University of Nebraska business and law schools collaborate on undergraduate minor
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN — In fall 2018, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business and College of Law collaborated to offer the business and law undergraduate minor.
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THE CITY SENTINEL — The Oklahoma Innocence Project proved that Willard O’Neal was wrongfully convicted after serving 17 years in prison. In 2001, O’Neal was found guilty of first-degree murder of a strip club owner and attempted murder of his bodyguard. He was sentenced to life without parole in 2004.
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AROUND THE O — Professor Kristen Bell (Univ. of Oregon Law) released a study, A Stone of Hope: Legal and Empirical Analysis of California Juvenile Lifer Parole Decisions. The study reveals that the odds of being granted parole are weighed heavily in the favor of non-black candidates and those who lack private attorneys.
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PEPPERDINE LAW — United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the Pepperdine Law community for a discussion about his new book, A Republic, If You Can Keep It. In a conversation led by Dean Paul Caron, with colleagues David Feder and Tobi Young, Justice Gorsuch reflected on the personal values he formed and…
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PROVIDENCE JOURNAL — Roger Williams University law school dedicates a classroom in honor of the first female African American lawyer in Rhode Island, Dorothy R. Crockett. The article regales Crockett’s trailblazing legacy and accomplishments.
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STETSON UNIVERSITY TODAY — The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded Professor Luz Estella Nagle of Stetson University College of Law the Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Program award to Spain, in the field of international law.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — South Texas College of Law Houston recently hosted the 32nd Annual Energy Law Institute, presented by the school’s Harry L. Reed Oil & Gas Law Institute, for nearly 100 of the state’s leading oil and gas attorneys and landmen.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Three third-year law students from South Texas College of Law Houston recently joined a group of 42 legal, international relations, and military leaders from around the world who traveled to Israel to meet with high-level experts and officials and to explore the complex issues these officials confront on…
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THE TEMPLE NEWS — Since its founding ten years ago, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project has helped free 15 Pennsylvanians from prison. The program is a non-profit organization dedicated to freeing those who have been wrongfully convicted. Founded by a group of lawyers, the organization aspires to improve the criminal justice system in Pennsylvania through education,…
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UNIV. OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE LAW — Anne Hazlett, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s senior advisor for rural affairs, visited the University of Tennessee as part of her outreach to the nation’s rural communities. Hazlett sought the advice of Professor Wendy Bach (University of Tennessee Law) and other community leaders to provide…
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