University of Maine Law student co-authors financial guide for veterans

October 29, 2018

MAINE BIZ — The Financial Guide for Maine Veterans was published by the State of Maine Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection this summer. It includes information on veterans’ benefit agencies and organizations, employment, education, health, establishing and maintaining credit, and personal finance.

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Lewis & Clark Animal Law Clinic provides legal assistance to farm animal sanctuary

October 29, 2018

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law School’s Animal Law Clinic is providing legal assistance to a local animal sanctuary, and in so doing, developing a legal tool kit for animal sanctuaries around the world.

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Indiana University McKinney Law focuses on immigration and health policy at symposium

October 29, 2018

INDIANA LAWYER — Questions about what happens when immigration and health policy collide in the current administration will be answered on Friday during an annual health law symposium at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.

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University of Houston Law Center commemorates Diversity Matters Week

October 29, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Nearly 300 high school and undergraduate college students received an inside look at the legal profession last week during Diversity Matters Day in Krost Hall at the University of Houston Law Center.

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University of Houston Law Center promotes Mental Health Week

October 29, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center students did yoga, spent time with therapy dogs and other animals at a petting zoo and participated a variety of other activities from Oct. 8-11 during Mental Health Week.

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University of Houston Law Center celebrates 27th year of ‘People’s Law School’

October 29, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Professor Emeritus Richard M. Alderman and other faculty members gave area citizens an introduction to the law during the most recent session of the “People’s Law School” at the University of Houston Law Center.

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University of Hawaii Law hosts discussion and screening of Justice Ginsburg documentary

October 29, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — “RBG and Other Notorious Women,” a two-part event featuring a panel discussion with four outstanding Hawaiʻi women with legal backgrounds followed by the screening of the RBG documentary on U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Applications to George Washington Law increase

October 29, 2018

GW HATCHET — Applications to George Washington University Law School jumped 6.3 percent during last year’s admissions cycle, a law school spokeswoman said Monday. The more than 6 percent increase means that nearly 7,700 students applied to the law school in 2018 – the largest pool since 2011 and up from about 7,200 last year.

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UC Irvine Law Professor David Kaye reports on artificial intelligence and human rights at UN General Assembly

October 29, 2018

UCI LAW — UCI Law clinical professor and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye presented his report on artificial intelligence, human rights, and freedom of expression to the Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 22, 2018.

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UC Irvine Law secures ‘fair use’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions for filmmakers

October 29, 2018

UCI LAW — In another win for independent filmmakers, the award-winning UCI Law Intellectual Property, Arts and Technology Clinic directed by Prof. Jack Lerner, secured a renewal and modification of an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to include fair use exemptions for fictional and narrative filmmakers.

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