University of Houston president honors law school staff
UNIV. OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Two members of the University of Houston Law Center staff were honored with President’s Excellence Awards Wednesday for their outstanding work and dedication to the students and faculty they serve. University President Renu Khator honored Kristen Guiseppi as an “Effective Leader” and Elaine Fiala in the “Clerical” category during…
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IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY LAW — U McKinney Professor of Practice Janet McCabe and colleagues at The Media School at Indiana University are collaborating on a new, weekly environmental news podcast from the Environmental Resilience Institute. “In This Climate,” covers environmental and climate change related topics, from wildfires to coffee agriculture, with a focus on…
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NEWS AT IU BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched a program that trains students interested in working for family offices and firms with family office service practices. The law school will be the first in the United States with a program focused specifically on this growing area.
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UK LAW — Joshua A. Douglas, Thomas P. Lewis Professor of Law, is the recipient of the 2019 Duncan Teaching Award at the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School received a charitable bequest totaling $3.7 million to support public interest environmental law. The bequest, from Washington environmental activist John E. Diehl, is the second-largest single gift ever made to the law school.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Low Income-Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) recently prevailed on two court cases. The clinic successfully won a motion to dismiss in front of the U.S. District Court, and received a concession from the IRS in the U.S. Tax Court. LITC students were instrumental to the success of these two arguments.
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NEW ORLEANS CITY BUSINESS — Louisiana State University Law Center has added mental health services for its students. Catherine Seemann, a licensed clinical social worker, has joined the staff to provide free counseling by appointment and to host mental health seminars.
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THE CLUSTER — Fall of 2019 marks the 13th year anniversary of the Mercer Law Habeas Project. The Habeas Project was founded by current Mercer law dean, Sarah Gerwig-Moore, and gives students the opportunity to work with incarcerated Georgians who are facing habeas corpus cases.
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NYU LAW — New York University Law welcomed 180 students from 59 colleges and universities for the 2019 Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) Career Institute—a five-day series of workshops and panels that developed the students’ networking and professional skills and provided insight into career opportunities. Organized by LEDA, the event took place August…
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UNIV. OF SOUTH DAKOTA — The University of South Dakota hosts Charles H. Rose III, dean and professor of law at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, for a lecture on storytelling and persuasive advocacy Sept. 13 at noon in the USD Law courtroom.
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