Pepperdine Law Moot Court Team celebrates successful fall
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law’s Moot Court Team successfully competed in five virtual moot court interschool competitions. These moot court, trial advocacy, and negotiation and mediation performances continue Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s tradition of excelling at interschool advocacy competitions.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Charles took a step that would change his life. He went to a workshop sponsored by the Post-Conviction Justice Project, a legal clinic run by the USC Gould School of Law. The USC justice reform project works with people serving adult life sentences for crimes they committed as youths.
Read More about USC Gould Law Post-Conviction Justice Project assists client seeking paroleSouthwestern Law Latino Law Students Association hosts toy drive for local elementary school
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — In the past, LLSA, along with the Southwestern student body, has rallied together by tabling on campus and holding meetings to find sponsors for each child. With the limitations of COVID, we need your funding to help us get the toys to these children and follow all of the rules.
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SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — In Natalia’s article, “Menstrual Taboos: Religious Practices that Violate Women’s Human Rights,” she looks major religions and highlights the different restrictions they impose on menstruating women. She argues that menstrual prohibitions based on religious grounds present a unique threat to women’s human rights.
Read More about Southwestern Law student Natalia Anthony publishes article in The International Human Rights Law ReviewWillamette Law Business Law Clinic provides legal assistance for small businesses
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — William Grasty’s work through the Willamette Law Business Law Clinic helped to give a local business a needed boost when it came to trademarking their logo. Grasty describes his time in the law clinic as being similar to a law firm atmosphere that challenges students and instills the value of completing high-quality work.
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UCONN TODAY — A new fund, named for the law school’s first Black female graduate, will provide broad support for diversity and social justice initiatives at the UConn School of Law. The Constance Belton Green Diversity Fund will be available to sponsor and sustain events, scholarships, fellowships for students and faculty, and other programs.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham faculty and close friends of the late former Fordham Law Professor Terry Smith gathered for a webinar to discuss his last publication, Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box. “Whitelash” describeS the reaction of white voters at the ballot box in opposition to civil rights advances.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — New racial equity and justice courses have been added, and faculty members are further integrating these topics into their teaching—not only in courses such as Constitutional Law and Criminal Law, but also in Torts and Mergers and Acquisitions as well. On the clinical side, more than 100 students and faculty.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — The Law Library’s Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center opened a new exhibit on racial justice. The exhibit explores the quest for racial justice in America through historical legal cases, legislation, and events that saw civil rights denied, limited, and advanced by determined legal and political action.
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Caruso Law hosted the inaugural Black Women and the Law Summit: Invisibly Visible, Black Women in the Law Matter. Programming centered on legal and systemic barriers to Black women’s advancement, offering strategies to dismantle those barriers. Viewers joined from 28 different campuses.
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