Fordham Law student Jalyn Radziminski speaks at White House Black History Month Roundtable
FORDHAM LAW — Stein Scholar 1L Rep and evening student Jalyn Radziminski traveled to Washington, D.C. to speak at the White House’s “Black History Month Roundtable with Young Black Leaders with Disabilities” on Feb. 23. Radziminski was invited by the Biden-Harris Administration to share their experiences of living with a mental health disability as well…
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FORDHAM LAW — Award-winning author and expert Dorothy Roberts discussed her career-spanning examination of the “closely entangled” connections between the child welfare and criminal legal systems at Fordham Law School on Feb. 1. Professor Roberts was invited to the Law School to give this year’s Eunice Carter Lecture, in which she discussed her most recent…
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FORDHAM LAW — This spring, Fordham Law School welcomed Grey Berkowitz and Taylor Young-Wells into the Stein Scholars Program in Public Interest Law and Ethics. The program is designed to cultivate the next generation of public interest lawyers through academic and specialized discussion series, mentorships, and volunteer work with public interest organizations. Selected students with…
Read More about Fordham Law welcomes new members to public interest scholars programGeorge Washington Law collaborates on research institute to address racial inequalities
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — GW chartered an interdisciplinary, collaborative research institute working to address racial and ethnic inequality, according to a University release last week. Officials granted an official charter – a legal document establishing the goals and structure of an organization – to the GW Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity, a research…
Read More about George Washington Law collaborates on research institute to address racial inequalitiesHarvard Law Election Law Clinic represents civil rights coalition in gerrymandering case
HARVARD LAW — Harvard Law School’s Election Law Clinic is representing a coalition of individuals and civil rights groups in a lawsuit against the City of Jacksonville, alleging racial gerrymandering in election maps approved by the city council in March 2022. The suit alleges that seven of Jacksonville’s 14 city council districts and three of…
Read More about Harvard Law Election Law Clinic represents civil rights coalition in gerrymandering caseA look at the University of Houston Law Center Immigration Law Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Founded over 20 years ago, the UH Law Center Immigration Clinic allows law students and undergraduates to gain hands-on experience representing clients with a variety of backgrounds. Since its 1999 opening, the center’s mission statement has continuously centered around helping the immigrant community, but has developed more modern ways…
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW — This spring, University of Kansas School of Law students with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will once again prepare returns for taxpayers who are residents of Douglas County, make less than $60,000 per household per year and do not itemize their deductions. The VITA sessions began Feb. 20…
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LSU LAW — After being released from prison, Andrew Hundley co-founded the Louisiana Parole Project, a non-profit organization that provides reentry support to people who have served long prison sentences. Andrew’s organization now works directly with LSU students to raise awareness and advocate for people who have served long prison sentences.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — Minnesota Law’s unique program for introducing 1Ls to the nuts and bolts of lawyering was recently named by Bloomberg Law as one of the most innovative law school experiential education programs in the nation.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — Four Minnesota Law professors recently drew worldwide attention for their experiment in which an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot averaged a C+ — “a low but passing grade” — on four law school final exams. The result, achieved by an artificial intelligence (A.I.) model called ChatGPT, raises questions about the implications of…
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