Houston Law Center hosts ‘People’s Law School’ for Houston area residents

October 19, 2015

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – How to avoid scams and navigate the difficult legal territory involving divorce were among the most popular subjects of the latest installment of “The People’s Law School” held Oct. 3 at the University of Houston Law Center.

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Collaborative initiative from Hawaii Law provides access to justice for Native Hawaiians

October 19, 2015

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (“OHA”) has finalized an agreement with Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at UH Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law to continue the Aʻo Aku Aʻo Mai Initiative (“Initiative”). This Initiative was created to provide access to justice for…

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CUNY Law takes part in law firm-supported “low bono” project

October 19, 2015

ABA JOURNAL – A start-up designed to train lawyers to provide needed legal services to people of modest means is taking applications from recent law grads who are licensed in New York.

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Yale Law to offer course devoted to law and gender-based violence taught by visiting CUNY Law Dean and additional faculty

October 19, 2015

YALE NEWS – In response to students’ calls for more coursework on the topic of rape law, next semester Yale Law School will introduce a new seminar dedicated exclusively to the study of gender-based violence.

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Western Pennsylvania’s largest law firm establishes fellowship at Pitt Law

October 19, 2015

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW – One of the region’s largest law firms has established the K&L Gates Diversity Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. It will provide a full tuition scholarship for all three years at Pitt law, as well as a paid summer associate position at K&L Gates LLP…

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Arizona Law aids in formation of new master’s programs in indigenous governance, law and policy

October 19, 2015

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF LAW – Two of the University of Arizona’s internationally recognized programs that focus on serving the higher educational needs of Indigenous peoples—the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program at the College of Law and the Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy—have…

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Partnership allows Northwestern Law to offer online video interview option

October 19, 2015

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – Northwestern University School of Law has launched a new online video interview option that allows applicants to interview wherever and whenever they want. Northwestern is the first law school to offer this option.

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Ole Miss wins international moot court championship for space law

October 19, 2015

THE CLARION-LEDGER – The University of Mississippi School of Law proved it’s out of this world by winning a world championship for space law.

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Vermont Law student founds initiative to empower incarcerated women through debate skills

October 19, 2015

VPR (NPR VERMONT) – Last spring, a Vermont Law School student named Jessica Bullock did something unprecedented at the all-female prison. With help from the University of Vermont debate team she started teaching incarcerated women how to debate issues they care about.

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Podcast: Boston College Law alumnus discusses career representing management in employment litigation

October 19, 2015

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – “In this week’s episode, host Aaron Taylor speaks with Matt Parker, a graduate of Boston College Law School, who represents corporate management during employment litigation, such as discrimination disputes.”

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