UVA Law graduate challenges federal sexual assault directive for college campuses

June 20, 2016

THE WASHINGTON POST – A recent University of Virginia law school graduate is challenging a federal directive that transformed the way colleges evaluate allegations of sexual assault on campus.

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University of New Mexico Law team wins first place at regional moot court competition

June 20, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – James Monteleone (’16), Paola Jaime (’17) and Jeffrey (“Randy”) Taylor (’16) won best brief in the Brooklyn Regional National Moot Court Competition.

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Houston Law Center provides undergraduates a peek into law school with pre-law pipeline program

June 20, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – Nineteen undergraduate students are weighing their future education options in the second annual Pre-law Pipeline Program at the University of Houston Law Center.

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University of Albany’s international development center to move to Albany Law School campus

June 20, 2016

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – The University at Albany and Albany Law School announced that UAlbany’s Center for International Development relocated onto the Law School’s campus.

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Campbell Law mentorship program receives award from ABA

June 20, 2016

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY – Campbell Law School’s Connections mentorship program has been selected to receive the 2016 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award from the American Bar Association.

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University of Kansas Law receives gift to support cost of legal education

June 20, 2016

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW – A gift commitment from University of Kansas alumni Nancy and the late Wint Winter Sr. will provide $3.5 million to be split evenly between the KU School of Law and Kansas Athletics.

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Harvard Law School alumnus shares how his fellowship experience has shaped his career

June 20, 2016

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Brett Dakin ’03 returned to HLS to talk with recent Chayes Fellows about his fellowship experience and his career path since graduating from HLS.

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Arizona Summit Law School sets up scholarship program with Florida HBCU

June 20, 2016

PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL – Arizona Summit Law School is teaming with a prominent historically black college to help increase diversity in the legal sector.

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20 percent of exam-takers in Nigeria fail to pass bar

June 20, 2016

PREMIUM TIMES – About one in five students failed the recent law school examination and will not be called to the bar, official results show.

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Report finds many Tanzanians lack access to justice and knowledge of legal aid options

June 20, 2016

THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER – Tens of millions in Tanzania suffer because they lack access to justice-are unable to afford a lawyer and are also ignored by authorities, with their rights routinely violated, a report indicates.

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