American University Washington College of Law student elected as ABA law student division chair
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed, a 2L Iranian-American student at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), will be the next chair of the Law Student Division of American Bar Association (ABA).
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CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER — University of Akron President Matthew Wilson has decided to step down and rejoin UA’s School of Law, effective July 31.
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ABA JOURNAL — A bill that would make it a felony to harm or threaten lawyers for their work in family law cases is heading to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
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THE HERALD-DISPATCH — The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia established Wednesday a task force to research how to address mental health and substance abuse in the legal field.
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COLUMBIA STAR — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, Historic Columbia invites you to join W. Lewis Burke for a special lecture about his recently published book, All for Civil Rights: Black Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868- 1968, on March 28.
Read More about New book looks at the experience of South Carolina’s first African-American law students and lawyersPresident Trump advocates for vocational training, criticizes community colleges at education forum
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Donald Trump, in forum on issues facing young people, extols vocational training and repeats comments that many educators said reflected ignorance of the two-year sector. He also says he is more popular on college campuses than most realize.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — In Alabama’s recent special Senate election, the progressive group Priorities USA was looking for ways to lift African-American voter turnout. So Priorities tested several different advertisements, to see which ones made people want to vote.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Veterans’ organizations are lining up to oppose House legislation to reauthorize the law governing federal student aid, college accountability and many other aspects of higher ed. The bill, they argue, is a giveaway to predatory programs.
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LEGAL TALK NETWORK — It can be hard to maintain mental wellness as a law student because of established stigmas and a lack of available resources. But, because wellness helps with success, students are taking action to change how law schools approach this subject.
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ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Several websites provide free and reliable legal and legislative information for researchers—the trick is knowing where to look for these resources, and how to utilize them.
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