UCLA Law students win National Trial Competition
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law’s A. Barry Cappello Trial Team took first place in the National Trial Competition on April 10. The victory was UCLA Law’s most prestigious win ever and made the law school the 46th champion of the nation’s oldest trial advocacy competition.
Read More about UCLA Law students win National Trial CompetitionCase Western Reserve Law professor Avidan Y. Cover and students submit brief to United Nations on excessive force by law enforcement in the US
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, together with Physicians for Human Rights, submitted a letter to United Nations experts concerning attacks by federal and local police on medics during the racial justice and anti-police brutality protests over the summer of 2020.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Environmental law expert Jim Chen, a 1991 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, will be its 2021 graduation ceremony speaker. This year’s commencement will take place in-person on Sunday, May 16, two weeks before the University’s convocation.
Read More about Environmental law expert Jim Chen to speak at Case Western Reserve Law graduation ceremonyCase Western Reserve Law student George S. Kamanda honored by Delaware County Community College
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — George S. Kamanda was named the recipient of the 2021 Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award by his undergraduate alma mater, Delaware County Community College, and has been asked to deliver the Commencement keynote address for the college’s Class of 2021 virtual ceremony.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law student George S. Kamanda honored by Delaware County Community CollegeUniversity of Chicago Law professors William Baude, Alison LaCroix and David Strauss appointed to Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
UCHICAGO NEWS — President Joe Biden today named three University of Chicago Law School professors to a bipartisan commission to examine possible reform to the U.S. Supreme Court. UChicago legal scholars are among 36 tasked with examining possible Supreme Court reform.
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DUKE LAW — Christopher Schroeder, the Charles S. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Law and professor emeritus of public policy, will be President Joe Biden’s nominee to be assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice, the White House announced Monday.
Read More about Duke Law emeritus professor Christopher Schroeder appointed to lead US Department of Justice Office of Legal CounselFordham Law students win international commercial arbitration competition
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On Sunday, March 21, Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society (DRS) team won the Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot—placing first out of more than 140 teams from around the world. This marks the first time that Fordham Law has won the Vis East Moot.
Read More about Fordham Law students win international commercial arbitration competitionFordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law launched the new Rule of Law Clinic, overseen by Dean Emeritus and Norris Professor of Law John D. Feerick ’61 and Visiting Clinical Professor John Rogan’ 14. The clinic’s students conduct research and participate in a weekly class. They focus on the legal and political issues related to Northern Ireland.
Read More about Fordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern IrelandFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak at Fordham Law graduation ceremony
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Dean Matthew Diller and Fordham University President, Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., will confer degrees on 568 graduates – 408 of whom will receive J.D. degrees, 69 of whom will receive M.S.L. degrees and 87 of whom will receive LL.M. degrees and four of whom will receive S.J.D. degrees.
Read More about Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak at Fordham Law graduation ceremonyFordham Law launches Honorable Ruben Martino Memorial Fellowship to support students in public interest summer internships
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — For years, the Bronx County Family Court would transform on Tuesdays from a courtroom into the unlikeliest of dance floors. Promptly at 1 p.m., Judge Ruben Martino would end the court’s sessions, and with the help of his staff, including Court Officer Jermel Singleton ‘22, push chairs and tables aside.
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