Recent FIU Law alumnus competes for Senate seat in Miami-Dade County
TAMPA BAY TIMES – A 30-year-old graduate of Florida International University’s law school is joining the fray of a competitive state Senate race in Miami-Dade County.
Read More about Recent FIU Law alumnus competes for Senate seat in Miami-Dade CountyUVA Law faculty leads university in average salary
THE CAVALIER DAILY – The Law School faculty had the highest average salary of any department, with an average of $135,471.1 across the 191 faculty members.
Read More about UVA Law faculty leads university in average salaryValparaiso Law celebrates 50 years of Valparaiso Law Review
THE INDIANA LAWYER – “The Valparaiso University Law Review has tackled such thought-provoking topics [and] countless legal conundrums, addressing each with the rigor established under the vision of the first dean to establish the review, Alfred Meyer, and the early editors.”
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WBUR (NPR BOSTON) – Judge George O’Toole opened his remarks at a Boston College School of Law forum with a disclaimer about the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Read More about Tsarnaev judge discusses the handling of high-profile cases at BC Law forumMissouri Law honors professor with fellowship for teaching excellence
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – University of Missouri interim Chancellor Hank Foley and Commerce Bank Chairman Jim Schatz today awarded one of the 2016 William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence to Mary Beck, clinical professor of law and director of the Family Violence Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law.
Read More about Missouri Law honors professor with fellowship for teaching excellenceHarvard Law students spend spring break working with clinics and legal organizations
HARVARD LAW TODAY – This year, during the week of March 11-18, students worked locally at the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association; at Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS)/Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (LARC); and at the law school’s own Legal Services Center (LSC)/Veterans Legal Clinic.
Read More about Harvard Law students spend spring break working with clinics and legal organizationsA historic look at UDC Law as the Antioch School of Law
AFRO – Crafted to meet the changing political and social landscape where centuries-old laws were being dismantled, the Antioch School of Law, later the University the D.C. Law School, and now the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL), embraced the mantra “Challenge Authority” from its inception.
Read More about A historic look at UDC Law as the Antioch School of LawHousing plan for UConn Law students faces roadblock
HARTFORD CURRANT – A plan to redevelop part of the former Hartford College for Women campus into graduate student housing has failed to win the backing of West End Civic Association, crucial to the developers moving forward with the proposal.
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THE BRANDING IRON – Ken Chestek, professor of law at the University of Wyoming, is running for office in the state legislature as a Democrat in a strong Republican majority.
Read More about Wyoming Law professor runs for House District 46Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor addresses the complexity of job and her childhood during talk at New Mexico college
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN – Sotomayor, 61, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court justice, was in Santa Fe to speak as part of the college’s Worrell Lecture series. She circled through an audience of several hundred people at the campus activities center, looking directly at the people who asked her questions.
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