Director of UNLV Law’s international gaming regulation center shares vision for center

March 7, 2016

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL – Andre Wilsenach will bring those experiences into the launch of the International Center for Gaming Regulation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Mitchell Hamline board honored for work combining law schools by national higher-education governance association

March 7, 2016

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW – Three months after presiding over the successful combination of two law schools, the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Board of Trustees is being honored by the nation’s premier higher-education governance association for “innovation and exemplary leadership.”

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Michigan State College of Law offers free tax preparation services in two Michigan cities lacking services

March 7, 2016

MIDLAND DAILY NEWS – Under the supervision of two tax attorneys, VITA-certified students from the Michigan State University College of Law will provide free tax preparation services for taxpayers with less than $53,000 in income.

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Maine Law professor selected by ACLU of Maine to receive award for protection of civil liberties

March 7, 2016

BANGOR DAILY NEWS – University of Maine School of Law professor Deirdre M. Smith will be honored with the 2016 Justice Louis Scolnik Award, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine announced.

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John Marshall Law professor addresses poverty and criminal justice during Seattle Law academic activism conference

March 7, 2016

GLOBENEWSWIRE – Professor Hugh Mundy of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago presented at Seattle University School of Law’s Poverty Law: Academic Activism Conference in February.

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John Marshall Law School wins national animal law competition at Harvard Law

March 7, 2016

PR WEB – The John Marshall Law School in Chicago again has been named the national champion at the National Animal Law Competition (NALC) on Feb. 21.

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Idaho Law to launch master of laws degree program

March 7, 2016

KMVT (IDAHO) – The University of Idaho College of Law plans to launch new Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree program fall semester 2016.

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Hawaii Law to host Japanese law student delegation for American law immersion program

March 7, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MāNOA – UH Law School will host 41 law students plus nine faculty members from four universities in Japan for a two-week immersion program in the American legal system, Hawai‘i style.

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Hawaii Law organizes program for high schools aimed at exploring careers in law

March 7, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MāNOA – Fifty-two local high school students took part in a special ‘Discover Law’ program at the UH Law School Friday, learning about the possibility of careers in law and the broad scope of justice in their own community.

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White House to tap Georgetown Law professor to serve on Commodity Futures Trading Commission

March 7, 2016

REUTERS – President Barack Obama on Thursday said he plans to tap a law professor and a former congressional staffer to serve on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency that polices the derivatives marketplace.

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