University of South Dakota Knudson Law Veterans Legal Education Group Clinic provides services to veterans and their families

May 2, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law Veterans Legal Education Group (VLEG) hosted a clinic on March 10 at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. The organization’s goal is to provide free legal services and advice to military veterans and their families. They offer this support…

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University of South Dakota Law students assist with estate planning on Rosebud Sioux reservation

May 2, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — Over the university’s spring break, seven University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law students consulted with clients and assisted with estate planning at the Tribal Wills Clinic on the Rosebud Sioux reservation. At the pro bono clinic, law students met with clients and mapped out their objectives, drafted…

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University of South Dakota Knudson Law hosts Immigration Clinic

May 2, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, in partnership with Catholic Charities of Sioux City and Immigration Attorney Revathi Vongsiprasom, held the Immigration Clinic in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, in late March. The Immigration Clinic, led by Joy Moore, visiting instructor of legal writing, is an initiative…

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Zelda Harris named dean of Western New England Law 

May 2, 2023

BUSINESS WEST — Western New England University (WNE) announced that Zelda Harris, currently the director of the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy and Mary Ann G. McMorrow professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, has been appointed the incoming dean of Western New England University School of Law, starting Aug. 1.

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USC Gould Law professor Deepika Sharma as commissioner on oversight committee addressing homelessness

May 2, 2023

USC GOULD LAW — Professor Deepika Sharma, founding director of the Housing Law and Policy Clinic at USC Gould School of Law, has been appointed to a citizens oversight committee supervising Measure ULA, a new property transfer tax approved by Los Angeles voters in 2022. Sharma, appointed by Mayor Karen Bass and approved by the…

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How summer internships can improve law school applications

May 2, 2023

U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Unlike older law school applicants, aspiring lawyers who are college students or recent graduates may not have a deep well of work experience to draw from in composing their applications. They may fear that their resume seems a little bare, even if they have strong academic credentials. And they may struggle to come…

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A look at Stanford Law Global Quarter program

May 2, 2023

STANFORD LAW — The Stanford Law Global Quarter launched in 2022 with 22 second- and third-year students taking advantage of a unique cross-border program designed to train the next generation of globally minded lawyers. Funded by the Franke Global Business Law Fellowship, the Stanford Law School (SLS) Global Quarter allows an intimate cohort of students…

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Villanova Law professor Steven L. Chanenson joins litigation firm

May 2, 2023

VILLANOVA LAW — Levine Lee LLP, a prominent New York litigation boutique, is proud to announce that Steven L. Chanenson, one of the nation’s leading scholars of criminal law and sentencing, is joining the firm as Of Counsel. Chanenson is Professor of Law at the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University, where he…

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Journalist discusses how ChatGPT could become the future of writing

May 2, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES —  Once you start using ChatGPT you pretty much can’t stop. You begin with trivial, gimmicky prompts: Do this math problem. Tell me some vegetarian recipes with broccoli and peas. What came first, the jock or the jockstrap? But as the artificial intelligence chatbot easily dispatches your gimmes, you begin to take it more seriously.…

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A profile on University of Virginia Law student Riley Segars

May 2, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Whether performing in an improv comedy troupe or presenting oral argument before a panel of judges, University of Virginia School of Law student Riley Segars is known for thinking on his feet. Set to graduate from the Law School on May 21, Segars was executive editor of the Virginia Law…

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