Vermont Law School becomes charter member of U.S. agriculture initiative with Cuba
TIMES ARGUS – In another sign of better relations between the U.S. and Cuba, Vermont Law School is participating in a program to improve sustainable food and agriculture practices in both countries. The law school’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems has joined the Cuba-U.S. Agroecology Network as a charter member.
Read More about Vermont Law School becomes charter member of U.S. agriculture initiative with CubaOklahoma City-area universities to collaborate on dual degree in public administration and law
NEWSOK – Officials from the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University are exploring the possibility of offering students a dual degree in public administration and law.
Read More about Oklahoma City-area universities to collaborate on dual degree in public administration and lawRutgers’ law schools merger is approved by ABA
POLITICO – The American Bar Association has signed off on the merger of Rutgers University’s formerly separate law schools in Camden and Newark.
Read More about Rutgers’ law schools merger is approved by ABATulsa Law student gains valuable experience in prosecutor’s office
REGISTER-HERALD – Julianne Wisman, a 23-year-old student at the University of Tulsa, is spending her second summer as an intern at the Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Read More about Tulsa Law student gains valuable experience in prosecutor’s officeGeorgia Law gift creates scholarship for first-generation college graduates
AJC – State Rep. Stacey Evans has donated $500,000 to the University of Georgia’s law school to create a scholarship for first-generation college graduates, the state’s flagship institution announced Friday.
Read More about Georgia Law gift creates scholarship for first-generation college graduatesStudents in Wisconsin Law’s immigration clinic seek to help detained immigrant families
LACROSSE TRIBUNE – The situation in the family immigration detention centers near the U.S.-Mexico border may be changing quickly following a federal court order, but the underlying issues inspiring some University of Wisconsin Law School students to volunteer to help the people being held there are unlikely to be resolved any time soon.
Read More about Students in Wisconsin Law’s immigration clinic seek to help detained immigrant familiesAdvice for J.D. candidates during law school visits
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT – During tours, applicants usually see the university’s law school building and classrooms. If they really want to make the most of this experience, though, law school experts recommend they look out for these four things while on a tour.
Read More about Advice for J.D. candidates during law school visitsSpotlight on law professors changing higher education
THE CHRONICLE – Changes in Colorado prompt call for a new kind of professor; and other news about people.
Read More about Spotlight on law professors changing higher educationIowa Law provides legal advice to LGBTQ patients through clinic
THE DAILY IOWAN – At the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, members of a long-ostracized community are finding a safe space, the UI LGBTQ Clinic. In addition to medical services, the clinic also provides legal advice through a partnership with the UI College of Law.
Read More about Iowa Law provides legal advice to LGBTQ patients through clinicABA provides advice for navigating student debt for recent law grads at annual meeting
ABA JOURNAL – Edward N. Tucker, a CPA and founding partner at the Baltimore accounting firm Ellin & Tucker who also serves as secretary of the governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, spoke Sunday at an ABA Annual Meeting program, “Navigating the Waters of Student Debt,” co-sponsored by the…
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