Lewis & Clark Center for Animal Law Studies sponsors animal law convention in Kenya

September 24, 2018

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) at Lewis & Clark sponsored Africa’s first animal law focused forum September 4-5 held at the United Nations Environment complex in Nairobi, Kenya.

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University of Houston Law Center’s Richard Alderman takes ‘People’s Law School’ online

September 24, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Richard M. Alderman is moving his popular “People’s Law School” online to reach a wider audience and make it more accessible to people in need of basic information about their legal rights.

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University of Houston Law Center hosts appeals court for oral arguments

September 24, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER —  A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on both a civil and criminal case when it convenes Sept. 21 at the University of Houston Law Center.

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Harvard Law celebrates history of women graduates

September 24, 2018

HARVARD CRIMSON — The first class of women graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953 — and 65 years later, Law School alumnae, students, and professors gathered to celebrate the anniversary.

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FIU Law dean discusses graduates’ bar exam success

September 24, 2018

FIU NEWS — FIU College of Law graduates have earned the highest bar passage rate of any of Florida’s 11 law schools on the July 2018 Florida Bar Exam.

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University of Denver Law receives gift to establish civil rights scholarship

September 24, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER NEWSROOM — A recent $687,000 gift from the Arnold & Porter Foundation to the University of Denver will create two new endowed scholarships at the Sturm College of Law to support outstanding students with a demonstrated commitment to civil liberties and civil rights.

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Columbia Law honors Justice Ginsburg on Constitution Day

September 24, 2018

COLUMBIA SPECTATOR — On Constitution Day, Columbia Law School held a screening and discussion panel of the recent Magnolia Pictures documentary release, RBG. This panel featured the co-producers and co-directors of the film, as well as the daughter and granddaughter of Justice Ginsburg.

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Book by UCLA Professor Adam Winkler honored by National Book Foundation

September 24, 2018

UCLA LAW — UCLA Law professor Adam Winkler’s We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights has been named a candidate for the 2018 National Book Award for nonfiction.

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UC Irvine Law’s Jay Austin receives CLEO Edge Award in Diversity

September 24, 2018

CLEO INC —  The Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO), widely renowned for its mission to increase the number of lawyers from diverse backgrounds, has announced the recipients of the inaugural CLEO EDGE Award in Diversity.

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UC Irvine Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic helps deported U.S. Army veteran return to U.S.

September 24, 2018

UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic represented an Army veteran who had been deported from the U.S. After a three-year legal fight, an Immigration Court agreed the case should be terminated and that lawful permanent resident status be restored.

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