University of Tennessee Law hosts advocacy competition for first-year students
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW — First-year student Alissa Netto won the University of Tennessee College of Law’s First-Year Advocacy Competition Monday to become the Advocacy Idol for 2020. The event featured 24 competitors, mentored by second- and third-year advocacy students, who had 15 minutes to learn the details of their case and prepare an opening…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law’s Lisa Alexander and Thomas Mitchell, professors of law, will be presented the Dr. Sadie Alexander Leadership Award for their outstanding work in the study of property law, affordable housing and legislative reform.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Jim Bradbury, Texas A&M University School of Law adjunct professor and partner at James D. Bradbury PLLC, received the Excellence in Agricultural Law in Private Practice Award from the American Agricultural Law Association during the association’s annual conference and 40th anniversary in Washington, D.C. The AALA’s Excellence in Agricultural Law Awards recognizes…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Karen Roberts Washington, adjunct professor at Texas A&M School of Law, was recognized for her mediation experience and quality by being inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN). The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is a professional association whose membership consists of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) professionals distinguished by their hands-on…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Luz Herrera, TAMU Law professor and associate dean for experiential education, was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to serve on the executive committee of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. Herrera serves on the Commission, and is noted for her work in advocating for more access to legal services…
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor Luz Herrera appointed to committee of the Texas Access to Justice CommissionAALS and law school deans discuss innovations in legal education
CNBC — And these pressures, both financial and technological, are forcing law schools to change. “People mention that law schools haven’t changed in a while,” James Greif, communications director at the Association of American Law Schools tells CNBC Make It. “I think that maybe they’re not paying close enough attention.”
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THE WASHINGTON POST — The event in part celebrated the statistical improbability of an all-female sweep of elections at the leading publications of legal scholarship at schools including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, Columbia and Duke universities. The editors in chief collaborated for the first time to publish a Women & Law journal with a series of…
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ABA JOURNAL — The legal services sector gained 4,500 jobs in January, with total employment surpassing the previous 10-year high set in November. The legal industry had 1,160,700 jobs in January, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s an increase of 16,000 jobs from January 2019, when…
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M LIVE — A University of Michigan Law School graduate says he’s revoking a planned donation of $2 million after he said the university did not use a previous donation. Lance J. Johnson, a 1965 graduate of UM Law School, made a $150,000 donation that he said was to go toward an annual legal seminar to…
Read More about University of Michigan Law graduate revokes planned gift over previous donationUniversity of Pacific incoming president Chris Callahan discusses McGeorge Law’s graduate programs
SACRAMENTO BUSINESS JOURNAL — The incoming president sees opportunity in University of the Pacific’s Sacramento campus, and with local employers.
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