Georgia State University Law celebrates recent graduates during winter commencement

January 23, 2025

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — “Do not shy away from your authentic self,” Attorney Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour (J.D. ‘06) encouraged graduates of the Georgia State University College of Law December Class of 2024. “The richness of your lived experiences makes you a better lawyer.”

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Harvard Law reflects on the 2024 admissions cycle

January 23, 2025

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — As we welcome the new year, we would like to recap this year’s recruiting cycle. In Fall 2024, we continued our robust recruiting initiatives that included both in-person and virtual programming. We traveled to new college campuses, hosted expanded connection opportunities with current Harvard Law School students, and welcomed prospective students

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Hofstra Law professor Ellen Yaroshefsky discusses prosecutorial independence on ABA podcast

January 23, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Hofstra Law Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky was interviewed on a recent episode of “the JustPod,” the podcast for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. The discussion related to the state of prosecutorial independence and prosecutorial discretion.

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Hofstra Law student Valery Vasquez Diaz discusses passion for helping immigrant families

January 23, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — For Valery Vasquez Diaz, a second-year student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, working with immigrant communities on Long Island and assisting them with their legal rights is an experience she’s longed for since childhood.

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Howard Law joins Weil Legal Innovators Program

January 23, 2025

WEIL — International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is pleased to announce that Howard University School of Law has joined the Firm’s multi-stakeholder public service initiative, the Weil Legal Innovators (WLI) Program, now celebrating its fifth anniversary.

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Indiana University McKinney Law professor emeritus James P. White mentioned in AALS 125th anniversary retrospective book

January 23, 2025

IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney Professor Emeritus James P. White is pictured with the first executive director of the Association of American Law Schools in a book commemorating the organizations 125th anniversary.

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University of Iowa professor Gregory Shill elected chair of AALS Section on State and Local Government 

January 23, 2025

IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Gregory Shill was elected Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on State and Local Government Law.

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An interview with University of Iowa Law dean Kevin Washburn

January 23, 2025

IOWA PUBLIC RADIO — Kevin Washburn, dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, is stepping down from his position at the end of 2024. He has been dean since 2018.

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A look at University of Iowa Law dean Kevin Washburn’s tenure leading the school

January 23, 2025

IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Kevin Washburn, who joined the College of Law as dean in 2018, has announced that he will step down from the deanship, effective January 1, 2025.

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University of Iowa Law professor Megan Graham discusses the school’s Technology Law Clinic

January 23, 2025

DES MOINES REGISTER — As a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Megan Graham got to work with advanced students to solve legal problems for real-life clients. And more and more of those calls, she noticed, were coming from the Midwest. So she decided to go where the clients were.

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