Boston College Law professors present at AALS Clinical Conference

June 12, 2017

BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE – BC Law Professor Sharon Beckman was a featured guest on a panel about The Role of Clinics in Pursuing Systemic Change in the Criminal Justice System.

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UNM Law honors two professors, two graduates for community contributions

June 12, 2017

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL – Two longtime professors at the University of New Mexico School and a pair of graduates have been recognized for significant contributions to the community.

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Catholic Law honors graduates for academic achievement, pro bono participation

June 12, 2017

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA – During the Law School’s 128th Commencement students were awarded the highest honors for academic achievement and pro bono participation.

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St. John’s Law holds commencement ceremony for graduates

June 12, 2017

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY – The ceremony, held June 4 in Carnesecca Arena, saw 215 J.D. and 57 LL.M. candidates receive their degrees. Judge DiFiore also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

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Pepperdine Law graduate to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thomas

June 12, 2017

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY – Pepperdine School of Law valedictorian Brittney Lane (JD ’12) will clerk for Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the October 2017 term.

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Brooklyn Law School graduate named senior advisor for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

June 12, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Ashley Allison ’11, former White House deputy director and senior policy advisor at the Office of Public Engagement, has been named as senior advisor to The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

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Harvard Law holds annual TED-talks style event

June 12, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Each May since 2011, Harvard Law School has presented “HLS Thinks Big,” a TED Talks-style event that invites faculty members to present a “big idea” in front of an audience of faculty, students and staff.

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UMass Law student receives Massachusetts Bar Association scholarship

June 12, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW – DARTMOUTH – Shayla Mombeleur, a third-year law student, will receive the 2017 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Scholarship.

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Hawai’i Law hosts week-long summer training program for high school students

June 12, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MANOA – A unique, week-long summer training program in law and justice for 14 eleventh and twelfth graders from six public high school students begins at the William S. Richardson School of Law.

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Bar passage rate in Mississippi falls again

June 12, 2017

CLARION LEDGER – The legal profession has been a career that many aspire to obtain, but becoming an attorney in Mississippi is proving more difficult in recent years.

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