University of Minnesota Law professor Christopher Turoski endorsed by national association in push to expand patent practice opportunities for non-JD students
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Christopher Turoski, director of Patent Law Programs and lecturer in law, has received a key endorsement for comments that he submitted to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office advocating for greater student participation and diversity in the patent practice bar.
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MPR NEWS — As part of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic in the University’s Law School, students represent clients in juvenile delinquency and child custody cases under the supervision of the two licensed attorneys who lead the clinic. The students work as their clients’ primary lawyers for free.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN COLLEGE OF LAW — The University of Nebraska College of Law was recognized as a 2020 Pro Bono Leader for its dedication to pro bono work and participation in the American Bar Association’s Free Legal Answers Program. Nebraska Law is receiving this recognition for the third consecutive year.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Emerita Sherri L. Burr shared the elaborate ancestral history of Africans in America before the Civil War era. Burr served the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center’s annual Black History Month lecture.
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BLOOMBERG TAX — Lily Batchelder, a tax professor at the New York University School of Law and former Obama administration official, has been nominated for the position of assistant secretary for tax policy—Treasury’s top tax job. Batchelder was an expected frontrunner for the job, having worked on the Biden administration’s transition team.
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ABA JOURNAL — An easy way to teach law students technology is incorporating it into existing classes, according to April Dawson, the associate dean of academic affairs and pedagogical enrichment at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She spoke Thursday at the ABA Techshow 2021.
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — A new $5 million gift from Michael ’88 JD, MBA and Cari Sacks will include scholarship support for former Chicago Public Schools students attending Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Pritzker School of Law. The gift brings the couple’s total giving throughout We Will.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court March 11th, representing the Council for Islamic Schools in North America, Partnership for Inner-City Education, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — Erika Patty Munoz ’21 has changed the lives of many clients in the Sacramento area. Through University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law Immigration Clinic, she has helped numerous undocumented immigrants with legal proceedings to reunite them with their families and also help them stay in America legally.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Through the largest ever study of residential leases, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law David Hoffman and colleague Anton Strezhnev of New York University offer an unprecedented glimpse into the Philadelphia rental housing market.
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