Harvard Law Human Rights Program releases consultation proceedings on rights of people of African descent

November 6, 2024

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — We are delighted to share the release of the proceedings and written submissions of the Expert Consultation on the Draft UN Declaration on the Human Rights of People of African Descent, a significant convening organized by the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and hosted by the Human Rights Program at Harvard

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Indiana University Maurer Law professor Hannah L. Buxbaum elected president of the American Society of Comparative Law

November 6, 2024

INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON — The American Society of Comparative Law has elected Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Hannah L. Buxbaum as its next president, the organization announced last week at its annual meeting.

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Indiana University Maurer Law hosts Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments

November 6, 2024

INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON — A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit—one of 13 appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary—will hear oral argument at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on Thursday, October 24.

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University of Kansas Law professor Raj Bahla recognized for scholarly innovation

November 6, 2024

KU SCHOOL OF LAW — Raj Bhala is working to reduce economical and geographical boundaries for legal scholarship.

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University of Kansas Law student Logan Quakenbush discusses her internship in criminal prosecution

November 6, 2024

KU LAW BLOG — During her time as a legal intern for the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office, third-year KU Law student Logan Quackenbush put the skills she learned from her professors in Green Hall to real-world use.

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LSU Law team wins mock trial competition

November 6, 2024

LSU LAW — A team of LSU Law students bested teams from the Southern University Law Center, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, and Mississippi College of Law to win the Louisiana Battle of the Law Schools Mock Trial Competition on Sunday, Oct. 27.

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A look at University of Louisville Law’s new Immigration Clinic

November 6, 2024

SPECTRUM NEWS — The University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law launched a new immigration law clinic at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.

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University of Miami Law connects LLM students with practical training

November 6, 2024

THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — Felipe Viali Barbosa, a current LL.M. student at the University of Miami School of Law, recently started an internship at Shutts & Bowen LLP.

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University of Miami Law student Annalee Gunderson discusses her externship at the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

November 6, 2024

U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Annalee Gunderson is a 2L, currently participating in her first externship. This semester, she is working alongside Catherine Turner, J.D. ’00, at The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, where she has received in-house legal experience in one of South Florida’s most prominent industries navigating contracts, maritime, and international law.

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University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service helps open housing discrimination investigation

November 6, 2024

U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Working under public policy attorney and Fredman Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence Alexander Rundlet, law students at the Center for Ethics and Public Service facilitated the opening of a systemic housing discrimination investigation under the federal Fair Housing Act, a by the Region IV Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Housing

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