South Texas College of Law Houston students win international mediation competition
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON –South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) students recently defeated 49 other law school teams from nine countries – including Poland, Scotland, Ireland, U.K., Canada, U.S., Istanbul, Singapore, and India – to win the 17th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament in Chicago.
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THE SEATTLE TIMES — The Washington state Supreme Court ruled that a Seattle University law-school graduate who overcame a history of crime and substance abuse could take the state bar exam. The ruling cleared the way for Simmons, 40, to take the bar exam. She is to get the results on April 13.
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SANFORD UNIVERSITY — Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law is accepting applications for two online graduate programs: the new Master of Laws (LL.M.) for lawyers, and the Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) for non-lawyers.
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ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY — Preet Bharara, the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, will be the St. John’s University Law School’s commencement speaker and will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws on Sunday, June 3, 2018. The commencement exercises will take place at Carnesecca Arena on St. John’s Queens campus.
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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE — While Pittsburgh is often viewed as a burgeoning epicenter of entrepreneurship, a study presented during Inclusive Innovation Week Tuesday suggests city businesses lack representation of women and minority groups among prospective and existing entrepreneurs.
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PENN STATE NEWS — Penn State Dickinson Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Amy C. Gaudion presented honorary plaques and pillows to a select group of 3L Dickinson Law students who earned induction into the Woolsack Honor Society during the annual recognition ceremony and luncheon on Tuesday, April 3.
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PENN STATE NEWS — Facilitated by Penn State Law senior lecturer Lara Fowler and the students in her environmental mediation class, the Spring Creek Watershed Commission will hold a “Forum on Understanding and Stewarding Water Quantity and Quality in the Spring Creek Watershed” at 6:30 p.m. on April 18.
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ABA JOURNAL — Pace University law dean David Yassky is stepping down at the end of the academic year, going on a sabbatical and planning to return to the school as a faculty member.
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THE CITY SENTINEL — The 2018 Quinlan Lecture will be delivered by Mary Bilder, Founders Professor of Law at Boston College Law School at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, 800 N. Harvey, on Thursday, April 5. The free lecture, titled “James Madison and Constitutional Compromise” will be held in McLaughlin Hall.
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OHIO STATE NEWS — The Moritz College of Law Divided Community Project (DCP) is the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2018 John W. Cooley Lawyer as Problem Solver Award.
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