Florida officials looks to expand legal assistance
THE TAMPA BAY TRIBUNE — The answer to helping more of Florida’s poor and working poor get legal help they need may include business leaders and law schools, according to the head of the Texas Supreme Court.
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PORTLAND PRESS HERALD — Some people describe Danielle Conway, the incoming dean of the University of Maine School of Law, as a force of nature. To understand why, it helps to know her mother’s story.
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KTVB — There’s new life coming to the old Ada County Courthouse.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE — As the United States and Cuba move to normalize relations, a group of Suffolk University Law students is exploring firsthand what those historic ties might look like.
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NPR – When the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Citizens United case, that opened the door for secret donors to make big-dollar contributions and up spending in elections.
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER – Chapman University’s first 2015 installation of the free Chapman Dialogue Lecture Series kicks off with guest speaker Daniel B. Rodriguez, the dean and Harold Washington professor of Northwestern University School of Law and president of the Association of American Law Schools.
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WBIW — The National Jurist has named Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor William Henderson as the most influential person in legal education, putting him atop a list of professors, deans and chancellors whose voices and opinions are shaping the way future lawyers are educated and trained.
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PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST — The University of Southern California has announced a $5 million gift to the Gould School of Law from alumna Judith O. Hollinger (’61) to launch a program in alternative dispute resolution.
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WASHINGTON POST — Alvaro Bedoya knows firsthand what happens when old laws clash with new technology.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS — The University of Mississippi School of Law’s first-year enrollment has dropped from 199 in 2010, to 156 in 2012 and just 127 students this year. The decrease was intentional.
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