Texas A&M Law Student Bar Association organizes local spring break opportunities
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Texas A&M Law Student Bar Association (SBA) recently hosted a very successful “Spring Break Stay-Cation” for the law school’s week-long spring break. SBA is the law school’s student body government, comprised of five representatives per class year, an ABA representative, vice president and president.
Read More about Texas A&M Law Student Bar Association organizes local spring break opportunitiesVermont Law partners with ASPCA to launch Animal Law Media Fellowship
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School (VLS) and the ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) are pleased to announce the launch of a new Animal Law Media Fellowship. Applications are now open to qualified journalists who cover issues related to agriculture, factory farming, and/or animal welfare.
Read More about Vermont Law partners with ASPCA to launch Animal Law Media FellowshipVillanova Law launches law student well-being advisory council
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law has announced a new initiative, the Deans’ Mental Health and Law Student Well-being Advisory Council. The Advisory Council’s goal is to create open dialogue between law students and the administration.
Read More about Villanova Law launches law student well-being advisory councilUniversity of Virginia Law professor Caleb Nelson named to Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — President Joe Biden has named University of Virginia School of Law professor Caleb Nelson to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. According to Friday’s press release, the commission will analyze arguments for and against Supreme Court reform.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Caleb Nelson named to Presidential Commission on the Supreme CourtOpinion: Washburn Law professor Thompson urges law schools to focus on mental health of law students
BLOOMBERG LAW — No one goes to law school expecting their mental health and overall well-being will be significantly compromised during those three years. But, for a substantial number of law students, it happens. It does not have to be this way, writes Janet Thompson Jackson, law professor at Washburn University School of Law.
Read More about Opinion: Washburn Law professor Thompson urges law schools to focus on mental health of law studentsWMU-Cooley Law associate dean Tracey Brame co-hosts training session on changes to expungement statue
LEGAL ED NEWS — With the Clean Slate Act going into effect on April 11, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Associate Dean Tracey Brame and the law school’s Access to Justice Staff Attorney Kamau Sandiford hosted a training session for attorneys during the Grand Rapids Bar Association and Legal Aid’s Spring Training Session.
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law associate dean Tracey Brame co-hosts training session on changes to expungement statueWestern New England Law professor Jennifer Levi honored by Connecticut Bar Association
BUSINESSWEST.COM — The Connecticut Bar Assoc. announced Professor Jennifer Levi as the 2021 Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award winner. The award is presented to legal educators who have made significant contributions to the cause of legal education over a period of years and have distinguished themselves as legal educators.
Read More about Western New England Law professor Jennifer Levi honored by Connecticut Bar AssociationWillamette Law professor Symeon Symeonides publishes survey on conflict of laws
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — For the past 30 years, Willamette Law Dean Emeritus and Professor Symeon Symeonides spent Thanksgiving weekend collecting up to 6,000 American conflicts-of-laws cases to write an annual survey on the topic. He always completed the survey by his self-imposed deadline of New Year’s Eve.
Read More about Willamette Law professor Symeon Symeonides publishes survey on conflict of lawsUtah and Texas prohibit public colleges from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — As a small but growing number of colleges announce that they’ll require students to get a Covid-19 vaccine, two state governments have prohibited their public colleges from doing so. Utah legislators enacted a law forbidding government agencies to require people to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.
Read More about Utah and Texas prohibit public colleges from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for studentsNortheastern University to require COVID-19 vaccine for students returning to campus this fall
NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — All students returning to Northeastern University’s campuses for the Fall 2021 term will be expected to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the first day of classes, university officials said today. The university advances its plan for a return to full-time, in-person learning in September.
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