Penn State Law Veterans Clinic wins disability claims for Vietnam War vets
PENN STATE LAW — Second and third-year law students enrolled in the Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic at Penn State Law in University Park honed their advocacy skills while assisting five Vietnam veterans and their families, and two other veterans, to win disability and/or survivor claims before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Read More about Penn State Law Veterans Clinic wins disability claims for Vietnam War vetsPenn State Law welcomes new JD students
PENN STATE — Penn State Law in University Park welcomed 131 first-year juris doctor students (1Ls) to the Lewis Katz Building on Wednesday, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug. 22, for J.D. Orientation, the beginning of their exciting legal education journey.
Read More about Penn State Law welcomes new JD studentsQuinnipiac Law to host Connecticut Law Fair
PATCH — Representatives from more than 50 law schools across the country will gather at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, 370 Bassett Road, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, for the Connecticut Law Fair.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law to host Connecticut Law FairUniversity of Richmond Law students help incarcerated clients get sentences commuted
RVA MAG — The University of Richmond Institute for Actual Innocence won two important cases for clients this summer.
Read More about University of Richmond Law students help incarcerated clients get sentences commutedRoger Williams Law students participate in Foreign Policy Summit in Washington, DC
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY — In May, five Roger Williams University students, along with Joseph Roberts, Chair and Professor of Politics and International Relations at RWU, joined United States powerhouses in conversations about national security issues at the Foreign Policy for America Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
Read More about Roger Williams Law students participate in Foreign Policy Summit in Washington, DCUniversity of South Carolina Law welcomes new students during orientation
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — During 1L orientation, Dean William Hubbard (‘74 history, ‘77 law) welcomed 227 students from across the country to the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
Read More about University of South Carolina Law welcomes new students during orientationSouth Texas College of Law Houston hosts session on professionalism for first-year students
SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD — South Texas College of Law Houston hosted its fall 1L Professionalism Session Friday, culminating with more than 300 students taking the professionalism pledge administered by Interim President and Dean Jeff Rensberger.
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston hosts session on professionalism for first-year studentsSouthwestern Law professor Andrea Freeman authors book on the politics of food law and policy
SWLAW BLOG — Andrea Freeman, Second Century Chair at Southwestern Law School and a recognized expert on the intersection of critical race theory, food policy, and health, has released a new book, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch.
Read More about Southwestern Law professor Andrea Freeman authors book on the politics of food law and policyStanford Law Criminal Justice Center publishes report on the imprisonment of intimate partner violence victims
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — A new, groundbreaking study provides extensive documentation of the “IPV-to-Prison Pipeline”—the pathways through which women who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) find themselves serving long prison sentences for acts of survival.
Read More about Stanford Law Criminal Justice Center publishes report on the imprisonment of intimate partner violence victimsTemple Law professor Alice Abreu named chair of ABA tax section
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Alice Abreu has been named Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation. Professor Abreu, who also leads Temple’s Center for Tax Law and Public Policy and serves as the Hon. Nelson A. Díaz Professor of Law, is the first academic to serve in the role.
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