NYU Law professor Melissa Murray honored by ABA for professional excellence
NYU LAW — The American Bar Association has announced the recipients of the 2023 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award including a Hawaii Supreme Court justice, a New York University law professor, and Sidley Austin’s management committee chair.
Read More about NYU Law professor Melissa Murray honored by ABA for professional excellenceNortheastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Project seek posthumous pardon for wrongfully convicted man
NORTHEASTERN LAW — The Center on Wrongful Convictions and Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project in Boston have filed a petition for executive clemency on behalf of Joe James, an early 20th-century Black man convicted by a racially charged white jury, according to the Associated Press.
Read More about Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Project seek posthumous pardon for wrongfully convicted manNorthwestern Law professors Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster discuss how they teach ethics and professional responsibility
NORTHWESTERN LAW — Since coming to the Law School over 20 years ago, Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster have been able to completely change the way students interact with the subject of ethics and professional responsibility. The longtime friends and colleagues have created a curriculum so distinct that law professors around the country have advocated…
Read More about Northwestern Law professors Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster discuss how they teach ethics and professional responsibilityUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge Law to host sports agent Scott Boras for commencement address
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — University of the Pacific alumnus Scott Boras, named the most powerful sports agent in the world for the eighth time in nine years by Forbes Magazine, will be the 2023 commencement speaker for the McGeorge School of Law. Boras pursued his undergraduate studies at Pacific while playing for…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law to host sports agent Scott Boras for commencement addressGrant to University of the Pacific McGeorge Law will fund improvements to mental health services in California
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law is launching an innovative program to help local governments make transformative changes to mental health services with a $5 million grant from the state’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. McGeorge public policy faculty will work with behavioral health…
Read More about Grant to University of the Pacific McGeorge Law will fund improvements to mental health services in CaliforniaA look at University of the Pacific McGeorge Law clinic offerings
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — The McGeorge School of Law helped eliminate a staggering $162 million of criminal debt in the fall, worked with 80 Afghan refugees trying to remain in the United States and recovered more than $4 million for financial abuse victims. The life-changing legal assistance is the work of students…
Read More about A look at University of the Pacific McGeorge Law clinic offeringsPenn Law to host lawyer and discrimination advocate for commencement address
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — Award-winning women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred has been named the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s commencement speaker for the Class of 2023. Allred has won countless honors for her pioneering legal work on behalf of victims who have been discriminated against due to gender, race, age, physical handicap,…
Read More about Penn Law to host lawyer and discrimination advocate for commencement addressA look at the Penn Law Civil Practice Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — As the longest running in-house clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, the Civil Practice Clinic (CPC) puts students on the front lines of increasing access to counsel for some of Philadelphia’s most underserved communities. Certified to provide legal representation in state and federal court, students work…
Read More about A look at the Penn Law Civil Practice ClinicPepperdine Law trial team wins first and second place at trial competition
Pepperdine Law — The Pepperdine Caruso Law Trial Team dominated the San Fernando Valley Bar Association Trial Competition held on April 7-8 by taking both first and second place overall. In the final round of the competition, Caruso Law advocates Dillon Garcia, Mason Folse, Max Lyster, and Neil Edat prevailed over Caruso Law advocates Lauren…
Read More about Pepperdine Law trial team wins first and second place at trial competitionA look at first-time bar pass rates by race
ABA JOURNAL — According to information released Tuesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Black candidates continue to have the lowest first-time test-taker pass rate, which was 57% in 2022, compared with 61% in 2021. Out of 33,721 first-time bar examinees in 2022, 2,510 candidates were Black, according to ABA data,…
Read More about A look at first-time bar pass rates by race