A look at University of Georgia Law’s student-driven diversity initiatives
THE RED & BLACK — The New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion program was initially a larger scale, university-wide initiative announced by UGA President Jere Morehead in spring 2019. The funds encouraged schools within UGA to “recruit and retain historically underrepresented groups,” which resulted in the law school’s Benham Scholars program, which is dedicated to increasing…
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — Georgia State Law’s Pro Bono Law Program is partnering with The Justice Collaborative and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA) this year to offer law students more practice opportunities. Volunteers can sign up for both organizations—and 10 other projects– on the College of Law website. The College of Law’s award-winning…
Read More about Georgia State University Law’s Pro Bono Law Program expands student practice opportunities through new partnershipsHarvard Law welcomes new LLM students
HARVARD LAW TODAY — As Orientation begins, Harvard Law School welcomes the LL.M. Class of 2020, together with new cohorts of S.J.D. and international exchange students.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW — Before completing their first week of classes, first-year students at the University of Houston Law Center fanned out across the city to help those in need and form friendships with new classmates by volunteering for a wide range of community service projects.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law School welcomes its incoming class of 2022.
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — Louisiana State University Law welcomes its incoming class of 2022.
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — 126 LSU Law students participated in the Summer Field Placement Program this year. The students were placed with judges, government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the United States—from California to Florida and Michigan to Texas—earning credits while gaining invaluable hands-on experience.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — Professor Jennifer Wriggins (University of Maine Law) was recently selected to serve as an advisor of the American Law Institute’s project, Restatement of the Law Third Torts: Concluding Provisions.
Read More about University of Maine Law professor Jennifer Wriggins to advise American Law Institute on tortsUMass Law professor Rick Peltz-Steele looks at pop culture as a teaching tool in new publication
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — Professor Rick Peltz-Steele (UMass Law) has authored a chapter in a new book, The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture. Professor Peltz-Steele’s chapter talks specifically about using popular culture as a teaching aid in the 1L Torts class.
Read More about UMass Law professor Rick Peltz-Steele looks at pop culture as a teaching tool in new publicationUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City Law students hear from wrongfully convicted man freed through work of school’s clinic
KSHB CHANNEL 41 NEWS — Students from Sean O’Brien’s (University of Missouri-Kansas Law) courses worked directly on the case of Ricky Kidd. O’Brien and his students proved Kidd’s innocence, and he was released from prison earlier this month.
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