University of Miami Law Bankruptcy Clinic helps low-income clients with pro bono legal services

June 27, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — Since 1995, the University of Miami School of Law’s bankruptcy clinic has given current Hurricane law students the opportunity to deliver life-changing pro bono legal services to indigent clients throughout South Florida.

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New law firm associates offered payment to take a year off before working at the firm

June 27, 2023

BLOOMBERG LAW — Cooley’s offer to pay incoming first-year corporate associates $100,000 to defer start dates for a year presents an interesting quandary for them—take the money, or work in a different practice group come January. What should they do? The differing opinions Cooley associates receive—should they ask for them—will leave them feeling as stumped…

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How law firms can use hybrid options for lawyer training

June 27, 2023

THOMPSON REUTERS — A big part of law firms’ successful adaptation to the increased use of ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI, may depend upon how firmly they embrace online learning & development tools designed for hybrid work environments.

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Law firm establishes diversity opportunity program for law students

June 27, 2023

CISION PR WEB — Lathrop GPM LLP is proud to announce the launch of the firm’s 1L Diversity Opportunity Program designed to attract and retain historically underrepresented groups in the legal field, including people of color, with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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University of Miami Law co-launches declaration on food, housing, and racial justice

June 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — On Juneteenth, the Human Rights Program and Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, together with emergency food providers, legislators, academics, and students from around the United States, launched the Declaration of Miami. The civil society declaration calls for the human rights to food and housing to be…

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University of Miami Law Investor Rights Clinic hosts mock arbitration

June 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — In addition to live client representation, students in the Investor Rights Clinic conduct a mock arbitration every semester before a panel of arbitrators who decide investor cases filed in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration. This semester, the mock arbitration took place in the Miami Law clinics’ new student workroom…

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UNLV Law student Doug Billings helps modernize Nevada’s foreign gaming reporting requirements

June 26, 2023

UNLV LAW — More than five decades ago, Nevada gaming regulators considered any legalized gaming outside of the Silver State as a foreign business operation. A year after New Jersey voters approved casino legalization in 1976, Nevada instituted its first foreign gaming reporting requirements.

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University of New Mexico Law clinic aids local community with cannabis record expungement

June 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — As New Mexico’s courts grapple with expunging thousands of cannabis-related criminal charges, the state’s up-and-coming lawyers are looking to help locals clear their records. “We are able to help folks anywhere in New Mexico,” says Serge Martinez, a University of New Mexico (UNM) law professor. “We see this as…

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NYU Law professor Deborah Archer honored as outstanding advocate for clinical teachers

June 26, 2023

NYU LAW — Deborah Archer, associate dean and co-director of clinical and advocacy programs at NYU Law, has received the Outstanding Advocate for Clinical Teachers Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA).

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University of North Dakota Law shares efforts to educate students on LGBTQ+ issues

June 26, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA LAW — Since its reopening in 2019, UND’s Pride Center has actively engaged with departments across campus to promote inclusion and foster a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ students at the University. Jeff Maliskey, director of the Pride Center, has been instrumental in facilitating discussions and workshops to broaden acceptance and understanding…

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