University of New Hampshire Law faces budget deficit
NHPR — The University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce School of Law – the state’s only law school – has been losing millions of dollars annually since at least 2014, according to budget reports obtained by NHPR. In the 2018-19 year, the law school’s total operating budget was $5.5 million, but it spent $11.9 million. That’s more…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Report features broad new data on 36 million Americans who left college without a credential, including 3.8 million who returned to college in the last five years, nearly one million of whom completed.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — Full-time jobs, family obligations and other responsibilities can make it difficult for part-time law school students to attend classes three or four nights every week. That’s why The University of Akron School of Law is introducing an innovative program — unique among Ohio law schools — designed to…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Standing between New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, Assemblyman John McDonald, and Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, Roe cut a ceremonial ribbon to open Second Chance Opportunities Inc.’s new Recovery Community and Outreach Center at 55 Colvin…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Susan Hazeldean, founder and director of the Brooklyn Law School LGBT Advocacy Clinic, will receive the inaugural LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Section. The award will be presented at the AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in January. Hazeldean’s…
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Susan Hazeldean honored by AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity IssuesUC Irvine vice dean Christopher Whytock appointed director at The Hague Academy of International Law
UCI LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Vice Dean and Professor Christopher Whytock has been appointed Director of Studies at The Hague Academy of International Law for its 2020 winter course. “I am extremely honored to have been appointed to this position, and very grateful to the Curatorium of the Academy for…
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UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is honored to announce Dean L. Song Richardson and Assistant Professor of Law Swethaa Ballakrishnen will participate in panels at the “Leading Differently Across Difference: A National Conference on Training Lawyers as Leaders” in New York. The one-day conference will address the need for…
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DAILY BRUIN — The doors of UCLA’s tribal legal clinic, which allows law students to work directly with tribes to develop legal institutions, will soon be open year-round after receiving a $1.3 million grant. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded the grant to UCLA Law’s Tribal Legal Development Clinic, according to an Oct. 3…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — Former FBI Director James B. Comey, ’85, told a packed auditorium at the University of Chicago Law School Tuesday that he thinks the United States is being “stress tested” right now but that, ultimately, the country is continuing to move on an upward, albeit jagged, slope.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON — The Law School held a symposium on Friday titled “What’s the Harm: The Future of the First Amendment, which was organized by one of the Law School’s student-run academic journals, Legal Forum. Panelists included academics and journalists from across the country. The keynote address was delivered by Cass Sunstein, a former UChicago Professor…
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