Indiana University McKinney Law introduces part-time hybrid JD program
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY LAW — The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has announced its part-time J.D. program will be offered in a hybrid format, with both in-person instruction and an online component, beginning at the start of the next academic year in August 2023. IU McKinney is the first Indiana law school…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law introduces part-time hybrid JD programAtlanta’s John Marshall Law and Morris Brown College partner to improve pathways to legal education
JOHN MARSHALL LAW — Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) and Morris Brown College have engaged in a new partnership, facilitating a counseled track to attending law school for eligible applicants. The partnership, a first of its kind with a historically black college for Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, creates favorable space for Morris Brown…
Read More about Atlanta’s John Marshall Law and Morris Brown College partner to improve pathways to legal educationLewis & Clark Law Environmental Law Review to explore the concept of environmental justice
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis & Clark’s upcoming Environmental Law Review (ELR) issue (vol. 52, issue 5) will be dedicated solely to environmental justice. As the nation’s oldest environmental law journal, the current student editorial leadership wants to use the law review’s position as a premier legal forum to foster diversity of authorship and…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Environmental Law Review to explore the concept of environmental justiceMarquette Law to screen documentary on criminal justice
MARQUETTE LAW — Marquette Law School’s Andrew Center for Restorative Justice hosted a viewing of the Emmy award winning documentary When Claude Got Shot on February 1, 2023. The next day, February 2, the Center hosted a “talk back event” with Andrew Center Director Janine Geske moderating a discussion with co-producer and impact campaign advisor…
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MERCER LAW — Mercer University School of Law has brought home another advocacy national championship. Mercer Law students John Flowers and Zach Mullinax are the National Moot Court Competition Champions, the second advocacy team in four months and fourth over the last year to win a national title. The 73rd Annual National Moot Court competition…
Read More about Mercer Law wins national moot court championshipUniversity of Miami Law professor Scott Sundby studies the decision-making process of capital murder juries
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — Recently named the inaugural Robert C. Josefsberg Chair in Criminal Justice Advocacy, law professor Scott Sundby has overseen the interviewing of more than 200 jurors, examining what goes into the process of 12 people who will make a life-or-death decision.
Read More about University of Miami Law professor Scott Sundby studies the decision-making process of capital murder juriesUniversity of Miami Law to host moot competition on sneaker law
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — The University of Miami School of Law’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Graduate Program announced the second annual “The Art of the Sneaker Deal,” a two-day case study competition and conference, taking place March 2 and 3, 2023, on the Coral Gables campus. The competition and conference are a collaboration…
Read More about University of Miami Law to host moot competition on sneaker lawUniversity of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic successfully argue human rights case in international court
UNIVERISTY OF MIAMI LAW — As 2022 was coming to a close, the European Court of Human Rights issued a groundbreaking decision, taking a bold stand to address officer-perpetrated gender-based violence, an area of focus for Miami Law’s Human Rights Clinic. As part of the Community Oriented and United Responses to Address Gender Violence and…
Read More about University of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic successfully argue human rights case in international courtUniversity of Montana Law students work with Montana Innocence Project to free wrongly accused prisoner
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA LAW — As part of their studies at the University of Montana, students in the Alexander Blewett III School of Law get hands-on experience working for clinics practicing law in a variety of fields. For most, these clinics provide valuable experience in the legal arena, but for some they become transformative, sparking…
Read More about University of Montana Law students work with Montana Innocence Project to free wrongly accused prisonerUniversity of New Mexico Law releases report looking at New Mexico communities impacted by pollution
UNIVERISTY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — A new report from The University of New Mexico and PSE Healthy Energy examines which communities in New Mexico are most impacted by pollution from large facilities. The report, “Climate, Health, and Equity Implications of Large Facility Pollution Sources in New Mexico,” determined that facilities like power plants, gas…
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