UCLA Law hosts conference on international human rights
UCLA LAW — More than 150 leaders in human rights, critical race theory and third world approaches to international law convened at UCLA School of Law on March 8 for the symposium “Critical Perspectives on Race and Human Rights: Transnational Re-Imaginings.”
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UCLA LAW — Three UCLA School of Law students have won prestigious fellowships through which they will serve immigrants and indigent defendants after they graduate in May. In addition, one recent UCLA Law graduate earned a fellowship for his work in helping people who are incarcerated in California.
Read More about UCLA Law students receive public interest fellowshipsLaw student groups at University of Chicago Law to boycott campus recruitment events over professor’s use of racial slur
CHICAGO MAROON — All five racial and ethnic affinity groups at the Law School will boycott Admitted Students Weekend early next quarter, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) announced in a petition sent to Law School administrators
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — Florida State University student Karina Flores stood before the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice this month in support of a bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Montford that would prohibit the practice of placing young people in solitary confinement, except in special circumstances.
Read More about Florida State University Law students advocate for incarcerated children before state senateGeorgetown Law expands campus with purchase of new building and donation
LAW.COM — Georgetown University Law Center is expanding its campus with the purchase of a 130,000-square-foot building near its Washington, D.C., location. The university purchased the vacant property for $70 million, according to local news reports citing District of Columbia property records,
Read More about Georgetown Law expands campus with purchase of new building and donationHofstra Law to offer free legal clinic for veterans
LONG ISLAND HERALD — The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University will host a free one-day legal assistance clinic for all veterans. It will be held on Sunday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Law School, second-floor Atrium, 121 Hofstra University, South Campus, Hempstead.
Read More about Hofstra Law to offer free legal clinic for veteransLewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin appointed to U.N. Climate Change committee
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Professor Lisa Benjamin, the newest faculty member of Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Program, has been appointed to be a member of the Compliance Committee of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin appointed to U.N. Climate Change committeeLiberty Law moot court team wins national tax law title
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NEWS — Liberty University School of Law is celebrating two recent wins by its competition teams that are setting a standard of excellence for the program. On March 9, Liberty Law won the 2019 National Tax Moot Court Competition at the University of Florida after going undefeated through five rounds.
Read More about Liberty Law moot court team wins national tax law titleLiberty Law hosts U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
LIBERTY LAW — Liberty University School of Law hosted the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Thursday, February 21, 2019, in the law school’s Supreme Courtroom with over 250 in attendance.
Read More about Liberty Law hosts U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans ClaimsLoyola Law Los Angeles enters online executive education market
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Business schools dominate online executive education, for good reason. But leaders at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles believe they’ve identified a gap in the market: teaching basic legal skills to business professionals.
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