Loyola Law Los Angeles students serve as poll workers during 2024 election

November 12, 2024

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY — Graduating JD Evening student Sascha Macias ’25 was all smiles as she began her second day of volunteering at a Valencia, Calif., polling location just after 6 a.m. – and she had not even had her first cup of coffee yet.

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Mercer Law hots 5K to raise money for scholarships

November 12, 2024

MIDDLE GEORGIA CEO — Mercer Law School’s Association of Women Law Students (AWLS) will host its annual Lauren Giddings 5K on Sunday, Nov. 17 on Cruz Plaza on Mercer’s undergraduate Macon campus, with the race kicking off at 10:00 a.m.

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University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service advocates for fair housing

November 12, 2024

U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Working under public policy attorney and Fredman Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence Alexander Rundlet, law students at the Center for Ethics and Public Service facilitated the opening of a systemic housing discrimination investigation under the federal Fair Housing Act, a by the Region IV Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Housing…

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University of Miami Law launches mentoring initiative to foster community for first-year students

November 12, 2024

U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — This year, the Student Bar Association launched an innovative mentoring initiative for first-year students led by President Andy Co and Vice President Jose Vazquez. 

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University of Michigan Law Veterans Legal Clinic helps local veterans

November 12, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY RECORD — When Marissa Collins sees her 10-year-old son, Aiden, doing homework in his bedroom, she is overcome with joy. It’s a moment that might not have happened if the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Law School had not represented her in a 2023 dispute with her ex-husband, who wanted their son to…

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University of Michigan Law Voting Project aims to increase voter engagement

November 12, 2024

MICHIGAN LAW — In a critical swing state during a tightly contested presidential election, Michigan Law students are doing their part to ensure that Michigan voters are guaranteed the opportunity to cast their ballots. 

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A profile on NYU Law student Mackenzie Harrigan

November 12, 2024

NYU LAW — As I’m sure is true for a lot of law students, my parents always encouraged me to be a lawyer while I was growing up. Not having a clue what a lawyer did for the longest time, I definitely didn’t think they would turn out to be right!

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University of North Carolina Law students visit World War II Japanese internment camps

November 12, 2024

UNC SCHOOL OF LAW — What does it mean to be an ethical lawyer? Eight Carolina Law students explored this fundamental question in a powerful new setting this fall – at the site where World War II-era attorneys helped implement and defend the unjust imprisonment of Japanese Americans. 

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Northeastern Law Center for Law, Equity, and Race publishes report on Black land loss

November 12, 2024

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) has released a new report on the multifaceted challenges surrounding Black land loss, including its impact on building generational wealth within Black communities.

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Notre Dame Law professor Richard W. Garnett delivers lecture on religious freedom

November 12, 2024

THE OBSERVER — On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”

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