Syracuse Law celebrates recent graduates bar passage rates

February 26, 2025

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The College of Law continues to demonstrate its commitment to student success with recent bar exam passage rates.

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Gift to University of Tennessee Law to support scholarships 

February 26, 2025

THE UNIVERITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Another $2 million pledge was made on behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers, P.C., a Chattanooga-based law firm, to support students at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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University of Tennessee Law Advocacy Clinic analyzes life-sentence cases for juveniles 

February 26, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Fifteen minutes–that was how long one man’s parole hearing lasted in 2023. The man, sentenced to a life term of imprisonment at age 15, is considered one of Tennessee’s “juvenile lifers.” 

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University of Tennessee Law hosts Court of Criminal Appeals to hear cases

February 26, 2025

TENNESSEE COURTS — On Jan. 28, 2025, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals held oral arguments for its Knoxville docket at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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University of Utah Law shares updates from faculty for January 2025

February 26, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.

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A profile on University of Utah Law student James Duffin

February 26, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — James Duffin earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Utah State University, initially intending to become a religious educator. However, his interests shifted toward a career in law.

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A profile on University of Utah Law student Abigail Alexander 

February 26, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — When 2L Abigail Alexander joined the Board Game Club as a first-year law student, she enjoyed the camaraderie but readily admits that she prefers card games like Uno or classics like checkers and Mancala over board games. When the group’s leader was graduating and asked…

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Vanderbilt Law hosts historian Andrew Kahrl for Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture

February 20, 2025

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Earlier this month, Vanderbilt Law school hosted Andrew Kahrl for its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture. Kahrl—a professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Virginia—discussed his recent book The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America. 

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Vanderbilt Law hosts Emory University professor Crystal Sanders to discuss the history of segregation scholarships

February 20, 2025

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Last month, the George Barrett Social Justice Program hosted Crystal Sanders, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, to discuss her new book A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to the Public HBCUs.  

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University of Virginia Law Human Rights Study Project visit Amazon rain forest to learn about indigenous rights

February 20, 2025

UVA TODAY — Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in the Ecuadorian Amazon learning about the Indigenous rights movement.

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