Lewis & Clark Law celebrates career outcomes of graduates

April 18, 2023

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark Law continues its trend of high employment totals, with over 92% employed total for 2022 graduates; of those, 98% are employed as attorneys or in jobs that require a JD.

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Lewis & Clark Law student groups host conversation on forest fire management

April 18, 2023

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — This spring, student groups and a law center hosted two leaders in Northwest forest management to discuss the challenges faced by catastrophic wildfires and their perspectives on key fire prevention strategies. The event was an opportunity for Lewis & Clark students to hear from resource users, who are often on…

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Lewis & Clark Law Review publishes issue on emerging legal issues

April 18, 2023

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — The issue features articles by law professors at Temple University Beasley School of Law, the University of Washington Law School, and Peking University School of Transnational Law. In addition, the issue features an essay from practitioners and advocates in the field of psychedelics and notes & comments from two recent…

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University of Miami Law Center for Ethics and Public Service hosts discussion on the Rosewood Massacre

April 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — Although January 1, 2023, marked a century since the murders of Black citizens and the destruction of their town, the year began with Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, banning state public schools from teaching the pilot AP African American Studies course. “I am Black history,” said Lizzie Polly Robinson Brown Jenkins,…

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Mitchell Hamline Law student Anthony Walsh publishes children’s book

April 18, 2023

MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — On meeting Anthony Walsh, it’s impossible not to immediately like the 28-year-old with a beaming smile. Adopted as an infant in Washington, D.C., and raised in hockey-mad Minnesota, he grew up playing the sport. Walsh, who is Black, faced racist comments from other teams’ players, but the fortitude and drive that’s…

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Mitchell Hamline Law hosts Minnesota Court of Appeals to hear arguments

April 18, 2023

MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals convened in the Mitchell Hamline auditorium on Thursday to hear oral arguments in two cases.

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Nevada lawmakers consider bill to fund UNLV Law Immigration Clinic

April 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS LAW — The UNLV Immigration Clinic, run by Boyd Law School, could soon get more funding from state lawmakers to help support. Assembly Bill 328 would provide $1 million that would be spread out over the next two years.

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ABA releases report on bar passage rates by race, ethnicity, and gender

April 18, 2023

ABA — The Managing Director’s Office of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released today a new set of bar pass data for American Bar Association-approved law schools that provides national “ultimate” and first-time percentage pass rates based on race, ethnicity and gender.

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A look at the UNLV Law legal writing program

April 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS LAW — UNLV law school student Sarah Voehl is about to embark on a federal court clerkship, and she credits the university’s top-rated legal writing program for helping her get there.

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University of New Mexico Law professors Sojeong Nam and Veronica Gonzales-Zamora recognized for excellence in legal education

April 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) recently recognized two outstanding faculty members at The University of New Mexico with signature awards at its annual Faculty of Color Awards (FOCA) ceremony. Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color is a student-led program working to retain students of color…

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