Touro Law Center receives grant to expand the Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Rights Clinic

April 19, 2016

THE TOURO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM – Touro Law Center received a $9,700 Suffolk County Veterans Marathon grant, which will allow the school’s Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Rights Clinic to expand its services to veterans who need help in restoring suspended and revoked driver’s licenses.

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Oregon Law announces “3+3” program with university honors college

April 19, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON – The University of Oregon School of Law and the Robert D. Clark Honors College are announcing a new program that lets students earn both an undergraduate and law degree in six years.

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Vermont Law offers joint program with local university for “3+2” bachelor’s/JD program

April 19, 2016

CASTLETON SPARTAN – The program will allow students to attend Castleton for three years to get their bachelor’s degree before being able to attend Vermont Law School and get their law degree in two years.

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Founding Dean of Drexel Law Roger Dennis to retire

April 19, 2016

PHILLY.COM – Roger Dennis, dean of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Drexel University, plans to retire in June of 2017.

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Dayton Law professor named national fellow by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

April 19, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON – The American College of Real Estate Lawyers has named University of Dayton School of Law Professor James Geoffrey Durham a fellow.

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Department of Education establishes student loan forgiveness plan for disabled borrowers

April 19, 2016

NBC NEWS – The Department of Education will send letters to 387,000 people who have been identified as eligible for what is called a “Total and Permanent Disability” loan discharge because they are disabled and cannot work.

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Florida Bar releases results from February state bar exam

April 19, 2016

TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Fifty-eight percent of those persons taking the Florida Bar for the first time in February passed, according to the Florida Supreme Court.

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Vice President Biden to deliver commencement address at Syracuse Law

April 19, 2016

SYRACUSE.COM – Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the commencement address at Syracuse University College of Law in May. Biden graduated from the law school in 1968.

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New Hampshire Law celebrates Magna Carta through exhibit

April 19, 2016

CONCORD MONITOR – The traveling exhibit, titled “Magna Carta: Enduring Legacy 1215-2015,” will be at UNH School of Law’s Law Library until April 22, open to the public for free.

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FBI Director gives advice to CUA Law students during talk

April 19, 2016

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA – James B. Comey Jr., director of the FBI, spoke with Daniel Attridge, dean of the law school, before a crowded Slowinski Courtroom on April 12 for the Brendan F. Brown Lecture Series.

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