A look at the Case Western Reserve Law center for environmental law
NEWSWISE — Case Western Reserve University launched its Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law this fall. Its director Jonathan Adler has single charge: creating a curriculum that trains the next generation of environmental law experts. Adler, one the country’s most innovative and frequently cited environmental law scholars, will serve as the center’s director.
Read More about A look at the Case Western Reserve Law center for environmental lawUniversity of Chicago Law announces new Immigrants Rights Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — The University of Chicago Law School will launch a new Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in January, adding to the school’s robust set of clinical offerings and giving students a chance to work in a pressing, and often fast-changing, area of the law with a rising star in the field. Nicole Hallett, a Yale…
Read More about University of Chicago Law announces new Immigrants Rights ClinicUniversity of Chicago Law students discuss impact of their summer jobs
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — This past summer, Law School students interned with Grubhub’s in-house counsel, represented clients with a student practice license, and worked to reform the Chicago Police Department. They tackled pro bono cases in a law firm setting, explored the intersection of technology and litigation, and interpreted contracts for the US Attorney’s Office…
Read More about University of Chicago Law students discuss impact of their summer jobsFordham Law assistant dean Nitza Milagros Escalera honored by Council on Legal Education Opportunity
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc. has announced that Nitza Milagros Escalera, assistant dean of student affairs at Fordham Law, has been selected as one of ten recipients of its CLEO EDGE awards. The awards will be presented at a Nov. 7 ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Read More about Fordham Law assistant dean Nitza Milagros Escalera honored by Council on Legal Education OpportunityUniversity of Georgia launches First Amendment Clinic
UGA TODAY — The University of Georgia School of Law will create a First Amendment Clinic thanks to a $900,000 gift from the Stanton Foundation, an organization established by former television broadcasting executive Frank Stanton. The clinic will support First Amendment rights by focusing on regional cases involving free speech, freedom of the press and…
Read More about University of Georgia launches First Amendment ClinicUniversity of Georgia co-hosts pop-up clinic through Access to Justice Initiative
WGAU — The Superior Court Judges of the Western Circuit, in partnership with the University of Georgia School of Law and the Western Circuit Bar Association, announce the first fall pop-up clinic for 2019 in the Access to Justice Initiative. The mission of the Access to Justice Initiative is to provide access to legal services and…
Read More about University of Georgia co-hosts pop-up clinic through Access to Justice InitiativeGeorgia State University Law hosts discussion on the state of immigration in Georgia
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — On September 19, he and immigration attorney Carolina Antonini (J.D. ’96) led a discussion in the College of Law about the state of immigration in Georgia. Emily Torstveit Ngara, the director of Georgia State Law’s new Immigration Clinic, moderated the conversation. They started by talking about the day-to-day demands of being an…
Read More about Georgia State University Law hosts discussion on the state of immigration in GeorgiaGeorgia State University Law receives grants to create undergraduate bioethics course
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — The Greenwall Foundation awarded Georgia State University College of Law a grant to develop a model undergraduate bioethics course that seeks to engage diverse students’ interest in bioethics issues as well as support students who wish to pursue post-graduate education.
Read More about Georgia State University Law receives grants to create undergraduate bioethics courseHarvard Law maintains increase in applications
THE HARVARD CRIMSON — The Law School received 7,419 applications for the juris doctor Class of 2022, compared to 7,578 applications from the Class of 2021, and the 5,755 applications it received from the Class of 2020. Of the 7,419 applicants, 12 percent were accepted. Though application numbers are down 2.1 percent from last year, the number…
Read More about Harvard Law maintains increase in applicationsHarvard Law features panel discussion with professor and former U.N. ambassador Samantha Power
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power ’99 expressed both skepticism and hope for the current state of international affairs during a panel discussion at Harvard Law School Monday. Power, whose new memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” documents her journey from “immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet…
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