Fordham Law launches Global Anti-Racism Clinic
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — This semester, Fordham Law launched the Global Anti-Racism Clinic—one of the first of its kind in the country. A joint initiative of the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice and the Center on Race, Law and Justice, the Clinic engages students in projects that aim to challenge and…
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) at Fordham Law School today released a new Fines and Fees Justice Index, an update to NCAJ’s May 2021 rankings of the states’ best policies to curb the unjust use of fines and fees. Included with the new findings are 51…
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On Oct. 26, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) welcomed Judge Zahid N. Quraishi of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey as its speaker for the Fourth Annual First to the Bench Program. Judge Quraishi is the first Muslim-American to serve as an…
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Fordham Law School is thrilled to announce that the John and Diane Simpson Foundation has pledged $250,000 over the next five years to support the Law School’s Neuroscience and Law Center. John McManus, president of the foundation, has recognized how strongly the surge in neuroscientific research over the decades…
Read More about Gift to Fordham Law to support Neuroscience and Law CenterHarvard Law alumni share their thoughts on the school’s low-income protection plan
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — LIPP aims to reduce the burden of student debt by subsidizing loan repayments for graduates pursuing public interest jobs — but students and alumni maintain that LIPP fails to sufficiently support graduates.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Influenza outbreaks have always been of particular concern on college campuses, where close-quarters living, crowded lecture halls and fluid social circles make airborne transmission especially easy. But the past two flu seasons were almost nonexistent on campuses, thanks to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic—which kept them empty—or masking and social…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — An intellectual property law expert examined some consequences for trademark law dissociating the connection between reputation and quality during the 29th Annual Fall Lecture hosted by the University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law (IPIL) this November. The Fall Lecture is sponsored by the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — In an op-ed article published by The Austin Chronicle, UH Law Center student and Iranian-U.S. citizen Mahsa Monshizadegan spoke out about the unnecessary cruelty currently seen in Iranian leadership. Monshizadegan called on governmental leaders to stand up for Iranian people in her article, “We Should All Fight for Human…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The incidents of domestic violence are substantially increasing in Harris County, advocacy leader Maisha Colter noted during a case training hosted by the University of Houston Law Center. “We have a problem in our local community,” Colter said, referencing the uptick in domestic violence fatalities in Harris County. According…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Legal Advisor for Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Celorio Alcántara discussed the weaponry relationship between Mexico and the United States and the civil lawsuits against the gun industry during a presentation hosted by the University of Houston Law Center.
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