A look at the Legal Innovation and Technology Lab at Suffolk Law
STUDY INTERNATIONAL NEWS — A leading force in this area of legal innovation can be found at 120 Tremont Street, Boston. Suffolk Law School is where the nation’s brightest law students and faculty are working toward solutions to make access to justice a reality for tens of millions of Americans. Its Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Lab…
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STANFORD LAWYER — Donna Newman had been appointed by a federal court in New York to represent an accused terrorist in a high-stakes lawsuit on the rights of detainees after the attacks of September 11, 2001. A local lawyer who had long worked in the trenches representing criminal defendants, Newman, by her own admission, needed help.…
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW — The Chris Marshall Endowed Presidential Scholarship is awarded annually to third-year students of outstanding academic excellence who plan to remain in Texas after graduation to practice public service law in nonprofit, government or legislative positions.
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW — After four years of work, they were rewarded with a verdict in Ms. Das’s favor—and an unexpected payment to them by the State of Texas of more than $190,000. Turning part of the financial windfall they realized from their representation of Ms. Das into an endowment to benefit…
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LIFE OF THE LAW — This episode of Life of the Law we present three of the stories produced by the students in Professor McKanders’ immigration law class at Vanderbilt University Law School. A note – they were not asked to approach the project as journalists but as law students, so some of their stories include…
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — WVU Law has nominated 3L Amanda Demmerle for the prestigious Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award for Law Schools. The Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Awards are given to recipients who write law articles that demonstrate “creativity, knowledge, and know-how.” Winners display exemplary writing skills and a mastery of the law…
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Brian R. Gallini has been named dean of the Willamette University College of Law. Gallini will succeed Curtis Bridgeman who is stepping down to return to the faculty after serving as dean of the College of Law since July 2013. Gallini is a professor of criminal law and director of distance learning initiatives…
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HERALD TIMES REPORTER — Kelly is a full-time college and law student and has been awarded a full merit scholarship to the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was recently named Best Brief Finalist (top four of 150 in her class) for her legal writing.
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ABA JOURNAL — Three law professors told the House Judiciary Committee in opening statements Wednesday that President Donald Trump has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” meriting his impeachment. One of the three professors said Trump’s actions amounted to an attack on constitutional safeguards against establishing a king in the United States. A fourth professor, called…
Read More about Law professors testify on impeachment for House Judiciary CommitteeReport: Employment rate for law school graduates highest since 2008 recession
CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS — According to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement, the overall employment rate for the class of 2018 rose to 89.4%. That’s 0.8 percentage points greater than the class of 2017 and five full percentage points greater than the rate for the class of 2013, which bottomed out…
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