How the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgiveness
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Many experts believe that the Biden administration’s plan for student loan forgiveness, which offers $10,000 of debt relief to most borrowers and $20,000 to Pell Grant recipients, is dead in the water at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court. Diverse readers aren’t more optimistic, with nearly 2/3 predicting that the policy would be terminated in…
Read More about How the US Supreme Court may determine the future of student loan forgivenessFordham Law Voting Rights and Democracy Project students discuss voting rights with White House officials
FORDHAM LAW — Students from the Voting Rights and Democracy Project and Professor Jerry Goldfeder’s Election Law class had the rare experience of meeting with President Joe Biden’s Deputy Counsel, Stacey Grigsby. She spent an hour with them describing the way the Counsel’s office is structured and, more specifically, her own responsibilities.
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FORDHAM LAW — The Center on Asian Americans and the Law, Fordham Law School’s newest academic center, celebrated its formal launch on November 9. Co-directed by Senior U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin, Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence, and Thomas H. Lee, Leitner Family Professor of International Law, the center is among the…
Read More about Fordham Law celebrates launch of Center on Asian Americans and the LawFordham Law dean Matthew Diller explains why the school will no longer participate in US News rankings
FORDHAM LAW — Dean Matthew Diller describes the reasoning behind Fordham opting out of participating in US News rankings in a letter to Fordham Law Community.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I LAW — As the dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Camille Nelson said she is currently focused on “prioritizing excellence in core areas necessary for practice readiness.” This includes what she called “strategic hiring,” and she said the law school has recently…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center’s new video series focuses on the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. This series complements the Briefcase radio program on KUHF, launched in 2016. UH Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes hosts both series; during this season, he will…
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — Aspiring attorneys began their classes in the new home of the State’s only law school this week, which is co-located with academic and public service programs from the University of Maine System (UMS) and the University of Southern Maine that will foster interdisciplinary learning in support of state workforce needs.…
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY LAW — This year, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law commemorates the 50th anniversary of the law school’s renowned Clinical Law Program, one of the first programs of its kind in the nation.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — Last Friday, a Minnesota man named Thomas Rhodes walked out of prison after spending nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. A recent Notre Dame Law School graduate, Anna McGinn ’22 J.D., played a key role in the final stage of his release.
Read More about Recent Notre Dame Law graduate Anna McGinn helps free wrongfully convicted manNotre Dame Law program provides networking opportunities for students from underrepresented communities
NOTRE DAME LAW — Beginning in the 2022 fall semester, Notre Dame Law School debuted a new series of events called “Including YOU!” aimed at creating networking opportunities for law students from communities underrepresented in the legal profession.
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