Texas A&M Law dean Robert B. Ahdieh discusses school’s impact on the region
FORT WORTH BUSINESS PRESS — Six years after Texas A&M University acquired Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and renamed it the Texas A&M University School of Law, remarkable strides are being made inside the walls of a low-slung concrete office building in southeast downtown Fort Worth, across the street from the Fort Worth Water Gardens.
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UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO COLLEGE OF LAW — The University of Toledo College of Law and Marietta College, a private liberal arts college in Ohio, announced a 3+3 program partnership on Nov. 8, 2019, to offer Marietta College students a faster path to complete their law degree. Students who qualify for the latest 3+3 Program must first complete…
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UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW — The University of Tulsa College of Law is always a vibrant place. But this year its classrooms, corridors and lounges are positively humming with the arrival of the largest 1L class since 2010. As of fall 2019, TU Law’s entering class is up 19% over the previous year.
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY LAW — Research by University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Christopher L. Peterson has laid the foundation for newly proposed federal legislation designed to better protect Americans from predatory lenders. That model was the foundation for bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress on Tuesday in both the U.S. Senate and…
Read More about Research by University of Utah Law professor Christopher Peterson supports legislation to prevent predatory lendingVillanova Law professor Michele R. Pistone honored with JM Kaplan Innovation Prize
J.M. KAPLAN FUND — As a bold solution, the Villanova University Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates (VIISTA) program will offer the first university-based, online certificate program to train non-lawyers to assist immigrants. VIISTA seeks to revolutionize immigration law by educating a new category of legal advocates, much like the role nurse practitioners play in…
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER LAW — The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources recently awarded the Villanova Environmental Law Journal with the 2019 Environment, Energy and Resources Law Student Program of the Year Award for the Journal’s Annual Blank Rome LLP Symposium. The ABA presented the award to Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law…
Read More about Villanova Environmental Law Journal honored by American Bar Association section of Environment, Energy and ResourcesUniversity of Virginia Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic returns to U.S. Supreme Court to argue copyright case
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law will return to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to determine whether states can hold copyrights in annotations to their official codes. Clinic lecturer Josh Johnson, an appellate litigation attorney at Vinson & Elkins, will make his oral argument…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law will host the 16th annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, known as CELS, in 2021. Additionally, Professors Michal Barzuza, Kevin Cope and Quinn Curtis were elected to the Society for Empirical Legal Studies board of directors for three-year terms, effective Nov. 15.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law community came together Monday to celebrate 10 years of the Program in Law and Public Service and induct the incoming class of fellows. The program is designed to provide a select group of students access to a tailored curriculum and intensive training and…
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THE CAVALIER DAILY — A multidisciplinary team of faculty will be launching a new graduate class in the spring 2020 semester that focuses on problem-solving from three fields of expertise — computer science, public policy and law. The class, called Innovation in the Public Interest, will involve learning about the problems facing the intersecting space of…
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