A look at Widener Commonwealth Law Bar Success Program
WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Preparing for the bar exam is one of the most significant challenges law graduates face, and Widener University Commonwealth Law School is committed to ensuring its students have the tools and support they need to succeed.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — On February 7-8, the William & Mary Law Review held its symposium for Volume 66, “Unhoused and Unprotected: Grants Pass and the Future of Housing Justice.” The student-run event explored the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision of Grants Pass v. Johnson and the future of housing rights advocacy.
Read More about William & Mary Law hosts symposium on housing justiceYale Law professor Ketan Ramakrishnan named as reporter for Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence Project
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Associate Professor of Law Ketan Ramakrishnan ’21 has been named as an associate reporter to The American Law Institute’s (ALI) Principles of the Law, Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence project.
Read More about Yale Law professor Ketan Ramakrishnan named as reporter for Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence ProjectYale Law professor John Morley to give lecture on generational equity
YALE LAW SCHOOL — Professor John Morley ’06 will present the inaugural lecture of his appointment as Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law on Feb. 24, 2025.
Read More about Yale Law professor John Morley to give lecture on generational equityYale Law students hold launch event for Association for Small Claims Assistance
YALE LAW SCHOOL — An organization for Yale undergraduates started by Law School students Chad Borgman ’25 and Katherine Salinas ’25 aims to help litigants navigate the challenging small claims system in Connecticut.
Read More about Yale Law students hold launch event for Association for Small Claims AssistanceStates file lawsuits to restore research funding to National Institutes of Health
NBC NEWS — A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government.
Read More about States file lawsuits to restore research funding to National Institutes of HealthWhite House shuts down funding to the Institute of Education Sciences
NPR — An independent research arm within the U.S. Department of Education is being all but shut down, employees of the department say. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering and disseminating data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.
Read More about White House shuts down funding to the Institute of Education SciencesUniversity responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differ
NEW YORK TIMES — Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.
Read More about University responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differDepartment of Government Efficiency’s access to education department data raises concerns
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
Read More about Department of Government Efficiency’s access to education department data raises concernsCongress considers cuts to federal education funding
AP NEWS — As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
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