Lone Star Legal Aid honors Baylor Law with Pro Bono Excellence Award
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW — Lone Star Legal Aid, a nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy on behalf of low-income and underserved populations in Texas, has awarded Baylor Law their 2020 Pro Bono Excellence Award, in appreciation of “extraordinary efforts to ensure access to the legal system for low-income residents in multiple Texas Counties.”
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PATCH.COM — The day after the most consequential election in recent history, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky will host a panel discussion of the implications of the presidential election for various aspects of law featuring Berkeley Law faculty experts.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Leading media executives Harry Sloan and Jeffrey Sagansky participated in a spirited discussion about the recent explosion of interest in special purpose acquisition companies. The webinar was the latest in the Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law’s series of high-level IN-Sports conversations.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Success as a student in the law school’s rigorous tax law program led to a previously unexpected honor when Thomas graduated: He was awarded the Bruce I. Hochman Award for Excellence in the Study of Tax Law, the highest honor that UCLA Law presents to outstanding graduates in the field.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Co-Dean Michael Scharf was voted president-elect of the American Branch of the International Law Association. The 4,400-member association is the preeminent international non-governmental organization involved in developing and restating international law.
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THE NEWS RECORD — The Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) is a law firm that operates under the University of Cincinnati Law School, working on cases of men and women claiming to be wrongfully imprisoned in Ohio for crimes they haven’t committed. Each summer, around 20 law students are accepted as year-long fellows at the OIP.
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COLUMBIA NEWS — A group of Columbia Law School students and members of the Columbia Law Democrats set off to Pennsylvania to help ensure that votes were counted in Philadelphia polling places. It was critical that every Pennsylvanian was able to cast their ballot and that every vote was processed correctly.
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ELON UNIVERSITY — Elon University School of Law Associate Dean Enrique Armijo has announced the editorial board for Volume 14 of the Elon Law Review, the law school’s scholarly journal. In addition to editing the journal, editorial board members help plan and manage the Elon Law Review’s annual symposium.
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Florida State University College Trial Team won first place in the 2020 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition. The competition was held virtually over three days and hosted by the University of Buffalo School of Law. FSU Law’s Trial Team also won the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition in 2016.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On October 16, the Fordham Urban Law Journal hosted its annual Cooper Walsh Colloquium, and this year’s theme was particularly timely: “The Impact of Financial Crisis on Urban Environments: Past, Present, and Future.” The event brought together scholars of law, urban studies, economics, and sociology for four panel discussions.
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