Vermont Law enters pilot program with Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) to enhance diversity initiatives
VT DIGGER – Vermont Law School is one of four schools in the nation to partner with the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) on a pilot program to enhance diversity in legal education by increasing opportunities for underrepresented minority, low-income, and historically disadvantaged students.
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DELAWARE ONLINE – Widener University announced Tuesday it will be sending students to Cuba as part of a new class being offered by the Delaware Law School. The one-week trip will be part of the three-credit course Business Transactions in Emerging Economies taught by Professor Christine D. Allie.
Read More about Widener Delaware Law to send students to Cuba for course on business and emerging economiesTexas A&M Law professor receives award from the AALS Section on Minority Groups
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Minority Groups has announced Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Sahar Aziz as the 2016 recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Award.
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RUTGERS TODAY – Veteran law students will hear from a range of veteran attorneys, from those recently graduated to those with seasoned careers in the field, during a career panel discussion at Rutgers Law School.
Read More about Rutgers Law to hold career panel discussion to connect student veterans with veteran attorneysProfile on Pepperdine University Law Dean Deanell Reece Tacha’s varied career in law
Metropolitan News-Enterprise – “It’s 1,241.8 miles from Goodland, Kansas to Malibu. But distance alone hardly describes the route Deanell Reece Tacha has taken. The prairie native—she still has a home in Kansas—has probably had as varied a career as any lawyer in America.”
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KCRG (ABC CEDAR RAPIDS) – Students going to Mount Mercy University now have the opportunity to finish undergraduate and law school in six instead of seven years. On Tuesday the University of Iowa Law School added the university to its list of thirteen partners in the “3 + 3” program.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL – In December 2015, a team of Yale Law School students advanced to the final round of the 2015 Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Read More about Yale Law School students reach final round of international human rights moot court competitionAALS Annual Meeting panel discusses campus sexual assault
REASON.COM – “It was quite the packed panel discussion: a dozen mostly left-leaning speakers, each allotted 10 minutes to give their thoughts on a controversial topic, Grappling with Campus Rape. The setup was predictable. The answers, on the other hand, were frequently shocking.”
Read More about AALS Annual Meeting panel discusses campus sexual assaultExpert panel discusses need for cybersecurity law reform during the AALS Annual Meeting
SC MAGAZINE – Panelists in the session “Once More Unto the Breach: The Law & Policy of Data Breaches,” discussed how the law should and can respond to breaches that have grown more prevalent from every quarter.
Read More about Expert panel discusses need for cybersecurity law reform during the AALS Annual MeetingPanels at 2016 Annual Meeting address tough topics related to law, religion, and civil rights
LAW STREET – “Ever wonder how lawyers and law professionals keep their cool, or lack thereof, while discussing polarizing issues such as abortion, gay rights, or police brutality? I was very curious about this precise topic while I was walking around the halls of the 2016 AALS Annual Meeting, deciding which session to attend.”
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