City University of New York Law clinic creates resource to teach teenagers about freedom of information law
QUEENS DAILY EAGLE — The CUNY Schools of Law’s Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) has introduced a new comic book designed to help teenagers learn about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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UCLA LAW — The David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy is launching a new public interest fellows program, bringing two eminent legal leaders to UCLA School of Law each year for public lectures and residencies in which they will work closely with students.
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UCLA LAW — Now the Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita after her retirement in June, Carole Goldberg has stood at the summit of her profession for decades.
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UB NOW — When UB law professor Christine Pedigo Bartholomew studied “clergy privilege” — the legal rule shielding confidential communications of priests and clergy — she found priests often recast communications to make them fall outside this testimonial protection.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), a national organization founded in 1968 to expand opportunities for minority and low-income students to attend law school, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year through the CLEO EDGE Awards.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law is hosting the sixth session of the Federal Trade Commission’s hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, Nov. 6-8, 2018.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law hosts Federal Trade Commission hearingsAmerican University Washington College of Law Professor Tony Varona testifies before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — On Friday, Nov. 2, American University Washington College of Law Professor Tony Varona testified at a public briefing of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), entitled “Are Rights A Reality? Evaluating Federal Civil Rights Enforcement.”
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is proud to announce a championship win at the Summit Cup Mock Trial Competition hosted by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law from Oct. 4-8.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law wins mock trial competitionLegal jobs increase in October 2018
THE AMERICAN LAWYER — As the U.S. economy continued on a streak of monthly job growth that has lasted more than eight years, legal services employment was also buoyed in October.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Democrats’ takeover of the U.S. House promises tougher scrutiny of DeVos and the Education Department.
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