Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic files amicus brief
PENN STATE LAW — On Feb. 1, the Penn State Law in University Park Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, representing the National Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Law Project, filed an amicus brief with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in an employment discrimination case. The brief supports Shelley Fitzgerald, a guidance counselor fired from…
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW — Kaleigh Dryden, a third-year student in Pitt’s School of Law, was named a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) program. The PMF program is the federal government’s flagship leadership program. It is open to advance degree holders across academic disciplines and aims to recruit and develop future government leaders.
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QUINNIPIAC LAW — Quinnipiac School of Law recently hosted a panel discussion, “The New Age in Medicine: Cognitive Testing of Doctors Age 65 and Older – Necessary or Discriminatory?” with a panel of experts who analyzed the legal repercussions and benefits of recently implemented testing requirements.
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RUTGERS LAW — Nyssa Taylor, Managing Staff Attorney at the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University, joins Co-Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor to discuss her work as a public defender and how that led her to head up this new project at Rutgers Law School.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Harris Health System and South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) are teaming up to provide free legal services to patients needing to address ‘health harming’ situations. These situations might include a patient suffering from chronic asthma stuck in mold-infested rental property, a patient unable to get…
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USC GOULD LAW — Professor Nomi Stolzenberg’s 2022 book American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York, was recently named winner of the Celebrate 350 Award in the American Jewish Studies category of the 72nd annual National Jewish Book Awards. The award, given by the National Jewish Book Council,…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Nomi Stolzenberg honored with National Jewish Book AwardUSC Gould Law professor Mugambi Jouet discusses criminal justice research with public defenders from Mexico
USC GOULD LAW — Professor Mugambi Jouet was recently invited to present his findings on American criminal justice to a delegation of public defenders from Mexico City who were visiting Southern California as part of a continuing legal education opportunity offered by a nonprofit organization in Mexico. The event took place at the USC Gould School of…
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USC GOULD LAW — The value of public service, the power of coalitions, and vigilance against racial discrimination and violence were among the topics of discussion at “Industry and Identity: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta” presented by the USC Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association in celebration of Pilipino American History…
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USC GOULD LAW — Professor Erin Miller is a co-winner of the 2023 Future Promise Award from the Association of American Law Schools Section on Jurisprudence. The award was presented at the AALS annual meeting in January in San Diego, Calif.
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ABA JOURNAL — The council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Friday voted in favor of resubmitting to the House of Delegates a proposal to eliminate a requirement that accredited law schools use an admissions test like the LSAT or GRE.
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