University of Tennessee Law shares highlights from clinical faculty
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — Eric Amarante, associate professor of law, was awarded the 2024 John Reginald Hill Faculty Scholar Award.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — When 2L Bre Hickerson attended a student event at Utah Law before committing to a law school, a tour guide showed her the building’s yoga and meditation study room, a gym with an assortment of yoga mats, and a food pantry. Reflecting on that time…
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning in fall 2025, the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law will offer a new LLM in US Law for Foreign-Trained Attorneys, expanding the law school’s professional offerings.
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UVA LAW — Laura-Louise Rice and Shelby Singleton, both third-year students at the University of Virginia School of Law, have won the Gregory H. Swanson Award, given in honor of the first Black student at UVA.
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UVA LAW — The First Amendment Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law has helped expose how prisons across the country use attack-trained dogs on incarcerated people, leading to a new law in Virginia to curb the practice.
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UNIVERSIY OF VIRGINIA LAW — The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law returned to the court Wednesday in a case that may determine whether plaintiffs have wider latitude to state claims alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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YALE DAILY NEWS — While the Yale Law School previously reported a 12 percent decrease in the enrollment of students of color after the fall of affirmative action, the latest American Bar Association report reveals the racial demographics remained relatively stable compared to last year’s class.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — During his first 10 days in office, President Trump signed a plethora of executive orders to combat so-called woke ideology, reversed a long-standing immigration policy that barred ICE officers from raiding college campuses and sought to freeze federal grants that don’t align with his agenda—a move blocked by a federal court.
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FORBES — The federal government issued a memo from the Office of Management and Budget to pause all payments of federal assistance as of 5:00 p.m. ET on January 28 excluding Social Security, Medicare and assistance provided directly to individuals.
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THE ATLANTIC — “I’d summarize it as: fuck.” That’s what one senior university administrator told me when I asked about the chaos that erupted at the National Institutes of Health this week. Academics are in panic mode in the face of sudden new restrictions from the Trump administration.
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