A profile on Indiana University McKinney Law professor Miriam Murphy
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY LAW — Miriam Murphy is a builder. In her day job, she builds minds at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Outside of the classroom, Murphy has found a more colorful way to build. Murphy started building Lego sets as a child in the 1960s. After aging out, she picked the…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Four students have been named as the 2023 Lezak Social Justice Fellows: Mackenzie Carmen, Elijah Cetas, Kelli Garry, and Loren Naldoza. The Lezak Social Justice Fellowship honors the legacy of Sid Lezak by granting summer stipends to law students who will be serving the community. The program also provides mentorship…
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — If you need to hire an attorney, you want one with experience. A new collaboration between the University of Maine School of Law and the University of Maine at Fort Kent is giving law students just that while serving a population where legal services are sparse. The rural practice clinic…
Read More about A look at University of Maine Law’s rural practice clinicRecent UMass Law graduate Katherine McCormick discusses aspirations to serve the labor movement
UMASS LAW — Katherine McCormick, JD candidate ’23 of Needham, MA majored in anthropology and minored in labor studies at UMass Boston. After graduating in 2017, she became involved in labor activism and political organizing. She then lived and worked abroad in Bangkok, Thailand before ultimately deciding that the best way to serve the labor…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — For director Megan Walsh, launching the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School filled a void in legal education. The clinic, a three-year pilot project that began in January, focuses on promoting gun violence prevention through strategic litigation, using student pro bono legal work to support…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law professor Megan Walsh discusses the Gun Violence Prevention ClinicMitchell Hamline Law works with city to remove racial covenants
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline School of Law will work with the City of Saint Paul to help homeowners remove discriminatory racial covenants on their property deeds. The partnership, announced Monday, is part of the city’s move to become one of nearly two dozen Minnesota cities to in a coalition called Just Deeds.
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law works with city to remove racial covenantsPodcast: New England Law professor Lawrence Friedman discusses how legal education is reacting to new digital innovations
NEW ENGLAND LAW — Lawrence Friedman, Professor at New England Law, gives his perspective on how lawyers and law schools are adapting and changing to the new digital world, including what challenges may arise when including A.I. in the classroom. Lawrence also talks about the process of writing the third edition of his casebook, Modern…
Read More about Podcast: New England Law professor Lawrence Friedman discusses how legal education is reacting to new digital innovationsNotre Dame Law student Erica Patterson named ABA law student representative of the year
NOTRE DAME LAW — Erica Patterson, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School, was named Law Student Representative of the Year by the American Bar Association. Patterson finished with the most student representative member points for the academic year.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — Thomas Haracz and Jeanna James, both members of Notre Dame Law School’s Class of 2023, have been awarded Thomas L. Shaffer Public Interest Fellowships. During their fellowships, Haracz and James will address housing and eviction issues for low-income clients and criminal expungement relief.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief last month in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit case Loving v. Morton, representing Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups. The brief argues that the Second Circuit should re-examine its precedent to allow for monetary damages for…
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