A look at the Mercer Law Bankruptcy Externship Program

February 6, 2024

13WMAZ — Sometimes for people drowning in debt, bankruptcy is the best way to get their finances back under control. But how do you afford a lawyer when you’re struggling just to survive? It’s a problem and Mercer University’s Law School is offering a solution with their Consumer Bankruptcy Externship program.

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University of Miami Law student Emily Kaufman discusses scholarship in transgender rights

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Before coming to Miami Law and publishing in the Race & Social Justice Law Review, Emily Kaufman grew up thinking about science–wormholes, astrophysics, chemical equations–at the math and science high school she attended in suburban Delaware, thinking she would become a chemist or astrophysicist. As an undergraduate at the

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Michigan State University Law professors Kathryn Fort honored by AALS Litigation Section 

February 6, 2024

LEGAL NEWS — MSU Law Professor and Clinic Director Kathryn Fort was honored for her pivotal role in the landmark case, Brackeen v. Haaland with the Practitioner Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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University of Montana Law students elected to Montana Justice Foundation board

February 6, 2024

NBC MONTANA — The Montana Justice Foundation invited Gillian Ellison and Alex Clark to serve on its board.

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A profile on University of Montana Law student Lyndee Nikkila

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — Lyndee Nikkila and her twin sister Stephanie wanted more adventure in life, so they moved from Sherwood, Oregon to Missoula to attend the University of Montana. They found what they were looking for by spending time in the forest.

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University of Nebraska Law Innocence Clinic receives grant from Department of Justice

February 6, 2024

NEBRASKA TODAY — In Nebraska, more than 5,500 people are incarcerated in 10 state prisons and another 1,000 are in the custody of private prisons and local jails. 

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University of Nebraska Law highlights faculty who presented at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN COLLEGE OF LAW — Five Nebraska Law professors presented at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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UNLV Law professor Frank Rudy Cooper honored by AALS Section on Minority Groups

February 6, 2024

THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Frank Rudy Cooper, a William S. Boyd Professor of Law and director of the Program on Race, Gender & Policing at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, recently received the 2024 C. Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award from the Association of

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University of New Mexico Law educates local high school students on constitutional rights

February 6, 2024

ROSWELL DAILY RECORD — Each year, the University of New Mexico School of Law students go to local high schools to teach constitutional law through the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.

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Gallery at New York Law School looks at the art of law

February 6, 2024

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL NEWS — Entering New York Law School’s Abbey Hall, students, faculty, and visitors alike are treated to the School’s contemporary architecture integrated with its original, art deco buildings.

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