Rutgers Law offers certificate in immigration law
RUTGERS SCHOOL OF LAW — Rutgers Law School has become the first law school in New Jersey to offer a Certificate for Immigration Law for its students – signaling to employers that law students have gained a mastery in immigration issues before graduating from law school. Students taking part in the certificate program will have seminars on…
Read More about Rutgers Law offers certificate in immigration lawSeton Hall Law Last Resort Exoneration Project successfully overturns life sentence for client
NORTHJERSEY.COM — For nearly a decade, Lesley and D. Michael Risinger pored over transcripts, interviewed witnesses, consulted firearms experts and argued in courtrooms, with help of a team of Seton Hall law students. For the husband-and-wife legal team who run the Last Resort Exoneration Project at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, it was a hard-fought first victory after years of work to make…
Read More about Seton Hall Law Last Resort Exoneration Project successfully overturns life sentence for clientSouthern Illinois Law honors Black History Month with events
DAILY EGYPTIAN — Black History Month kicks off at the beginning of February and is sponsored by the Black Resource Center, the Office of the Associate Chancellor of Diversity and Student Affairs. The kick off event will be at 5 p.m. on Feb. 3 in Shryock Auditorium. The event will feature a presentation on the 15th amendment…
Read More about Southern Illinois Law honors Black History Month with eventsSt. Mary’s Law People’s Law School celebrates 26 years of free legal education for the community
ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY — People’s Law School at St. Mary’s University will celebrate its 26th year of providing free education by local attorneys about common legal topics — identity theft, wills, Social Security and more — on Saturday, Feb. 15. Greg Zlotnick, J.D., the School of Law’s Director of Pro Bono Programs, said the event is an…
Read More about St. Mary’s Law People’s Law School celebrates 26 years of free legal education for the communitySt. Mary’s Law suspends study abroad program to China after coronavirus outbreak
KENS5 CBC — With more than 20,000 confirmed cases and more than 400 dead, the coronavirus has spread concern worldwide leading to tough decisions to be made.E very summer for the last decade, law professor Robert Hu takes roughly 20 law school students to Beijing, China for a 5-week study program. “We decided out of abundance of…
Read More about St. Mary’s Law suspends study abroad program to China after coronavirus outbreakSyracuse Law Journal of Global Rights and Organizations announces distinguished lecturer series
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — The College of Law’s Journal of Global Rights and Organizations (JGRO) and Impunity Watch News (IWN) have announced the participants for its Spring 2020 Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Read More about Syracuse Law Journal of Global Rights and Organizations announces distinguished lecturer seriesUniversity of Virginia Law celebrates anniversaries of founding and admission of women
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Two historical milestones are converging at the University of Virginia School of Law in the 2019-20 academic year: The school is celebrating 200 years since its 1819 founding, and 100 years since the school first admitted women, in 1920. The centennial of coeducation also coincides with the centennial of American…
Read More about University of Virginia Law celebrates anniversaries of founding and admission of womenUniversity of Virginia Law professor Margaret Foster Riley appointed to NIH Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Margaret Foster Riley of the University of Virginia School of Law, an expert in bioethics, has been appointed to a new National Institutes of Health advisory committee that’s exploring these kinds of biotechnological questions. The Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee provides recommendations to the NIH director and a…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Margaret Foster Riley appointed to NIH Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory CommitteeUniversity of Virginia Law hosts conference on the impact of discrimination in public health
THE CAVALIER DAILY — The University’s Law and Medical Schools hosted a two-day conference starting Thursday focusing on the impact of discrimination in public health, entitled “Healing Hate: A Public Health Perspective on Civil Rights in America.” According to Law School Dean Risa Goluboff, the goal was to use a multidisciplinary approach to address the prevalent health and racial…
Read More about University of Virginia Law hosts conference on the impact of discrimination in public healthWashburn Law receives donation for plaza in honor of Senator Bob Dole
THE OTTAWA HERALD — An anonymous donor has agreed to match each donation the public makes — up to a total of $1 million — to create a plaza to be named in honor of Sen. Bob Dole, a Washburn alum, outside the Washburn School of Law building that will be constructed at the southeast corner…
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