University of Virginia Law student Himani Gubbi discusses going from medical school to law school
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — If all goes as planned, Himani Gubbi will graduate with her cohort from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in May 2027. That day, she will also walk across the stage on the School of Law’s Holcombe Green Lawn.
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THE COLUMNS — Ever since he worked as a defense attorney in the genocide trials in Rwanda, Mark Drumbl has been intrigued by this question: What motivates ordinary people to participate in movements of mass atrocity?
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THE COLUMNS — Ben Wood ’26L is a second-year law student at Washington and Lee and is originally from Savannah, GA.
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WEST VIRGINIA RECORD — Thanks to the West Virginia State Bar, students at West Virginia University College of Law have the opportunity to receive financial support to work at a summer job and gain additional experience in an area of law they are passionate about.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — With an already impressive background in law and a drive for international excellence, Fang Chen, an LL.M. student who graduated in 2012, is setting a precedent for aspiring lawyers worldwide.
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ABA — The American Bar Association’s Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence released a report today titled “Year I Report on the Impact of AI on the Practice of Law” that details the work of the group over the past year.
Read More about ABA releases report examining how artificial intelligence is affecting the legal professionProposed legislation in several states seeks to weaken or eliminate faculty tenure
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Over the past two years, lawmakers in at least 10 states have pushed legislation that would weaken—or outright eliminate—tenure in public colleges and universities.
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ALLIGATOR — A UF law professor joined two other state university professors July 30 in filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a controversial 2023 state law that mandates stricter and more frequent tenure reevaluations.
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ABA — The American Bar Association House of Delegates opened its two-day session on Aug. 5 as part of the 2024 ABA Annual Meeting, adopting as policy ABA opposition against government actions that require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
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CNN — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is stepping down months after protests over the Israel-Hamas war gripped the campus, Shafik announced in a letter sent Wednesday to the Columbia community.
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