Advice for foreign and domestic law graduates for competing in a challenging legal market

July 31, 2017

FORBES – “[T]oday it is even more difficult for those that study law in a foreign country (even a common law country like the UK or Australia) and then want to set up shop in North America.”

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College tuition increases slow down

July 31, 2017

CBS NEWS – Tuition hikes have slowed considerably in the last year and are now matching the rate of inflation, according to new data from the Labor Department.

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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg discusses 2016-17 term during Duke Law event in Washington, D.C.

July 31, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – At a July 21 Duke Law event in Washington, D.C., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recapped the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016-17 term.

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Ted Mitchell named as next president of the American Council on Education

July 31, 2017

INSIDE HIGHER ED – Ted Mitchell brings a wide-ranging background to the American Council on Education, including work on reforms the higher education lobby group has opposed.

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Richmond Law’s IP clinic to assist entrepreneurs and small businesses with legal services

July 31, 2017

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH – All research and advice provided by law students is free; clients pay only for application fees for such items as trademarks and tax exemption recognition.

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Cincinnati Law students’ work cited in Supreme Court decision

July 31, 2017

UC SOCIAL JUSTICE – On June 19, 2017, Cincinnati Law students saw their work cited in a 5-4 majority opinion of the United States Supreme Court.

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Iowa Law students in Rural Clerkship Program provide legal services in rural or small-town settings

July 31, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA – Hoping to stem what soon could become a crisis, the University of Iowa College of Law has been working on a program that encourages law students to practice in rural areas.

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Seton Hall Law professor’s research on landlord/tenant practices in New Jersey prompts lawmakers to take action

July 31, 2017

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY – Last fall Professor Paula Franzese published research that examined landlord/tenant practice under the current law in New Jersey.

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Duke Law graduate helps overturn client’s conviction under outdated HIV law through Health Justice Clinic

July 31, 2017

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Anderson Phillips ’17 represented a young man who sought to set aside a conviction for violating North Carolina’s HIV control measures.

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California Western Law’s New Media Rights program designated cy pres awards in three class action cases

July 31, 2017

CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW – In March, $58,000 from Barani v. Wells Fargo; in May, $435,774 from Couser v. Comenity Bank; and in June, $59,832 from Sherman v. Kaiser were awarded for a total of $553,606.

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