University of Houston Law Center helps community with legal aftermath of 2017 flooding from Hurricane Harvey

April 17, 2018

ABC13 — The University of Houston Law Center offers free legal assistance to the community with aftermath of Hurricane Harvey through the People’s Law School.

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ABA section warns Golden Gate University Law about bar passage and attrition rates

April 17, 2018

ABA JOURNAL — Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco is “significantly out of compliance” with an accreditation standard requiring that schools admit candidates who appear capable of finishing law school and passing a bar exam, according to a letter released by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

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Two University of Florida Law students selected for fellowships to practice immigration law

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW — Two UF Law students will each embark on a two-year fellowship following graduation this May to practice immigration law. Brito has been named an Immigrant Justice Corps 2018 Justice Fellow, and Cordova has been named a Florida Bar Association 2018-2020 Equal Justice Works Fellow.

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Campbell Law professor Lisa Lukasik honored with Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award

April 17, 2018

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law professor Lisa Lukasik has been named the 2018 recipient of the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award. She joined the Campbell Law faculty in 2009 and was granted tenure in 2016.

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UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris wins excellence in teaching award form school

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris drew a standing ovation from a packed crowd when she received the 2018 Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCLA School of Law’s highest faculty honor, on April 9.

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UCLA Law’s Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy supports alumni start-up aimed at bee conservation

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — Sofía Beltran ’17 and UCLA Engineering student Tim Yingtian Yu launched a bee business that would help address a crisis in agriculture and allow farmers to make the most of their crops. They are adding team members and have attracted an additional $250,000 in venture capital.  

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UC Irvine and UC Berkeley Law deans face off in mock trial based on ‘Hamlet’

April 17, 2018

LOS ANGELES TIMES — The founding and current deans of the UC Irvine School of Law went head to head Wednesday evening in the university’s first mock trial based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

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Students in UC Irvine Law’s Criminal Justice Clinic win Certificate of Rehabilitation hearings for clients

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Three students in the UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic successfully participated in its first Certificate of Rehabilitation hearings in Orange County Superior Court, winning the court orders for their clients.

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UC Irvine Law clinics helps mobile home residents establish management organization and purchase park

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — With the legal assistance of the UCI School of Law Community & Economic Development Clinic, Capistrano Terrace Organization, Inc., a non-profit corporation controlled by the residents of a mobilehome park in San Juan Capistrano, purchased the park for $9.863 millionon Thursday, April 5th.

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University at Buffalo Law hosts conference on legal solutions to Puerto Rico’s hurricane recovery

April 17, 2018

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO — The University at Buffalo School of Law and the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy will hold a program beginning at 11 a.m. on April 16 in 509 O’Brian Hall on the UB North Campus to discuss the law school’s efforts to create legal and political solutions in post-Maria Puerto…

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