Stanford Law co-founds Social Justice Legal Foundation
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School has been invited to partner with the Social Justice Legal Foundation funded and created by the partners of Hueston Hennigan LLP, along with Columbia, Northwestern, UCLA and Yale law schools, in a new fellowship program that will develop a new generation of trial lawyers in the public sector.
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TEXAS SOUTHERN THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law is participating in the national expansion of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program, in collaboration with other law schools across the country and the John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW — A century after attorney Buck Colbert Franklin (1879-1960) set up shop in Tulsa’s Greenwood District to offer legal counsel to an underrepresented community, The University of Tulsa’s College of Law is returning to that neighborhood to carry on Franklin’s legacy and give hope to those most in need.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Jorge L. Contreras provided his perspective on COVID-19’s effect on intellectual property rights sharing movements during a recent University of Houston Law Center lecture.
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The director of Vermont Law School’s Environmental Justice Clinic has been appointed by President Joseph Biden, Jr., to a prominent role in his administration fighting racial and economic disparities in environmental policies. Marianne Engelman-Lado has been named deputy general counsel for environmental initiatives.
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THE DAILY PROGRESS — The new editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review, Tiffany Mickel, is the first Black person to hold the position, according to a news release from the University of Virginia. Mickel, a second-year student at the UVA School of Law, and the managing board were chosen by the outgoing board.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Kristen Eichensehr, a cybersecurity expert, has been named director of the National Security Law Center at the University of Virginia School of Law. Eichensehr, who joined the Law School in 2020, is a Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — UVA Law professors Cathy Hwang and Richard Schragger discuss the academic career path and how to become a law professor.
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act aims to direct financial aid to Black neighborhoods that experience unfairly negative environmental impacts and whose residents suffer health consequences. The Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic’s report inspired the bill.
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — This year’s symposium will cover a range of state and federal housing issues, including housing in the Western United States and problems of housing equity. Professor Richard Rothstein, an expert in the history of American housing issues, will give the keynote address on housing and segregation in the U.S.
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