University of St. Thomas Law hosts voting rights symposium

February 5, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS NEWSROOM — Kicking off Black History Month on Feb. 1, national and state thought leaders and elected officials convened at the University of St. Thomas to examine the past, present and future of voting rights. 

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A look at the USC Gould Law First-Generation Professionals Program

February 5, 2024

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS — In 2016, USC Gould School of Law was one of the first law schools to launch a program aimed at the growing number of students who were first in their families to graduate from college.

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USC Gould Law Center for Transnational Law and Business to host World Trade Organization panel

February 5, 2024

USC GOULD LAW NEWS — For the third time in recent years, USC Gould’s Center for Transnational Law and Business (CTLB) led a panel discussion at the World Trade Organization’s public forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

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USC Gould Law professor Jean Reisz selected to serve as lawyer representative on Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference

February 5, 2024

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS — Clinical Associate Professor Jean Lantz Reisz, co-director of the USC Immigration Clinic, has been selected as a Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference lawyer representative — the only law professor in the Central District of California.

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Stetson Law recognized for LGBTQ+ initiatives

February 5, 2024

STETSON TODAY — Reflecting Stetson Law’s deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, the Association of American Law Schools Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (SOGII) has chosen the college for its 2024 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award.

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University of Texas Law dean Bobby Chesney visits alumni in Laredo, Texas

February 5, 2024

LAREDO MORNING TIMES — The University of Texas School of Law Dean Bobby Chesney stopped in Laredo on Wednesday as a part of the Austin law school’s “Texas Law on Tour” series. 

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A profile on Villanova Law professor Ana Santos Rutschman

February 5, 2024

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — When the FDA approves a new medicine, vaccine, or medical device, there’s a tendency to assume it gets released into the marketplace and reaches those who need it. Professor of Law Ana Santos Rutschman works to illuminate the gap between what should happen and what actually does happen—because, as she notes, “not everyone who needs access

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University of Virginia Law professor Kevin Cope analyzes judicial ideology

February 5, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A breakthrough new empirical initiative developed by University of Virginia School of Law professor Kevin Cope could provide the most accurate estimate to date of federal judges’ ideologies, using automated analysis of text to evaluate lawyers’ written observations.

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Washington and Lee Law to host symposium on voting rights

February 5, 2024

THE COLUMNS — On Friday, February 16, the Washington and Lee Law Review will host the annual Lara D. Gass Symposium.

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Washington and Lee Law student Lexi Acosta discusses work in juvenile and domestic court

February 5, 2024

THE COLUMNS — Lexi Acosta ‘24L, is from Marlborough, Connecticut. She attended the University of Hartford, where she received a B.S. in Health Science Pre-Medical Studies. After college, she taught middle school science as a City Year AmeriCorps Member in Boston, Massachusetts. 

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