US Senator Mike Lee will co-teach a course with Duke Law’s Summer Institute
DUKE LAW — A sitting U.S. senator and the chief counsel of the Biden for President campaign will co-teach a class in Duke Law School’s D.C. Summer Institute on Law and Policy, a program for undergraduates and working professionals considering law school.
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DUKE LAW — A federal judge in Raleigh vacated the murder conviction and ordered the release on May 23 of Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Charles Ray Finch, who served 43 years in prison for a murder he did not commit
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DUKE LAW — Duchoang “Dan” Pham JD/LLM ’19 has been awarded a 2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country for aspiring public interest lawyers.
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DUKE LAW — Duke Law School’s First Amendment Clinic, in which students provide free representation for clients who cannot afford an attorney in cases involving freedom of speech, press, and assembly, wrapped up a busy first year.
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DUKE LAW — Steven L. Schwarcz, the Stanley A. Star Professor of Law & Business, has been honored by Durham University in Durham, U.K., with a distinguished honorary professorship.
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COLUMBIA LAW — In “Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition,” Franke details post-Civil War attempts to redistribute land to freed black people, making a case for efforts to offset historic economic inequality today.
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UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law professor Joanna Schwartz was cited by U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissenting opinion in Nieves v. Bartlett.
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LATHAM & WATKINS — Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce its 2019 1L Fellows. Our 1L Fellows will spend the first half of the summer in one of our US offices and the second half in the legal department of one of our clients.
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PRNEWSWIRE — “Immigration is an important part of BYU Law’s emphasis on law and social change, which is why we are so pleased to have been selected to host this conference,” said conference host D. Carolina Núñez, associate dean of research and academic affairs.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW — The Intellectual Property (IP) Clinic at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law has secured its first three client patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). An additional 10 client patents are in the pipeline.
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