Boston College Law professor Michael Cassidy appointed to legal ethics role at Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
BC LAW — Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar R. Michael Cassidy has been appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to serve as Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers (BBO).
Read More about Boston College Law professor Michael Cassidy appointed to legal ethics role at Massachusetts Board of Bar OverseersRecent Boston College Law graduate Finnegan Schick discusses the use of the Socratic method in law school
BC LAW — For nearly one hundred and fifty years, the Socratic method has endured as the hallmark of American legal education.
Read More about Recent Boston College Law graduate Finnegan Schick discusses the use of the Socratic method in law schoolBoston College Law professor Aziz Rana publishes book on Constitutional culture
BC LAW — The book identifies and explains an almost worshipful story of the Constitution—Rana calls it “creedal constitutionalism”—that peaked in the decades after WWII.
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BC LAW — In 1898, more than three decades before BC Law’s existence, African American activist Mary Church Terrell coined the phrase “lifting as we climb.”
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THE RECORD — From 1982 to 2016, Stephen B. Bright served as director, and later president and senior council, of the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit public interest law firm that worked to enforce the civil and human rights of people in the criminal justice system, particularly those facing the death penalty and challenging cruel and…
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BERKELEY LAW — The record-setting news continues to roll in for Berkeley Law students and alums pursuing coveted public service positions, with a school-record seven selections to the California Attorney General Honors Program — more than any other law school.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students selected for California Attorney General Honors ProgramGift to UCLA Law will establish fellowship for the study of Latinx communities and law
DAILY BRUIN — The Critical Race Studies program at the UCLA School of Law received a $1 million gift in April to fund a fellowship across eight to nine years for four to five students pursuing careers in Latinx legal academia.
Read More about Gift to UCLA Law will establish fellowship for the study of Latinx communities and lawUCLA Law hosts review of recent US Supreme Court decisions
UCLA NEWSROOM — The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions on abortion and reproductive rights, presidential immunity, free speech, racial gerrymandering, gun rights and other topics were the focus of a panel discussion co-presented by the UCLA School of Law Safeguarding American Democracy Project at the Hammer Museum.
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law School students recently worked together to help a single mother of three living in Raleigh from becoming homeless by retaining her Section 8 voucher.
Read More about Campbell Law Community Law Clinic helps client avoid evictionCase Western Reserve Law shares updates from the Human Trafficking Clinic
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — This spring semester was extremely successful for the four law students and two social work students enrolled in the Human Trafficking Clinic and Human Trafficking Practicum at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
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