Texas Supreme Court posthumously grants bar admission to a Black man who sought law license in 1882
ABA JOURNAL — A Black man who sought to become a lawyer in Dallas in 1882 after reading the law has been granted bar admission posthumously, thanks to the work of two appeals judges who did the historical research. The Texas Supreme Court granted posthumous bar admission to J.H. Williams in an Oct. 19 order.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Under the guidance of the Community Economic Development Clinic within The Justice Center at Albany Law School, Jack Magai has closed on the sole-proprietorship-to-employee-ownership conversion of the company—now called the More Trees Arborist Collective LLC—to his four colleagues.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School announced today a new suite of online graduate programs for professionals seeking to advance their careers in human resources. Law, Leadership, and Policy is offered in three tracks, all offered 100% online. The law school is currently accepting applications for the inaugural term.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — President and Dean Alicia Ouellette is among a notable group of experts advising New York State on its COVID-19 vaccination program. Its members are helping guide the state’s framework for setup and operation ahead of an approved vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — The work of American University Washington College of Law’s Community and Economic Development Law Clinic and its co-director, Professor Susan Bennett, is featured in a recent Washington Post article on efforts to remove racist housing covenants for local residents.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law’s Administrative Law Review hosted its fall symposium, “Democracy 2020: Topics in Election Oversight,” virtually Oct. 23–24, 2020. The two-day symposium featured five separate panel discussions covering two distinct topics.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Students and faculty members at the U of A School of Law are participating in a nationwide celebration of pro bono during Pro Bono Week, Oct. 25-31. Events during the week include community engagement events and projects such as a student panel on pro bono and a legal service project.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Máximo Langer has been named president of the American Society of Comparative Law, the leading comparative law organization in the United States. Langer rises to the position after co-heading UCLA Law’s efforts in hosting the ASCL’s 2020 annual meeting.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Considered a rising star of the legal community by the Crain’s editorial team, Maya Simek, the director of the Human Trafficking Project at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was recently selected to the Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under Forty.”
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Intellectual Property Venture Clinic is a faculty-supervised boutique IP and business venture firm where students, working under close faculty supervision, offer free legal and business expertise to student inventors and local startup companies as they enter the market.
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