Campbell Law withdraws from US News rankings
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — The Campbell University School of Law will no longer participate in the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Law Schools ranking. Dean J. Rich Leonard announced the decision to faculty, staff and students on Monday in an email. Leonard’s statement cited concerns with both the ranking’s purpose and methodologies, among…
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CARDOZO UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Sarah Brody, Jillian Leavey, Emily Bernstein and Julia Patz were selected as 2022 Boskey Restorative Justice Fellows. The fellowship, funded by the James B Boskey Memorial Foundation, supports law students as summer researchers and clerks at the Red Hook Community Justice Center and the Lenape Working Group in partnership with…
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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY DALE E. FOWLER SCHOOL OF LAW — In August, Chapman University opened its Chapman’s criminal prosecution clinic. A criminal defense clinic starts in January. Chapman’s Fowler School of Law also offers clinics for students interested in practicing elder law, tax law and mediation, and working with entertainment contracts.
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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW — The Ohio Innocence Project at Cincinnati Law, the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences, and attorney Jim Owen announce that Judge Jeffrey M. Brown, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, overturned the wrongful conviction of their client Alan Butts on Thursday, December 8, 2022. This ruling led to…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — The American Association of Law Schools has honored UConn Law Professor Jennifer Mailly and student Alona Voronova ’24 for their pro bono work, naming them to the organization’s inaugural Pro Bono Honor Roll. Mailly, now an emerita member of the faculty, served as director of field placements and…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law professor Jennifer Mailly and student Alona Voronova recognized for pro bono workCornell Law hosts transactional lawyering competition in-person for first time since outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL — On November 5-6, 2022, forty-eight students participated in Cornell Law School’s fourteenth Transactional Lawyering Competition, which was held in person for the first time since fall 2019. Essentially a “moot court” for students who are interested in becoming deal lawyers, the competition is the culmination of the Introduction to Transactional Lawyering…
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ELON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Top students in Elon Law’s Class of 2022 were recognized on November 16 and December 8 to celebrate their academic achievements, their service to the public and the law school, and advocacy skills honed through national competitions. Some individual awards were publicized at Commencement on December 9, 2022, on…
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Despite Dory Mancebo’s loss of eyesight, she just graduated from Florida International University, and her experience there taught her that the law field can benefit from giving chances to lawyers with different experiences.
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USA TODAY — The tumultuous debate over the Founding Fathers’ relationship with slavery has caught up with one of the nation’s most revered and influential leaders of the Supreme Court in its 233-year history: Chief Justice John Marshall. Two law schools have dropped Marshall from their name under pressure from students and faculty concerned about his opinions upholding slavery as well…
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning in January 2023, Fordham Law professors Aditi Bagchi and Benjamin C. Zipursky will invite renowned legal theorists and philosophers to discuss their newest work with students and faculty. The “Colloquium in Law and Philosophy” will feature scholars in philosophy, political theory, and law who will present working papers…
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