Vermont Law offers free legal help for local residents affected by flooding
NBC 5 — Vermont Law & Graduate School launched a new initiative to help flood-affected business owners navigate the legal challenges of the recovery process.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — “None of it is going to last forever.” As more than 300 new University of Virginia law students sat attentively in their Caplin Auditorium seats for orientation, Judge Toby Heytens ’00 used his final eight words to remind students to settle in, enjoy the bucolic beauty of Charlottesville and —…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Judge Toby J. Heytens, who was confirmed to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October 2021, will welcome the University of Virginia School of Law’s Class of 2026 during orientation on Thursday.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The past 200 years of legal education at UVA Law have bred a number of annual traditions and rites of passage, including some that foster collegiality, intellectual growth and a spirit of service, and others that just make the Law School “UVA Law.” Here’s a sampling of some…
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THE LAW REVIEW — Washington and Lee law professor Kish Parella has published an article in the Cornell Law Review. The article, “International Law in the Boardroom,” examines how and when corporations comply with international law.
Read More about Washington & Lee Law professor Kish Parella publishes article in Cornell Law ReviewWashington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson reflects on her first year at the school
THE COLUMNS — In the most recent issue of Discovery, our law alumni newsletter, Dean Melanie Wilson reflected on her first year in the Dean’s Office and what she is excited about in the year to come.
Read More about Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson reflects on her first year at the schoolGift to West Virginia University Law to support students working in child advocacy
WVU TODAY — West Virginia University College of Law students committed to criminal justice, public service and child advocacy will benefit from three gifts — totaling $250,000 — made by pioneering alumna Margaret Workman in memory of her late children.
Read More about Gift to West Virginia University Law to support students working in child advocacyWidener Commonwealth Law and Slippery Rock University partner on ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD program
BUTLER RADIO — A new agreement will give Slippery Rock students a chance to get a head start on pursuing a law degree. The university announced a 3+3 program with Widener Law Commonwealth that would allow them to earn a juris doctorate in six years.
Read More about Widener Commonwealth Law and Slippery Rock University partner on ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD programWillamette Law professor Valerie Vollmar discusses experience teaching experiential education
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — During her time on the Willamette Law faculty, Professor Emerita Valerie J. Vollmar JD’75 was not afraid to be first – from being amongst the first Willamette Law professors to use a computer to being the first to use PowerPoint slides in class – Vollmar was well known across campus for being a trailblazer.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — On August 3-4, William & Mary Law School hosted a conference on “Incorporating ChatGPT in the Legal Research & Writing Classroom.” More than 640 legal writing professors and law librarians registered for the virtual event. Attendees represented 169 individual law schools from six countries, seven governmental institutions, and eight…
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