University of Connecticut Law to establish Transactional Law Clinic

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — The UConn School of Law is opening the Transactional Law Clinic, its seventh in-house legal clinic. The clinic will offer pro bono services to small businesses, nonprofit agencies, and individuals in transactional and regulatory matters. Casey Faucon, who started a similar clinic at the University of Alabama School of Law,…

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University of Connecticut Law and Northeastern Law professors release exam guide for students

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — A UConn Law faculty member and a former dean have revised their guide to approaching law school exams, which has become a classic for law school students across the nation.

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Podcast: University of Dayton Law student Sarah Covington discusses hybrid law school experience

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have Sarah Covington, one of the authors of Digitally Remastered: Modern Law School, with us to talk about the book and the online law school experience.

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University of Dayton Law students write book on experiences in hybrid JD program

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW — To write the book on what to expect as an online law student, you have to start somewhere. As with any written work, you could start with a single letter. For Jessica Carmichael, Bethany Carr and Sarah Covington that letter was “C.” You could also start with the creation of…

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Elon Law student John Ferebee wins North Carolina Supreme Court moot court competition

August 10, 2023

ELON LAW — John Ferebee prevailed in a competition for summer interns with the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals that featured a real case out of Kentucky involving questions of the Fourth Amendment.

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Fordham Law’s Center on Asian Americans and the Law hosts summer scholarship conference

August 10, 2023

FORDHAM LAW — The Center on Asian Americans and the Law held its Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference on July 13. The day-long event was co-sponsored by the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), as part of the Center’s continuing effort to promote Asian American legal studies.

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University of Georgia Law moot court and mock trial teams celebrate national success

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — The 2022-23 advocacy season was a great success with the School of Law capturing three national titles – the Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, the LL.M. International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot Competition and the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition (for the second year in a row).…

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University of Georgia Law student Gordon Wayne walks to school to raise awareness for homelessness

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — Caroline County native Gordon Wayne last week completed his second hundred-plus-mile walk to raise money for and awareness of the country’s homeless population. Wayne walked 569 miles on foot from Caroline to Athens, Georgia, home of the University of Georgia, where he will start law school next week. He left…

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Golden Gate Law students discuss their future at the school

August 10, 2023

GOLDEN GATE LAW — In June 2023, the San Francisco Standard reported that the future of the law school was at risk due to the university’s inability to sustain its operating deficit. The university’s real estate devaluation and the need to meet American Bar Association (ABA) standards were described as a “perfect storm” in a…

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Golden Gate Law announces plans to keep the school open

August 10, 2023

GOLDEN GATE LAW — Less than two years after it embarked on a bold strategy to reinvent itself, Golden Gate University School of Law, in San Francisco, is facing financial challenges that will likely force it to terminate faculty and staff, and could lead to its eventual closure. Sources close to the situation are questioning…

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