State representatives in Texas approve bill in support of public law school in Rio Grande Valley
VALLEY TOWN CRIER — A major milestone for higher education in deep South Texas took place on Monday, May 1, 2019, when the House of Representatives approved House Bill 103, whose author is Rep. Armando “Mando” MartÍnez, D-Weslaco, that calls for the establishment of a public law school in the Rio Grande Valley.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Vermont Law School violated shared governance when it moved 14 of 19 total tenured professors to contingent appointments without faculty involvement or approval, according to a new investigative report from the American Association of University Professors.
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LEGAL TECH NEWS — Law schools are launching legal tech classes in response to the growing availability of tech tools and the demand for more cost effective services. But in the process, they are also defining the future of legal practice.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — When a girl is born in Nigeria, the path for her life is often bleak, by American standards. Even though Nigerian law dictates that education is free and mandatory for all Nigerian boys and girls between the ages of six and 15
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — As the star senior quarterback and captain of his Virginia high school football team, Chris Davis wasn’t dreaming of becoming a lawyer. His sights were set on playing college and professional football.
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UVA LAW — McCoy Pitt, a 2013 alumnus of the University of Virginia School of Law, will clerk at the International Court of Justice, the primary judicial branch of the United Nations, in the upcoming year.
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UVA LAW — Aparna Datta’s path to becoming a lawyer began thousands of miles away, on trips to visit family in India. By the time she was 9, she started to notice the profound poverty in her parents’ native country.
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TAMU LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law’s commitment to judicial clerkships is paying off. Another four students recently secured judicial clerkships.
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ELON UNIVERSITY — Two Elon Law faculty members noted for both their teaching and legal scholarship were promoted this month by the Elon University Board of Trustees.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWS — Richmond Law is proud to continue our celebration of faculty news this week. Congratulations to the following faculty members who were promoted this semester.
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