legal scholarship. Four students—Yusra Alshanqiti ’21, Alison Gordon ’21, Irina Ilyuk ’21, and Mohammed Sweify ’21—recently completed their dissertation work after…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s office of professionalism has announced its new cohort of professionalism fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The fellowship program launched in June 2020. The new group of fellows will build upon the many successes the inaugural set of fellows achieved in the past year, despite operating in a mostly remote…
Read More about Fordham Law names 2021-22 Professionalism FellowsGeorgia State University Law dean LaVonda Reed discusses challenges to the rule of law and her vision for the school
WABE — The first Black woman to lead the Georgia State College of Law says every institution of higher education should put its students at the center of everything that institution does. “Our faculty and staff here at the college of law work really closely with our students to prepare them for what they will get out…
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Howard University — Howard University College of Arts and Science will host its first annual Social Justice Week, August 2-6, via Zoom. This week is one of the initiatives linked to the Mellon Foundation Grant received for the Just Futures Initiative in January. For one week, the community will have the opportunity to engage in community and academic panels, workshops, and guest speakers on criminal justice reform. Highlighted themes will connect the various instances of injustice in the…
Read More about Howard Law hosts inaugural social justice weekGift establishes new scholarship for underrepresented students at University of Kansas Law
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — A new scholarship fund at the University of Kansas School of Law will provide support to candidates who contribute to the diversity of the student body. Julia Gille Anderson and Jett Anderson, both L’82, established the Anderson Family Law Diversity Scholarship with a $75,000 gift commitment to KU Endowment.
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UMASS LAW — The University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth is partnering with the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation to create opportunities for Truman Scholars to earn their law degree. The UMass Law Truman Foundation Public Service Scholarship program will offer Truman Scholars admitted to UMass Law a full scholarship, including tuition and fees, for…
Read More about UMass Law launches scholarship for Truman ScholarsUniversity of Miami Law Innocence Clinic wins new trial in wrongful conviction case
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Miami Law Innocence Clinic is a pro bono legal clinic at the University Miami School of Law. The clinic trains law students on the fundamentals of litigation through cases of actual innocence. Since 2012 more than 150 students have benefited from the unique educational atmosphere of the Innocence…
Read More about University of Miami Law Innocence Clinic wins new trial in wrongful conviction caseUniversity of Minnesota Law professor Susan Wolf selected to National Academy of Sciences council on research
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — Professor Susan Wolf has been selected to serve on the new Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, established by the National Academy of Sciences to convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law professor Susan Wolf selected to National Academy of Sciences council on researchTwo University of Mississippi Law students awarded Steiger Fellowships
UNIVERSITY NEWS HQ — Two University of Mississippi law students are spending their summer in state attorney general offices as part of the prestigious Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Program. Second-year law students Natalie Lowry and Madison Reightler are among some 30-40 students nationally selected for the program, which is in its 17th year.
Read More about Two University of Mississippi Law students awarded Steiger FellowshipsMitchell Hamline Law Professor Colette Routel appointed to Hennepin County judgeship
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Routel is “a brilliant lawyer who brings a unique perspective with her many years of experience as an attorney, tribal court judge, and law professor,” said Gov. Walz, in a statement. “I am confident that Ms. Routel will serve the people of Hennepin County with distinction.”
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