Pitt Law and K&L Gates partner on diversity fellowship offering
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW — Global law firm K&L Gates LLP and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are again partnering to offer the K&L Gates Diversity Fellowship. The Fellowship provides a full-tuition scholarship for all three years of law school, as well as a paid summer associate position at K&L Gates.
Read More about Pitt Law and K&L Gates partner on diversity fellowship offeringQuinnipiac Law students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa win national trial competition
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — The team of third-year students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa capped off an undefeated weekend with a win over Harvard-2 in the finals – and Kirby earned best individual advocate in the finals. Quinnipiac’s second team — consisting of second-year students – advanced to the semifinals.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa win national trial competitionSanta Clara Law professor Lisa Kloppenberg honored for casebook on mediation
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Provost, Dean Emerita and Professor of Law Lisa Kloppenberg’s casebook on dispute resolution, “Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law”, was ranked as one of the 10* Best Mediation Books of All Time.
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SBC AMERICAS — Global sports betting and gaming entertainment firm Entain has donated $100,000 to Seton Hall Law School. The money will be used to provide annual high-quality and robust ethics, legal, and compliance education for compliance and legal professionals in the online sports betting and gaming sector.
Read More about Seton Hall Law receives gift to support gaming law ethics and compliance educationSyracuse Law student Hilda A. Frimpong named editor-in-chief of Syracuse Law Review
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Second-year law student Hilda A. Frimpong has been elected by her peers as the next Editor-in-Chief of Syracuse Law Review. When she assumes her duties for Volume 72 (2021-2022), Frimpong will be the first Black student to lead the Law Review since it began publishing in 1949.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW — A $1 million gift has been made to the University of Tennessee in the name of the Chattanooga-based law firm of Summers, Rufolo and Rodgers, P.C. This will help support the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, the Legal Clinic, and the Douglas Blaze Professorship.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law gift from Chattanooga law firm to support students pursuing careers in advocacyUniversity of Tennessee Law hosts webinar on the challenges of re-entry into society after conviction
10 NEWS NBC — The University of Tennessee College of Law virtually hosted a talk from the person at the center of a complex and controversial legal case on Tuesday. The talk was given through Zoom. It was part of the Rethinking Reentry Symposium by the Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender and Social Justice.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Seventeen years into his 25-year felony prison sentence, Gerald Smith was facing a looming health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his regular treatments for cancer, a preexisting condition that made him more susceptible to dying from the coronavirus in prison.
Read More about University of Virginia Law launches Federal Criminal Sentence Reduction ClinicUniversity of Virginia Law launches website on the school’s historical connection to slavery
THE CAVALIER DAILY — The University’s Law school launched Slavery and the U.Va. School of Law, a new website and digital archive that explores the law school’s historical connections to slavery. At the core of this project are digitized versions of law students’ notebooks from the antebellum time period, when slavery was taught as a social good.
Read More about University of Virginia Law launches website on the school’s historical connection to slaveryWayne Law students win awards in international law moot court competition
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Wayne State University Law School’s team took home numerous honors after virtually competing in the U.S. Round 1 of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Feb. 12-13. Wayne Law’s four oralists all placed in the Top 20 Oralists and the team earned a second place Memorial Award.
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