Sixteen law school student trial teams selected for the National Civil Trial Competition in Los Angeles
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS – Sixteen student trial teams from some of the nation’s top law schools have made the cut to participate in this year’s National Civil Trial Competition in Los Angeles. More than 50 law schools nationwide applied for this prestigious competition.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER – Anyone wanting to learn more about legal education from yesteryear can visit the IUPUI eArchives website where academic catalogues, commencement programs and other historical documents are now available online.
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TUCSON SENTINEL – A Global Mining Law Center is being set up at the University of Arizona’s law school as “an interdisciplinary unit that will educate lawyers, miners and others involved with the huge and complex global mining industry.”
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NPR – State courts are twice as likely to incarcerate Native teens for minor crimes such as truancy and alcohol use than any other racial and ethnic group, according to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute. And juvenile detention facilities around the country have a disproportionately high number of Native American youth, according to an Indian Law…
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BLOOMBERG BNA – Themes of the panel included the impact of data on law department decision making and the need for “law firms to have robust data security safeguards.”
Read More about Big Law Business Summit panel debates the impact of data on legal departmentsAnimal rights organization releases animal law podcast
ECORAZZI – Our Hen House, a nonprofit animal rights organization, has launched a new podcast completely dedicated to the legal system and its relationship to animals.
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BISNOW – “To get managing partners’ candid thoughts on changes in the legal industry, we sat down with law firm leaders and real estate pros.”
Read More about Law firm leaders discuss the modern legal industry marketNew ABA President Paulette Brown set to accomplish diverse initiatives in role
ABA JOURNAL – Introducing Paulette Brown, outgoing ABA president William Hubbard joked that Brown clearly has the strength and stamina to take up the presidency—because if you try to join her on her daily walks, “your ankles will burn like fire.”
Read More about New ABA President Paulette Brown set to accomplish diverse initiatives in rolePenn Law entrepreneurship clinic director shares insight on business sense for lawyers
PENN LAW NEWS – In an article titled “Beyond Gilson: The Art of Business Lawyering” in the upcoming issue of the Lewis & Clark Law Review, Penn Law’s Praveen Kosuriargues that while the technical aspects of business lawyering are important, the best business lawyers embrace their role as comprehensive advisors to their clients.
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CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY – In a partnership with Pearson, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y., will now offer a master of arts in health law and policy and a master of laws in health law and policy.
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