Lewis & Clark student named inaugural Wyss scholar
THE ACORN — Lewis & Clark Law School announced that 2L student Cooper Rodgers is the school’s inaugural Wyss Scholar. Rodger is eligible to receive tuition benefits, stipends for summer work, and financial assistance post-graduation to work in natural resources issues.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — American Indian law scholars and advocates will gather at the University of Kansas on March 9, 2018 to discuss “Tribal-State Collaborations: Advantages & Obstacles” during the 22nd annual Tribal Law & Government Conference.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER — Applications are available for the third annual Summer Law and Leadership Academy at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
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MOSCOW-PULLMAN DAILY NEWS — A man from Ghana seeking asylum in the U.S. and being represented by legal counsel from the University of Idaho College of Law has been released.
Read More about University of Idaho law students help free asylum-seeker from detentionFordham Law students get inside look at Rikers Island Prison through access to justice initiative
ABA JOURNAL — Fordham University School of Law’s Access to Justice (A2J) Initiative brings law students to the Rikers Island jail complex to meet with detainees who share stories about life inside.
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FSU NEWS — Florida State University College of Law has agreed to accept GRE scores for law school admissions, making it the first in Florida. This change is effective as of Fall 2018.
Read More about Florida State University Law to accept GRE for admissions testDePaul Law professor sues school over alleged bias
ABA JOURNAL — An African-American professor at DePaul University’s College of Law is back in the news after coming to the defense of a white colleague over his controversial use of the N-word in class.
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY NEWS — Campbell Law student team won national title and the award for best advocate in the finals during the school’s first ever appearance at the Capitol City Challenge National Invitational Mock Trial Competitions.
Read More about Campbell Law team wins national mock trial competitionUCLA Law professor discusses book on the “civil rights” of businesses
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law professor Adam Winkler discusses the constitutional rights of corporations in his new book, We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights (2018).
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law professor Lynn M. LoPucki’s paper “Algorithmic Entities,” became the most-read paper for the week of February 26, 2018 on SSRN, a leading Internet repository for academic research.
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