SMU Dedman Law launches COVID-19 legal helpline for North Texas residents
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning June 1, SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a clinic project with an emergency helpline that offers North Texas residents the opportunity to secure free legal assistance with matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as housing, immigration and consumer protection.
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UVA TODAY — The Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has joined an effort to protect a historic African American schoolhouse and surrounding property, which community members say are threatened by a proposed landfill.
Read More about University of Virginia Law Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic joins effort to protect historic African American schoolhouseUniversity of Virginia Law professor Crystal Shin to direct clinic on juvenile defense
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Crystal Shin ’10 will step down as director of the Program in Law and Public Service to direct a new University of Virginia School of Law clinic. The clinic, which starts this spring and has yet to be formally named, will focus on holistic juvenile defense.
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Crystal Shin to direct clinic on juvenile defenseUniversity of Virginia Law professor Cynthia Nicoletti receives Student Council Distinguished Teaching Award
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Cynthia Nicoletti, a legal historian and professor of law at the University of Virginia, has been named a recipient of the UVA Student Council Distinguished Teaching Award.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The school’s Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center and Program in Law and Public Service will join forces under one leader, Assistant Dean for Public Service Annie Kim ’99, while adding a new, full-time director of public service to assist in counseling students. The school will also offer more skills-based courses to prepare students for…
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NEWS — Daniel P. Tokaji has been named dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has been a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since 2003, serving as associate dean for faculty since 2018.
Read More about University of Wisconsin Law names Daniel P. Tokaji as deanNevada July bar exam to replace some test sections
ABA JOURNAL — According to a Nevada Supreme Court opinion published last week, the exam will be limited to eight essay questions on state law, and a performance test. The multistate bar exam, which has 200 multiple choice questions and is developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners will be removed from the test. The Nevada…
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ABA JOURNAL — Seating for the July exam is limited to no more than 50% of the customary number to comply with restrictions on gatherings under COVID-19 orders, according to a policy adopted by the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners that was affirmed by the state supreme court May 11. More information is available here.
Read More about Tennessee schedules fall bar exam to accommodate reduced seating for July examDr. Anthony Faucci discusses health precautions for colleges re-opening in fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — On Friday The Chronicle spoke to one of America’s top public-health officials, Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about some of the strategies universities have said they’ll employ. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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VPR — Colleges around the country are navigating the tricky process of choosing whether to re-open for in-person classes this fall. The University of Vermont, the state’s largest higher ed institution, is planning on bringing thousands of students back to school in a few months. But so are some of the state’s smaller colleges, like Vermont Law School in…
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