Q and A with new Mitchell Hamline Law dean Anthony Niedwiecki
TWINCITIES.COM — As the new dean of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Anthony Niedwiecki is taking the reins of a 120-year-old law school at an unusual time.
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Paul L. Caron, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and his wife, Courtney, have made a $125,000 gift to help endow the Student Emergency Fund at Caruso Law.
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NBC 5 — A student at the SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas believes she is living proof that something good can happen when you put mind to it.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The USC Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics has entered into a partnership supporting higher education for students with psychiatric and psychosocial disabilities, as part of Pearson Education’s Corporate Disability Mentorship Program.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — As Black Lives Matter draws national attention to the pervasive systemic racism of the U.S. criminal system, USC’s Post-Conviction Justice Project continues to work on the front lines, in June freeing three life-sentenced clients from state prisons.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of its continuous goal to expose students to technology used in actual legal practice, USC Gould’s Media, Entertainment & Technology (MET) program has added two new courses giving first-hand experience with leading-edge tools that increase efficiency.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law has announced a generous $1 million endowed gift from the Rosalie and Harold Rae Brown Foundation to enhance the law school’s diversity efforts and provide significant financial support to future law students.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — In the wake of national protests against police violence and anti-Black racism, several colleges are reviewing or planning to alter their law enforcement or criminal justice curricula.
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NEWS BREAK — The North Carolina Central University School of Law has launched the Social Justice and Racial Equality Initiative to provide educational outreach on social justice, anti-racism and other equity concerns.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth launches its first anti-racism research guide early August. The collection houses over 400 resources that “will help users learn more about anti-racism and how to become anti-racism allies and accomplices.”
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