Undocumented Florida lawyer addresses Ave Maria Law students
NAPLES NEWS – Godinez spoke to a group of law students at Ave Maria School of Law on Sept. 24, documenting his struggle, at the invitation of the school’s St. Francis Cabrini Immigration Law Society. The program was part of Ave Maria Law’s recognition of Immigration Law Initiative Month.
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MARKET WIRED – Golden Gate University School of Law (GGU Law) Associate Dean Cynthia Chandler was selected by California Women Lawyers to receive the prestigious Fay Stender Award for her advocacy for the rights of women in prison.
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CLARION LEDGER – Equal Justice Under Law, a public interest law firm in Washington, D.C., and the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law filed the lawsuit, which alleges the city operates an “illegal debt collection scheme” in violation of the 13th amendment.
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MICHIGAN DAILY – University alum Martha Minow, dean of the Harvard Law School, will deliver the 2015 Winter Commencement address, pending approval this week from the University’s Board of Regents.
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THE HARVARD CRIMSON – Judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard 30-minute oral arguments for a series of patent and technology law appeals in a public event that was guarded by police officers and security personnel.
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KFGO (FARGO) – The University of North Dakota is marking the completion of an $11.4 million project to expand and renovate its law school.
Read More about North Dakota Law celebrates completion of law school upgradeJohn Marshall Law adds spring enrollment option for January 2016
PR WEB – The John Marshall Law School in Chicago is the only law school in Illinois—and one of the only law schools in the country—to offer spring enrollment for incoming students. Students applying for admission to John Marshall can choose between a fall or spring semester start date, a choice few other law schools…
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BLOOMBERG BNA – With the program, K&L Gates joins the ranks of other firms providing scholarship and summer work nationwide for students who can be considered diverse because of race, gender, sexual orientation or a host of other characteristics.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – For the first time in the 75 years that the U.S. Census Bureau has tracked college attainment, women are more likely than men to have a bachelor’s degree.
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COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION – An in-depth study by The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Professor Deborah Merritt of the current employment situations for those who passed the Ohio bar in 2010 shows that due to systemic changes in the legal job market, those 2010 graduates are still struggling five years after graduation.
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