University of Houston Law dean Leonard Baynes honored by Council on Legal Education Opportunity
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes is a recipient of the 2019 CLEO Edge Award presented by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. Baynes is among a small group of outstanding leaders recognized in the areas of education, diversity and greater equality.“The recipients of this year’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — A delegation representing the Senate Standing Committee on Energy from the Republic of Kenya met with several individuals at the University of Houston Law Center last week to examine energy utilization, access, development and conservation in Texas. The officials had discussions regarding the energy industry and an overview of the Environment,…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes has been named a Diversity Champion by the National Diversity Council. He will be honored at the Top 50 General Counsel dinner on Oct. 30 at the Marriot Marquis. The event, where former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will serve as…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — The Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) of Lewis & Clark Law School has been awarded grants from The Ford Family Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business Program to increase outreach and direct legal services to rural communities. The program will focus on Native entrepreneurs, working with the…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Small Business Legal Clinic receives grants to serve rural communities and Native American entrepreneursLewis & Clark Law journal Environmental Law releases symposium issue
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis and Clark’s Environmental Law, the nation’s oldest law review dedicated solely to environmental issues, released Volume 49, No. 3. This issue contains scholarship from select speakers who attended the spring Environmental Law Symposium, as well as a discussion of the use of the Administrative Procedure Act as an environmental law…
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URBAN MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University Law School will co-sponsor a two-day Urban Wills Caravan event to offer estate planning services to the Native-American population on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12. The event, a collaboration of Wisconsin Judicare and Marquette law students led by the school’s Office of Public Service, will feature attorneys and law students assisting…
Read More about Marquette Law co-sponsors estate planning services event for Native AmericansUniversity of Minnesota Law sees highest enrollment in 10 years
MINNESOTA DAILY — This fall, the University of Minnesota Law School saw its largest entering juris doctorate class in eight years. The school is recovering after a decline in enrollment following the 2008 recession. Reasons why enrollment is bouncing back at the law school range from a strong economy, the school’s high ranking and the current…
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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN — University of Mississippi Law School Dean Susan Duncan said that after a forum last spring, it was clear that law school students wanted a stronger focus on diversity.So, the law school decided to host an implicit bias training session led by Laura McNeal of the Brandeis School of Law at the University…
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UNC AT CHAPEL HILL — Charles and Sue Plambeck have bequeathed and pledged $1 million to support the UNC School of Law, UNC College of Arts & Sciences, the Center for the Study of the American South, the American Indian Center and Wilson Library Special Collections.
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LAW — Professor Wendy E. Parmet, a nationally recognized expert on health, disability and public health law and faculty director of the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law, has been selected as the recipient of the Highest Scoring Abstract Award by the Law Section Award Committee of the American Public Health Association (APHA) for…
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