Emory Law humanitarian law clinic gives students hands-on experience in the “law of war”
EMORY NEWS CENTER – This work, done as part of Emory’s International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Clinic, gave students the chance to get hands-on experience working on real cases, research projects, and training programs for courts, militaries, NGOs, and other groups that focus on understanding, applying, and upholding the law of war.
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STETSON LAW – A new grant in the amount of $400,000 was awarded to Stetson University College of Law for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law to develop a forensic evidence training program for lawyers who work on death penalty cases.
Read More about Grant allows Stetson Law to develop forensic evidence training programRutgers Law launches alumni mentorship program to connect law students with attorneys
RUTGERS TODAY – Sponsored by the Center for Career Development and the Pro Bono and Public Interest Program, the alumni mentor initiative will bring alumni to the law school to offer individualized career counseling from select Rutgers lawyers on their areas of expertise to current students.
Read More about Rutgers Law launches alumni mentorship program to connect law students with attorneysTulsa Law clinic to be integrated into new Health Sciences building to provide legal aid to patients
TULSA WORLD – The University of Tulsa’s newly renamed Oxley College of Health Sciences will move into the old Blue Cross Blue Shield Building at 1215 S. Boulder Ave. in January. A first-floor walk-in clinic will include a College of Law component.
Read More about Tulsa Law clinic to be integrated into new Health Sciences building to provide legal aid to patientsDirector of Brooklyn Law’s Incubator and Policy Clinic discusses the need for legal help for startups
TECHNICAL.LY BROOKLYN – “When I caught up with Jonathan Askin on Sunday, he was in his element: catching up with friends and writers at the Brooklyn Book Festival and then, later, seated behind his desk in his office at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches internet law and telecommunications law.”
Read More about Director of Brooklyn Law’s Incubator and Policy Clinic discusses the need for legal help for startupsA look at law school social justice programs
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – [University of Maryland’s Carey School of Law] is one of many law schools that let students explore social justice issues – which often include discrimination around race, gender or sexual orientation – and teach them how to one day fight these issues as practicing J.D.s. Law school, experts say, can set…
Read More about A look at law school social justice programsABA committee re-proposes allowing academic credit for paid externships
ABA JOURNAL – For the third time in less than two years, an ABA committee has proposed lifting the ban in the law school accreditation standards on students receiving academic credit for paid externships.
Read More about ABA committee re-proposes allowing academic credit for paid externshipsGeorgetown Law professor teaches hands-on access-to-justice app development course
ABA JOURNAL – Professor Tanina Rostain has made a 180-degree turn in her work on the ethics of lawyering.
Read More about Georgetown Law professor teaches hands-on access-to-justice app development courseHarvard law releases mobile app to connect students with campus resources
THE HARVARD CRIMSON – Harvard Law School launched last week a mobile application for students with resources related to mental health, sexual harassment, and student life. The app, called “THRIVE@HLS,” is based on a similar app used at Harvard Business School.
Read More about Harvard law releases mobile app to connect students with campus resourcesEmory Law professor examines SEC enforcement data for study
REUTERS – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s metrics for computing annual enforcement statistics are “deeply flawed,” making the agency falsely appear as though it is getting tougher every year, a new academic study concluded.
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