Seattle University Law launches part-time Flex JD program
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Significant changes to Seattle University School of Law’s part-time program will provide greater access and make it more feasible for students with work and family commitments to earn a law degree. Starting in fall of 2021, the school’s highly ranked part-time program will transition to the new Flex JD Program.
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BUSINESS RECORD — Professor Erika George will present “Rethinking Rights to Protect Democracy in the Digital Age: Reflections on Incitement and Inequality” as part of the congressionally endowed Drake University Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event will be delivered virtually on March 25 at 3 p.m.
Read More about University of Utah Law professor Erika George discusses ‘protecting democracy in the digital age’ at Drake LawVermont Law hosts Environmental Law curriculum workshop
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School (VLS) will host “Preparing for Environmental Practice,” the third and final roundtable in its Emerging Environmental Law Curriculum Workshops, on March 25. The workshop will examine how to prepare students for their careers beyond law school.
Read More about Vermont Law hosts Environmental Law curriculum workshopUniversity of Virginia Law professor Rachel Harmon publishes casebook on laws governing police conduct
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — As debates about policing pervade the public conversation, Professor Rachel Harmon of the University of Virginia School of Law has written the first casebook to look at the laws that govern police conduct in the United States. “The Law of the Police,” published by Wolters Kluwer is available.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — These days, changing law with bipartisan support is rare. But the new State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, which provides Virginia’s lawmakers and governmental executives legal and policy research support for their initiatives, is doing just that.
Read More about University of Virginia Law State and Local Government Policy Clinic helps pass education legislation in the stateWest Virginia University Law students observe virtual state supreme court arguments
AP NEWS — The West Virginia Supreme Court won’t be making its annual trip to the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown this year as a result of COVID-19, but the special docket of cases will be heard virtually. Students and the public can watch the arguments online.
Read More about West Virginia University Law students observe virtual state supreme court argumentsWilliam & Mary Law student Layla Abi-Falah named Drapers Scholar
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Layla Abi-Falah, a member of William & Mary Law School’s Class of 2020, has been named the Drapers’ Scholar. The Scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating William & Mary Law student who goes on to enroll at Queen Mary College of the University of London for post-graduate study.
Read More about William & Mary Law student Layla Abi-Falah named Drapers ScholarYale Law faculty and students help to advocate for the removal of gender-specific language in Connecticut parenthood law
YALE DAILY NEWS — For the last two years, around 40 Yale Law School students and faculty have worked together with other groups such as GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders to help pass state legislation that would ensure all Connecticut children have equal access to the security of a legal parent-child relationship.
Read More about Yale Law faculty and students help to advocate for the removal of gender-specific language in Connecticut parenthood lawColleges see support from new COVID-19 stimulus law
LEXOLOGY — President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan–his first major legislative proposal since taking office–on Thursday, just one day after the final version of the bill cleared Congress. The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 marks the nation’s third COVID-19 stimulus relief package.
Read More about Colleges see support from new COVID-19 stimulus lawNew Mexico Supreme Court Justice David Thomson launches ‘rule of law’ education program in primary schools
KSFR FM 101.1 — New Mexico Jurist Takes ‘Rule of Law’ to Schools. Supreme Court Justice David Thomson brings the courtroom to the classroom, offering real-life lessons in the American judicial system. KSFR’s Dennis Carroll reports.
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