Northern Kentucky Law professor Amy Halbrook and students to provide legal assistance to individuals at immigration detention center
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Amy Halbrook will guide a group of Chase College of Law students in a project this spring to help fathers and sons at an immigration detention center understand legal issues they face and for the students to develop skills for working with social workers, interpreters and health-care…
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional Championship of the National Trial Competition, held last weekend in St. Louis. They will now go on to compete for the National Championship, which will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 1-5. The team of Cynthia Bi…
Read More about Northwestern Law students win Midwest Regional Championship of the National Trial CompetitionNorthwestern Law professor Zachary Clopton awarded Civil Justice Scholarship Award
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Zachary Clopton, professor of law, was named the recipient of the 2020 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Civil Justice Institute. Clopton was presented with the award during the Pounds Fellow reception, held during the winter convention of the American Association for Justice in New Orleans, on February 9.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — On February 5, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs hosted a day-long symposium, “Red Lines, Red Tape,” which delved into the issues of housing discrimination and unaffordability at the local and national levels. Organized with the support of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s…
Read More about University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs hosts symposium on housing discriminationPenn Law students Sophie Beutel, Marissa Fritz, and Simone Hussussian win Health Law Regulatory and Compliance Competition
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — On February 22, a team of three University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students won first place in the 9th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition (HLRCC) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland. Sophie Beutel L’20, Marissa Fritz L’20, and…
Read More about Penn Law students Sophie Beutel, Marissa Fritz, and Simone Hussussian win Health Law Regulatory and Compliance CompetitionPenn Law student Valerie Snow receives Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship for work in elderly rights
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Upon graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Valerie Snow L’20 will spend two years at Philadelphia’s SeniorLAW Center advocating for the rights of low-income seniors, especially regarding guardianship, thanks to a prestigious Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship. Snow’s fellowship project at the SeniorLAW Center will address…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Danielle M. Conway, dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, was named to Lawyers of Color’s Power List by the Lawyers of Color Foundation—a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the legal profession and advancing democracy and equality in marginalized communities. The Power List recognizes the…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle M. Conway honored by Lawyers of Color FoundationPepperdine Law professor Barry McDonald speaks at Defense Research Institute Environmental and Toxic Torts Law Conference
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Barry P. McDonald spoke at the Defense Research Institute Environmental and Toxic Torts Law Conference on “How the Changing Composition of the Supreme Court is Likely to Affect Environmental and Toxic Tort Jurisprudence.” The conference took place on February 19-21 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the law offices of Dickie, McCamey & Chilocate, P.C. are excited to announce a new scholarship offering to Pitt Law’s second-year students, The Dickie McCamey Diversity Scholarship. The Dickie McCamey Diversity Scholarship will provide tuition support for diverse second-year law students who demonstrate merit and the potential…
Read More about Pitt Law launches diversity scholarship for first- and second-year studentsUniversity of Richmond Law Child Defense Clinic pilots anti-absenteeism effort in local public schools
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — One crucial component of this innovative new program is the pro bono legal assistance from students in the University of Richmond School of Law Children’s Defense Clinic. Launched in 2019, the Parents + Attendance = Student Success initiative, otherwise known as the P+A=SS Docket, positions student success as a collaborative effort.
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