University of Colorado Law Professor Ming H. Chen selected for campus wide faculty fellows program
COLORADO LAW — University of Colorado Law School Associate Professor Ming Hsu Chen was one of 13 faculty members across the CU Boulder campus selected to participate in the Research & Innovation Office’s (RIO) 2020 Faculty Fellows cohort. This is done by cultivating a community of diverse, creative research leaders to help drive collaboration and innovation across…
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DIGITAL JOURNAL — Hundreds of people from across the country came together from November 8th to November 9th, 2019 for The 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair 2019 Sponsored by AccessLex Institute. This year’s event was hosted at Columbia Law School in New York City, New York. The goal of the conference…
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FAMU COLLEGE OF LAW — Ms. JD’s 2019 NWLSO Leadership Academy took place on Friday November 22, 2019 and Saturday November 23, 2019 at Harvard Law School. The program kicked off on Friday with a panel hosted by Harvard’s Women’s Law Association and an opening reception at Latham & Watkin’s Boston office keynoted by Chief Judge Patti…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Through Harvard Law School’s Federal Tax Clinic, students have the unique opportunity represent low-income taxpayers in disputes with the IRS, both before the IRS and in federal court. Working individually and in teams, they represent taxpayers involving examinations, administrative appeals collection matters, and cases before the United States Tax Court and federal…
Read More about Harvard Law student Adeyemi Adediran argues case in U.S. Court of AppealsHarvard Law announces working group to develop new seal
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82 announced plans to develop a new seal for the Law School in an email to students on Tuesday. In 2016, Harvard Law School retired its former seal following historical research that revealed it has ties to slavery. Prior to the seal’s removal, it featured three…
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The John M. O’Quinn Foundation, which is named after the late attorney and philanthropist who was a school alumnus, has donated $16 million to the law school, a significant portion of which will support the construction of a new law school building.
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NBC 25 MID MICHIGAN — Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Renee Knake to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Renee Knake currently serves as a professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and is the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Seven Lewis & Clark Law students helped immigrant taxpayers fill out applications for an ITIN renewal at a recent workshop organized by Professor Sarah Lora, along with El Programa Hispano. The workshop was held at Lewis & Clark’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in its downtown Portland office. Workshops like this are…
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THE NEWS & OBSERVER — The University of Missouri has received a $500,000 grant that will help it restart a law clinic dedicated to investigating possible cases of wrongful conviction. Law professor Rodney Uphoff says the school will partner with the Midwest Innocence Project, a law firm that specializes in exonerating inmates who may actually be…
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DAILY NORTHWESTERN — Pritzker School of Law Prof. Sarah Schrup is no stranger to the high court. As director of the school’s Appellate Advocacy Center, she helps students draft briefs and petitions for review in the Supreme Court and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Since opening 14 years ago, the clinic has worked on about 250 cases.
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