Hofstra Law student Brian Primm awarded Business Law Honors Fellowship from law firm
HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — Hofstra Law student Brian Primm 1L has been selected as the 2019-2020 recipient of the Moritt Hock & Hamroff Business Law Honors Fellowship. The fellowship, which was established in May 2016, is awarded to an incoming law student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievements and an interest in pursuing a career in business…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law led a dialogue on ways to address the growing amount of plastic in the world’s oceans during a roundtable discussion on the University of Houston campus. Experts from a variety of fields described the impacts that plastic…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON — The University of Houston has received a significant gift from The John M. O’Quinn Foundation to support the UH Law Center and construction of its new state-of-the-art building. In permanent recognition of the gift, the building will be named the “John M. O’Quinn Law Building.” An accomplished attorney and philanthropist, the late John…
Read More about University of Houston Law names new building after donor John M. QuinnHoward Law hosts judicial clerkship panel
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The annual Judicial Clerkship and Internship Panel is held every year during the month of October. Invitations are extended to all three 1L, 2L, and 3L classes. The purpose of the event is to expose Howard University School of Law students to the benefits associated with clerking and interning for…
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UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Retired Cook County Judge Sheila Murphy was selected as one of this year’s honorees of the Justice John Paul Stevens Award. Murphy, who currently serves as Co-Director of the Restorative Justice Project at UIC John Marshall Law School and as an adjunct professor, received the award from the Chicago Bar…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Three Lewis & Clark Law School students attended the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention and the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) Conference, both held in Austin, Texas from November 7-10, 2019. This year’s conference focused on encouraging Asian Pacific American (APA) students to interact with and…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Adjunct Professor Joe O’Leary teaches a Juvenile Justice seminar class at MacLaren Correctional Facility to both Lewis and Clark Law School students and incarcerated individuals each fall.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law adjunct professor Joe O’Leary teaches class at youth correctional facilityLewis & Clark Law hosts symposium on class action and mass torts
POUND CIVIL JUSTICE INSTITUTE — In the latest of the Pound Institute’s series of academic symposia, we partnered with Lewis & Clark Law School to present Class Actions, Mass Torts and MDLs: The Next 50 Years on Nov. 1–2, in Portland, OR. The program featured a world-class faculty of legal academics, judges, and attorneys, and was held…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law hosts symposium on class action and mass tortsLewis & Clark Law professor Ozan Varol inducted into the International Academy of Comparative Law
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law Professor Ozan Varol was recently inducted into the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), a highly selective academy of scholars that was founded at The Hague following World War I. Only a few scholars are nominated from the United States each year. The IACL focuses on a…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Ozan Varol inducted into the International Academy of Comparative LawUniversity of Louisville Law professor Emily Whelan Parento selected for governor-elect transition team
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Louisville Law Professor Emily Whelan Parento has been named to Kentucky Governor-elect Andy Beshear’s transition team. Transition team members will meet with cabinet employees ahead of Beshear’s transition into office to gather information on goals, success and challenges, reports the Courier Journal.
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