Harvard Law Project on Disability supports vulnerable communities during the pandemic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Knowing that people with disabilities would be especially vulnerable during the pandemic to problems with healthcare access and other issues, HPOD immediately turned its attention to COVID-related initiatives and advocacy including supporting a complaint to the federal Office of Civil Rights.
Read More about Harvard Law Project on Disability supports vulnerable communities during the pandemicEnergy scholars discuss the pandemic’s impact on energy transition at University of Houston Law webinar
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Experts emphasized how the spread of the coronavirus exacerbated and magnified energy emergencies at the 2nd Annual Global Energy Law and Policy Symposium, “The Energy Transition in a COVID Altered World.” The conference was part of the Energy Transition and Governance series.
Read More about Energy scholars discuss the pandemic’s impact on energy transition at University of Houston Law webinarUniversity of Houston Law celebrates “topping off” ceremony for John M. O’Quinn Law Building
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The last beams were placed on the University of Houston Law Center’s new state-of-the-art John M. O’Quinn Law Building during a recent “topping off” ceremony. Attendees included Dean Leonard M. Baynes, the architects, UH facilities, planning and construction group, and the contractors.
Read More about University of Houston Law celebrates “topping off” ceremony for John M. O’Quinn Law BuildingUniversity of Houston Law co-hosts symposium on policy remedies available to the Biden administration
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — To mark the passage of the first 100 days in office for President Joe Biden, a cross-section of national leaders provided analysis on topics such as budget, tax policy and the economy, energy and environmental law policy, health law and policy, immigration, voting and redistricting, racial justice.
Read More about University of Houston Law co-hosts symposium on policy remedies available to the Biden administrationIndiana University McKinney Law students participate in Rural Justice Initiative
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Supporting Rural Justice Initiative at IU McKinney is in its third year and there are five students taking part during summer 2021. The program is the result of a partnership between the law school and the Indiana Supreme Court.
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law students participate in Rural Justice InitiativeLoyola University Chicago Law student Jaqueline Ingles donates meals to Chicago Help Initiative throughout pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Assembling sandwiches helped recent law school graduate Jacqueline Ingles focus during remote classes, and over the past year she made more than a thousand of them for the Chicago Help Initiative, a nonprofit group that takes food to pantries and free meal sites.
Read More about Loyola University Chicago Law student Jaqueline Ingles donates meals to Chicago Help Initiative throughout pandemicUniversity of Kansas Law graduate Bria Nelson receives Equal Justice Works Public Interest Award
KU TODAY — Bria Nelson, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, is a recipient of a 2021 Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award. Nelson is one of eight students selected for the national award, which recognizes law students for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and pro bono work.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A team of four Miami Law students recently won the Moorad Game Day Case Competition, hosted by Villanova University School of Law. The honor marked Miami Law’s second consecutive win in the annual competition, where teams negotiate solutions to current issues in sports law and business law.
Read More about University of Miami Law students win Moorad Game Day Case CompetitionUniversity of Miami Law Review co-publishes issue on racial justice
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — As the first step in facilitating the discourse required to bring racial discussions to the forefront, the University of Miami Black Law Students Association and the University of Miami Law Review collaborated on a special issue of the University of Miami Law Review Caveat, the law review’s digital publication.
Read More about University of Miami Law Review co-publishes issue on racial justiceNew Michigan State University Law dean Linda Sheryl Greene discusses her vision for the school
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Michigan State University College of Law community warmly welcomed Linda Sheryl Greene, incoming dean and MSU Foundation Professor of Law, on June 1, 2021. Dean Greene comes to MSU Law from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Law.
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