Lewis & Clark Law student CJ Fuenzalida awarded IP fellowship from Hispanic Bar National Association
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law 2L student CJ Fuenzalida is one of 30 law students selected for the national fellowship from the Hispanic Bar National Association’s Intellectual Property Law Institute. Co-sponsored by Microsoft, the highly competitive fellowship funds students’ participation in their IP Law immersion program.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Criminal Justice Reform Clinic of Lewis & Clark Law School was successful in a parole hearing called a “murder review” for a prisoner who was convicted as a juvenile.
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COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE — Students at the University of Missouri Law’s Veterans Clinic assisted a veteran, Alex Pracht, who was previously denied benefits after he retired from the Army. Working through supervising attorney Angela Drake, multiple appeals over several years have increased his benefit income to nearly what it was while on active duty.
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LAW.COM — Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Supreme Court Practicum earned triple wins in the final weeks of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term. The criminal defendants won in three cases: United States v. Davis, Rehaif v. United States, and United States v. Haymond.
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GREENVILLE NEWS — Tuition for in-state students at the University of South Carolina School of Law will be $5,100 lower next year — a 17.3% cut — after South Carolina lawmakers injected the state’s only public law school with more cash to make its sticker price competitive with rivals in neighboring states.
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SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — A recent $2 million gift expands the profile of Southern Methodist University’s Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation as a leading academic platform for multidisciplinary research and scholarly debate surrounding new technologies.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law will bring back its First Amendment Clinic for the 2019-20 academic year. In the yearlong clinic, students work closely with Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press lawyers on timely and vital matters involving free speech and press freedom.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Five alumni from the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 2018 share their advice for succeeding in the bar exam process, and comment on what classes best prepared them.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia Law faculty and clinics made an impact at the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2018 term, winning arguments and influencing jurisprudence. The highlights include the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic, and Professor Toby Heytens ’00, who serves as Virginia’s solicitor general.
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State Law School Professor Stephen Calkins is the 2019 recipient the prestigious Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement from the American Antitrust Institute. Calkins, a long-time Wayne Law faculty member, received the award at AAI’s 20th Annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 20.
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