University of Illinois Law to create veterans legal clinic
THE DAILY ILLINI — The University of Illinois College of Law will be launching a free legal clinic in the fall of 2018 to assist veterans in civil matters, including family law cases, consumer disputes and evictions. The clinic will also assist veterans with service-related matters such as discharge upgrades.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Greater public awareness and education are the best means of fighting human trafficking, officials with a wide variety of professional experiences agreed during a panel discussion last week at the University of Houston Law Center.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Prospective applicants can now turn their interest in attending the University of Houston Law Center into action with the launch of the UH Law Center mobile app.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center releases mobile app for prospective studentsHarvard Law students win regional World Trade Organization moot court competition
HARVARD LAW TODAY — A team of Harvard Law students won the North American regional competition at the European Law Students Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. This year’s competition was held at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., on March 21-24.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — In the spring of 2017, Antoine Southern and Anne Rosenblum, then 3Ls in Harvard Law School’s Community Enterprise Project (CEP) of the Transactional Law Clinics, spearheaded a new partnership between the clinic and Spare Change to help vendors better understand their legal obligations as business owners.
Read More about Video: Harvard Law clinic releases legal guide for homeless ‘street newspaper’ vendorsGonzaga Law selects Duquesne Law Associate Dean Jacob H. Rooksby as Dean
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — After a national search, Gonzaga University is pleased to announce Jacob H. Rooksby, J.D., Ph.D., as the new dean of Gonzaga University School of Law. Rooksby succeeds Dean Jane Korn, who began her tenure in 2011. He will start his term on June 1.
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY — FIU Law Professor Charles C. Jalloh and member of the United Nations International Law Commission has recently been named the Fulbright Lund University Distinguished Chair in Public International Law at the University of Lund, in Sweden, for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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LAW.COM — Eighty-five percent of Florida International University’s first-time test takers sitting the bar exam in February passed. When it comes to earning the top spot for performance on the Florida Bar exam, the secret’s in the hands-on training.
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LAW.COM — Cornell Law students and the Immigration Advocates Network has developed a contingency planning tool for immigrants who fear they may be deported.
Read More about Cornell Law students create planning tool for those affected by changes in immigration statusColumbia Law Professor Edward R. Morrison selected for ‘excellence in teaching award’ by class of 2018
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Edward R. Morrison, the Charles Evans Gerber Professor of Law and an expert in bankruptcy law and law and economics, will be awarded the 2018 Willis L.M. Reese Prize for Excellence in Teaching by members of the Class of 2018 at their graduation ceremony on May 14.
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