University report calls for additional investment and changes at University of Maine Law
MAINE PUBLIC — A review committee created by the University of Maine System is recommending an increase in investment at the state’s only law school. The report comes as the University of Maine School of Law has been struggling with its finances in recent years, forcing the university system to dedicate more money from its reserves.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Missouri Law students Allyson Brown and Alec Guy both received a King Award during the University of Missouri Law School Veterans Clinic Open House in 2019 for their dedication and commitment to assisting veterans in legal matters.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL — In light of the death of former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Penn Law professor and former clerk Jean Galbraith reflects on his legacy.
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NATIONAL JURIST — St. Mary’s Law 3L student Tanisha Taylor was gifted a $1,880 custom-fitted suit made from the fabric of her choosing from Patel and Gaines Law Offices. Taylor completed 225 pro bono service hours shattering the college requirement of 30 hours, and leading all other classmates.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Nearly 200 attorneys, diversity officers, and business leaders gathered recently at South Texas College of Law Houston for an interactive discussion on key diversity issues. Topics included implicit bias, the business side of diversity and inclusion, hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and changing roles in parental responsibility.
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TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY — Joan R.M. Bullock, professor emerita and former president and dean of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, has been named the new dean of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Bullock will be the 10th – and the first female – dean in the law school’s leadership history.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA — Risign 2L Tulsa Law student Gavin Burl has been awarded a Diversity Scholars Program scholarship from the law firm Crowe & Dunlevy. Each year, Crowe & Dunlevy presents this major honor to a TU Law candidate based on “academic achievement, financial need and commitment to the law.”
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THE SOURCE — Students in the Criminal Law class of Washington University Law Professor John Inazu spent a semester learning about theories of punishment, questions of whether criminal justice can remedy injustice and issues of equity in sentencing.
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ABA JOURNAL — Whittier Law interim dean Rudy Hasl implemented free counseling for students in fall 2017, which has continued since. The initiative is one example of how Hasl has worked to carry out the closure of the ABA-accredited law school in the least painful manner for students.
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WBUR — In 2016, the University of Arizona became the first accredited law school to offer applicants the option to submit a GRE score instead of an LSAT score. At the time, the move was considered pretty controversial. Opening admissions to another type of test was a break with more than 60 years of tradition.
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