Ohio Northern Law Dean: law school clinics are critical in access to justice
THE LIMA NEWS – “The ONU Law Clinic helps ensure that tomorrow’s lawyers understand that in the United States, justice is not the privilege of a wealthy few, but a right that all of us are entitled to.”
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CLEVELAND.COM – While the demand for educated labor continues to increase in the United States, new research from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl (EMSI) suggests the supply of qualified candidates may not be keeping up with demand for certain professions.
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PENN LAW – The University of Pennsylvania Law School has received a $1 million gift from Michael J. Rotko L’63 to endow the Denise A. Rotko Associate Deanship of Legal Writing and Communications.
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QUAD-CITY TIMES – The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at the University of Iowa College of Law on Sept. 25. In addition to the University of Iowa stop, the court will hear oral arguments at Drake University School of Law.
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KUAR (NPR UALR) – According to the report published by the Yale School of Law and the Association of State Correctional Administrators 7.5 percent of the Arkansas’s nearly 14,000 male inmates are held in “administrative segregation,” or in isolation, for 22 to 23 hours a day for 30 days or more.
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CHARLOTTE CHAMBER – In an effort to fulfill its mission to serve the underserved, Charlotte School of Law will host a community-wide event to showcase pro bono and clinic programs that offer free legal services to area citizens that include immigration asylum, criminal record expungement, and domestic abuse representation.
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LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD – Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach squared off Thursday in a debate with a Kansas University law professor over the pros and cons of restrictive voter identification laws.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – Gil Siegal, a University of Virginia School of Law professor, medical doctor and native of Israel, has been appointed to chair the Israeli National Committee on Non-Medical Sex Selection. The committee, under the country’s Ministry of Health, vets petitions from parents who wish to scientifically predetermine the sex of…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – UNM Law Professor Max Minzer has been named General Council for theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Reed Benson, Weihofen Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Water and the Environment at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.
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