University of New Mexico Law Professor Reed Benson honored by Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (the Foundation) has awarded UNM Professor Reed Benson the Clyde O. Martz Teaching Award, making Benson the first recipient of the award at UNM. “I am very honored to receive this award, and grateful for all the ways the Foundation supports legal education,” Benson said. The…
Read More about University of New Mexico Law Professor Reed Benson honored by Rocky Mountain Mineral Law FoundationNorthwestern Law professor Ajay Mehrotra elected to American Law Institute
NORTHWESTER PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Ajay K. Mehrotra, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. The newly elected membership of ALI consists of 41 highly respected law professionals, including distinguished…
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Ajay Mehrotra elected to American Law InstitutePenn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowships
PENN LAW — Upon graduation, 18 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2021 will pursue important and diverse public interest work with the support of prestigious fellowship funding.
Read More about Penn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowshipsPenn Law students selected for LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship
PENN LAW — Two 2021 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s LLM program have secured post-graduate positions advocating for the protection of human rights. The work of Hugh Fitzgibbon LLM’21 and Meri Baghdasaryan LLM’21, supported through the Law School’s LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship, concentrates on the fair administration of global trials as…
Read More about Penn Law students selected for LLM Postgraduate Public Interest FellowshipGift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko Scholarship
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — In honor of the 100th anniversary of McQuaide Blasko in 2021 and to honor the service and career of John Blasko – who has given generously to Penn State over the years – the firm has pledged an additional $100,000 to the John W. Blasko Scholarship at Dickinson Law.
Read More about Gift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko ScholarshipA look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-Villazor
PATCH — An immigration and citizenship expert has broken ground as the first Filipina-American dean of a U.S. law school, Rutgers recently announced. Rose Cuison-Villazor has officially taken over as interim co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Newark.
Read More about A look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-VillazorRutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school students
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — While some high school students have spent their summer by the pool, a group of ambitious would-be law students learned the virtues of a career in law through a new Rutgers summer academy offered by the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Rutgers Law School led the two-week, Pre-College…
Read More about Rutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school studentsSouthern Illinois University Law Veterans Assistance Clinic receives grant from Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY — Military veterans in the region needing help with Veterans Affairs benefit appeals and discharge upgrades can continue to look to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Law for assistance.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law Veterans Assistance Clinic receives grant from Illinois Equal Justice FoundationUniversity of St. Thomas Law dean Robert Vischer reflects on the challenges of the pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — Twenty years later, it’s easy to discern the many meaningful ways in which St. Thomas Law has contributed to the common good. It is perhaps fitting, though, that our anniversary as a law school comes during another period of acute pain. There has been no time to pat ourselves on the…
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law dean Robert Vischer reflects on the challenges of the pandemicUniversity of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship Program helps graduates start legal careers
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — These all come together in the school’s award-winning Mentor Externship Program, through which each St. Thomas Law student is paired with a lawyer or judge each year of law school to help them gain work experience, develop professional connections and navigate the legal field. “What we aim to do in the program…
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