Lewis & Clark Law environmental moot court team wins national championship
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Moot Court Team recently secured its ninth national championship at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) at Pace University, further solidifying its status as the most successful school in the competition’s history.
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PRESS HERALD — The University of Maine School of Law is trying to reestablish a criminal justice legal clinic for student attorneys, but funding it could be a roadblock in a tight budget year.
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UMASS LAW — University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School of Law (UMass Law) students have surpassed a significant milestone, collectively contributing more than 250,000 hours of public service, clinical, pro bono, and field placement work since joining UMass Dartmouth 14 years ago.
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DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the country to fight Trump administration actions impacting academic freedom and free expression, including politically motivated detentions of students and faculty and…
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U MIAMI SCHOOLOF LAW — Recently, 57 University of Miami School of Law students and their professors boarded a bus on campus and traveled across the state to learn from tomato farmworkers about one of the most successful human rights and corporate social responsibility campaigns in generations.
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U MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Third-party litigation funding occurs when a third party, often a hedge fund or other financial entity, invests in a lawsuit, typically a plaintiff’s case, in exchange for a portion of any settlement or judgment.
Read More about University of Miami Law Business Law Review hosts fireside chatA look at the Michigan State University Law Public Defenders Clinic
THE STATE NEWS — For six law students, the Public Defenders Clinic is more than just another class on their schedule.
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CONCORD MONITOR — Our school prides itself on graduating “practice ready” attorneys poised to zealously and ethically represent their clients. But in the first few months of this administration, the practice of law has changed in disturbing ways, and we struggle with how to explain this to our students.
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL NEWS — On Friday, April 4, five students from NYLS’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) chapter brought inspiration to students at George Westinghouse High School in downtown Brooklyn.
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AMNY — When Anthony Crowell became the youngest law school dean in the country after taking the helm of New York Law School in 2012, he found himself guiding the institution through the tailwinds of a recession.
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