University of Tennessee Law practitioner-in-residence receives pro bono award from ABA and national pro bono association

June 13, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE – George T. “Buck” Lewis (’80) was recently awarded the William Reece Smith Jr. Special Services to Pro Bono Award last month at the American Bar Association Equal Justice Conference.

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University of New Mexico Law professor appointed to LSAC Board of Trustees

June 13, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – UNM School of Law Professor Kevin K. Washburn has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the LSAC Board of Trustees, ending in 2019.

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Stanford Law students to participate in ‘hackathon’ to help support women lawyers at law firms

June 13, 2016

ABA JOURNAL – 54 law firm partners will compete on nine teams to develop solutions to the gender gap. Each team will also include a Stanford law student

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University of South Dakota Law professor testifies before Congress on Chinese anti-monopoly laws

June 13, 2016

ARGUS LEADER – A University of South Dakota law professor testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday about how China is using its anti-monopoly laws against U.S. companies.

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Albany Law receives gift to create Community and Business Development Clinic for emerging micro-businesses

June 13, 2016

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – A major gift has enabled Albany Law School to create the Community and Business Development Clinic starting in the fall.

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Mercer University Law graduate specializes in beverage law for South Carolina brewing industry

June 13, 2016

GREENVILLE ONLINE – Brook Bristow is an attorney, but you won’t find him in a law office. He takes his new beverage law practice on the road, doing business in taprooms around the Upstate and elsewhere across South Carolina and into neighboring states.

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Mississippi College Law alumni elected to leadership position in Conference of Circuit Court Judges

June 13, 2016

THE CLARION LEDGER – Mississippi College School of Law alumni Winston Kidd, John Emfinger, and Prentiss G. Harrell were elected to the Conference of Circuit Court Judges.

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Former governor encourages Duquesne Law graduates to uphold America’s values during commencement address

June 13, 2016

TRIB LIVE – Ridge, who put his law degree to use as a private attorney, an assistant district attorney, a congressman, a governor, and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was the keynote speaker at the law school’s commencement.

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Boston University School of Law offers ‘residency’ option for graduates with UnitedLex

June 13, 2016

BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL – Boston University School of Law graduates can work at the legal-outsourcing services provider UnitedLex for two years in a role that the school and company likened to residencies for medical-school graduates at hospitals.

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Hawai’i Law introduces high school students to possible future in legal education through summer justice program

June 13, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW – The UH Law School will host 15 students from seven high schools for five days of exciting, hands-on learning.

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