New York Law School launches Housing Justice Leadership Institute
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) announced the launch of the Housing Justice Leadership Institute (HJLI)—a first-of-its-kind program that teaches supervision and management skills to housing rights attorneys and meets a rapidly growing need in New York City.
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HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — The Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies will become part of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to respond to the need for more attorneys with the skills and training to navigate the challenging and changing real estate market.
Read More about Hofstra Law to manage university’s real estate studies centerHarvard Law Professor Lucian Bebchuk honored by Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute
HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute awarded its 2018 investor research prize to a study by Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk. The annual IRRC Institute’s investor research award recognizes innovative research focused on the nexus between real world economy activity and investment theory.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Vicki C. Jackson, a leading expert on U.S. constitutional law, comparative constitutional law and federal courts, was named president of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) at its January 2019 annual meeting in New Orleans.
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GW HATCHET — The law school debuted a new fellowship this month focusing on the law behind government contracts. The fellow, who will be a visiting associate professor of law, will help expand the government procurement law program’s online offerings.
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DAILY CAMERA — The University of Colorado Law School touts the success of many of its graduates finding law work after leaving campus. But school officials say a big part of that success actually begins early in their time in Boulder.
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U CINCINNATI — Finding new ways to address the lack of diversity in the legal profession is one of the reasons Cincinnati Law and local law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK) partnered to create the nation’s first and only Law Student Diversity Case Competition.
Read More about University of Cincinnati law develops diversity case competition to showcase students’ legal skillsCreighton Law students learn about the Dominican Republic legal system during week-long trip
CREIGHTON LAW — Every year for a full week in early January, Creighton law students have the opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic through the Ronald Volkmer Dominican Republic Immersion Trip.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — The Ohio Supreme Court has appointed Professor Andrew Pollis, an experienced civil-litigation attorney, as the chair of its Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law Professor appointed to lead Ohio Supreme Court CommissionCalifornia Western Law faces lawsuit from transgender student
LAW.COM — A former student at California Western School of Law has sued the school, claiming that faculty and students discriminated against and harassed her because she is transgender.
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