Syracuse Law announces third-year off-campus program for J.D. students
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Starting with the Class of 2023, students in Syracuse University College of Law’s residential J.D. program will have the option of spending their third year entirely off-campus while still taking courses from College of Law faculty. Specifically, students in good standing will have the option to enroll in the “Third…
Read More about Syracuse Law announces third-year off-campus program for J.D. studentsTemple Law students Amando Dominick and Vitória Medieros receive scholarship from Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Pennsylvania Bar Foundation recently named second year law student Amando Dominick and third-year law student Vitória Medieros, both of Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, as 2019 James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship Fund award winners. Each recipient received $3,000. The scholarship was named to memorialize a steadfast supporter…
Read More about Temple Law students Amando Dominick and Vitória Medieros receive scholarship from Pennsylvania Bar FoundationTouro Law to host conference in legacy of Charles A. Reich
TOURO COLLEGE JACOB D. FUCHSBERG LAW CENTER — Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center will host a one-day conference titled, “Charles A. Reich, A Commemoration of His Life and Legacy,” on Thursday, January 30, 2020 beginning at 9:30am at the law school in Central Islip. The full-day conference will explore the life, work, and legacy…
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TULANE HULLABALOO — Judy Perry Martinez, American Bar Association president and Tulane University Law School graduate, spoke to a “Lawyers as Leaders” class at her alma mater Friday about what it means to be a leader in the legal profession.
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Today Vermont Law School (VLS) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) announced the launch of the Vermont Legal Food Hub. Located at VLS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) in South Royalton, the program will match income-eligible farmers and business owners with skilled attorneys willing to provide free legal services. The Vermont hub has already recruited…
Read More about Vermont Law launches legal food hub to provide services to farmers and food-related businessesVillanova Law professor Todd Aagaard named visiting fellow at Resources for the Future
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law, has been named a visiting fellow for the 2019-20 academic year at Resources for the Future (RFF), a nonpartisan environmental economics think tank based in Washington, DC. RFF’s mission is to improve environmental, energy and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and…
Read More about Villanova Law professor Todd Aagaard named visiting fellow at Resources for the FutureWashburn Law dean Carla Pratt awarded Leading Edge Prize for Educational Innovation
13 WIBW — Washburn University School of Law Dean Carla Pratt is one of four legal professionals to win the national 2019 Leading Edge Prize for Educational Innovation. The Leading Edge Prize recognizes and rewards professional teams for the best solutions to challenges facing law students and legal education.
Read More about Washburn Law dean Carla Pratt awarded Leading Edge Prize for Educational InnovationWMU-Cooley Law president and dean James McGrath lays out vision for the school
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — I can think of many such schools but will focus on the one I know best — Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where I serve as President and Dean. One example of how we are not following the pack is in our authentic commitment to law school access…
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law president and dean James McGrath lays out vision for the schoolWilliam & Mary Law professor Thomas J. McSweeney publishes book on early history of the common law
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — It’s been an eventful year for Thomas J. McSweeney. In August he was promoted to full professor with tenure at William & Mary Law School; during the fall semester, he was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge; and in January, Oxford University Press published his…
Read More about William & Mary Law professor Thomas J. McSweeney publishes book on early history of the common lawYale Law students Sam Marullo and Patrick Hulin secure funding for Connecticut opioid treatment programs in prison
YALE LAW SCHOOL — When Sam Marullo ’20 and Patrick Hulin ’20 first arrived at Yale Law School, they spent their 1L year advocating for funding for Connecticut opioid treatment programs in prison through the Law School’s Legislative Advocacy Clinic. Marullo, the former policy director for Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo ’98, had successfully worked on similar legislation in Rhode Island and was hoping…
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