A look at Fordham University’s pre-law program
THE OBSERVER — Fordham Law School is a significant part of the Fordham community — the freshmen even share a building with it. Pursuing law school after college may be a daunting feat, but at Fordham, there is a program that helps ease the transition. However, if you would like to incorporate learning about law into your…
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VOX — A group of Harvard Law School students on Wednesday shouted down speakers and stalled a campus recruitment dinner hosted by a major law firm that represents fossil fuel interests in climate change lawsuits. But the firm also represents Exxon, the world’s largest investor-owned oil company, in a number of climate lawsuits filed by city…
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SPIVEY CONSULTING GROUP — In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Founding Partner Mike Spivey talks about why law schools have admitted student programs, what you can expect from them, what you can expect from others at the event, and how to make the most of the visit.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — In light of the frequent campus climate issues of recent years, many of us in higher education have been thinking about inherent biases in our institutions’ appointment, promotion and tenure systems. How might faculty of color and women be systematically thwarted when they try to move up the academic labor market? One…
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — When the experience of sitting in the lecture hall is hardly more interactive than watching the lecture on a laptop screen, there are few downsides and plenty of upsides to recording. But for smaller, highly interactive classes — my forthcoming law-school class will have about 25 students and is designed to…
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FORBES — Today, artificial intelligence offers a solution to solve or at least make the access-to-justice issue better and completely transform our traditional legal system. Here’s what you need to know about how AI, big data, and online courts will change the legal system.
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DAILY JOURNAL CALIFORNIA LAWYER — Legal profession surveys consistently show a persistent, systemic inclusivity problem: at 70% male and 88% white it is one of the least racially and gender-diverse professions in the U.S. Over 80% of all federal judicial clerkships are secured by white applicants. At large U.S. firms, women are only 20% of…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School and the Kate Stoneman Honorary Committee are proud to announce that Nancy Hogshead-Makar—Olympic champion, civil rights lawyer, and CEO of Champion Women, a nonprofit providing legal advocacy for girls and women in sports—will deliver the keynote address at the 26th Anniversary Kate Stoneman Day on March 19, 2020.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Thursday, Jan. 23, American University Washington College of Law hosted its annual Spring Externship Fair. The law school’s Externship Program organized over 160 employers into Claudio Grossman Hall for the event, which has routinely been the largest legal externship fair in the nation and attracts students from all…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Students, faculty and staff gathered Tuesday, Jan. 21 for American University Washington College of Law’s 21st annual MLK Celebration in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event—presented by the Office of Diversity, Inclusions, and Affinity Relations—included a community reading, with 21 participating attendees…
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