Western Michigan Cooley Law to add first-year classes in Kalamazoo
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY – WMU Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University announced yesterday that the law school will offer 15 credits of first-year instruction to incoming law students on WMU’s Kalamazoo campus beginning this September.
Read More about Western Michigan Cooley Law to add first-year classes in KalamazooIndiana Tech graduates first law school class
THE INDIANA LAWYER – The 20 graduates who walked across the commencement stage May 14 and received their J.D. degrees were part of a historic day for Indiana Tech Law School as they were the first to graduate from the state’s fifth law school.
Read More about Indiana Tech graduates first law school classDean of Saint Louis University Law reflects on recent changes at the school
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – Three years after moving downtown, people in the know say SLU’s law school is a different institution than the one formerly housed on the Midtown campus.
Read More about Dean of Saint Louis University Law reflects on recent changes at the schoolIndiana McKinney Law Dean Andrew Klein touts law school’s public service efforts
THE INDIANA LAWYER – “A legal education gives people the power to change lives for the better. I am proud to share some examples based on efforts from students, faculty and alumni of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law.”
Read More about Indiana McKinney Law Dean Andrew Klein touts law school’s public service effortsSaint Louis area law professors discuss regional hot topics in law
KWMU (ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO) – On St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh led a panel of local legal experts in a conversation about the month’s most pressing news about the law.
Read More about Saint Louis area law professors discuss regional hot topics in lawLegal community weighs in as University of Washington explores new law school in Takoma
THE OLYMPIAN – UW officials say they’re working to determine whether there’s a demand for a law school at UWT before going forward and building it.
Read More about Legal community weighs in as University of Washington explores new law school in TakomaFemale lawyers re-entering the job market find support in OnRamp Fellowship program
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – [T]wo years ago, Caren Ulrich Stacy launched a program to help pair lawyers wanting to return to practice with some of the nation’s top law firms.
Read More about Female lawyers re-entering the job market find support in OnRamp Fellowship programUniversity of Tennessee Law’s UT Pro Bono program breaks record with over 10,000 hours of pro bono work in 2015-16 academic year
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE – KNOXVILLE – Students at the University of Tennessee College of Law demonstrated true Volunteer spirit over the past year, performing more than 10,000 hours of pro bono legal service for charitable and nonprofit organizations.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law’s UT Pro Bono program breaks record with over 10,000 hours of pro bono work in 2015-16 academic yearUtah Law’s graduating class spent an average of 122 hours per student per year on public service and experiential learning
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW – The S.J. Quinney College of Law class of 2016 set a new record for per-capita public service and experiential learning, averaging 122 hours per student, per year.
Read More about Utah Law’s graduating class spent an average of 122 hours per student per year on public service and experiential learningMaine Law professor to aid environmental protection efforts in Haiti
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW – Jeff Thaler, a visiting professor at the University of Maine School of Law, will travel to Haiti at the end of May to help lawyers, students, faculty, and government officials discuss ways to develop a new system of environmental protection.
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