Yale Law symposium raises profile of medical-legal partnerships
YALE DAILY NEWS – The conference, the first at the national level to focus on legal services in a clinical setting, was organized by Yale’s Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy.
Read More about Yale Law symposium raises profile of medical-legal partnershipsLaw firm announces new flex policy on working from home
BLOOMBERG LAW – Morgan Lewis announced a new policy that will allow associates with at least two years experience in the firm’s U.S. and U.K. offices to work from home up to two days a week.
Read More about Law firm announces new flex policy on working from homePitt Law Dean William M. Carter Jr. defends Iraqi-American faculty member
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE – The dean of the University of Pittsburgh law school said he will no longer appear on KDKA-TV programming because he believes the station failed to take appropriate action after an Iraqi-American faculty member said a producer discriminated against him.
Read More about Pitt Law Dean William M. Carter Jr. defends Iraqi-American faculty memberUSC Gould Law establishes clinical law professorship
PR NEWSWIRE – USC Gould School of Law is establishing its first named clinical law professorship at USC with a generous $1.5 million gift from longtime supporter Audrey M. Irmas.
Read More about USC Gould Law establishes clinical law professorshipWMU Cooley Law receives grants for elder law clinic
GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS JOURNAL – Western Michigan University Cooley Law School said this winter its Sixty Plus Inc. Elderlaw Clinic was awarded $53,950 total.
Read More about WMU Cooley Law receives grants for elder law clinicWhittier Law forum explores marijuana industry under California’s cannabis law
WHITTIER LAW SCHOOL – The intricate nature of counseling clients who form marijuana businesses under California’s cannabis law was the subject of a recent panel discussion sponsored by Whittier Law School.
Read More about Whittier Law forum explores marijuana industry under California’s cannabis lawNKU Law partners with Cincinnati university for accelerated bachelor’s/JD program
NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRIBUNE – The Chase 3+3 Accelerated Law Program is now available to students at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati as well as to NKU undergraduate students.
Read More about NKU Law partners with Cincinnati university for accelerated bachelor’s/JD programArizona Summit Law to affiliate with Florida HBCU
ABA JOURNAL – The for-profit Arizona Summit School of Law announced that it will sign an affiliation agreement with Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black college in Florida.
Read More about Arizona Summit Law to affiliate with Florida HBCUUMass Law student wins national legal writing award
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW – Third-year law student Mary Chaffee won a “2017 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” from the board of directors of the Burton Awards for Legal Achievement.
Read More about UMass Law student wins national legal writing awardStudy looks at whether recent top college graduates are considering law school
BLOOMBERG LAW – A recent look at 11 elite colleges by Keith Lee of the legal blog Associate’s Mind suggests that law schools’ worst days could be coming to an end.
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