University questions funding for Minnesota Law
MINNESOTA DAILY – As the tumultuous job market for law school graduates continues its recovery, University of Minnesota leaders are wondering whether the Law School still needs the extra financial support it has received in recent years.
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BOSTON COLLEGE HEIGHTS – Vincent Rougeau, dean of the Boston College Law School, aims to engage his background and life in his leadership, he said Thursday in his talk, “Fighting Racism by Modeling Inclusion: Reflections of an African-American Dean.”
Read More about Boston College Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau reflects on experience as an African-American deanSouthern Illinois Law professor helps Iraqi find political asylum
THE SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN – Ali said he shared his fears with one of his neighbors in Carbondale, who happened to be a law school student at Southern Illinois University. The neighbor told him about his law professor who did work with those seeking asylum and immigration.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL – Chief Justice John G. Roberts has appointed William Kelley, associate professor of law, to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (the “Standing Committee”).
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW – Suzanne Rowe has been selected to receive an award from the Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
Read More about Oregon Law professor Suzanne Rowe wins legal writing award from AALS section1,600 new lawyers join Illinois Bar
MADISON RECORD – Sixty-eight new lawyers took the attorney’s oath Thursday in Carbondale, as part of the 1,605 who were sworn in to practice law in Illinois during ceremonies across the state.
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TAXPROF BLOG – Seton Hall and Rutgers University law schools, like many of those elsewhere, have reduced the number of students they admit, offered larger scholarships or grants, and readjusted their programs so students are better-prepared for the competitive and evolving job market.
Read More about New Jersey law schools rebound in face of predicted rise in applicationsQ and A with St. John’s Law Dean Michael Simons
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY – Michael A. Simons, J.D., dean of St. John’s School of Law and John V. Brennan Professor of Law and Ethics, joined St. John’s in 1998. Like his father before him (Andrew J. Simons ’65L, vice dean emeritus), Dean Simons came to the University after a distinguished career as a practicing attorney.
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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE – Duquesne University Law School Dean Ken Gormley stood on a ballroom stage Wednesday morning where he was announced as the board of director’s choice as the university’s 13th president, a job he will start on July 1.
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GRAND FORKS HERALD – “North Dakota Supreme Court justices didn’t hold back when four UND School of Law students argued a case in a mock trial.”
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