New initiative in California aims to re-enroll students with some college credits
HIGHER ED DIVE — A group of higher education organizations announced this week they are joining forces to help up to 30 colleges reenroll thousands of residents in the state, with a focus on institutions the coronavirus pandemic hit hardest. The coalition includes California Competes, ProjectAttain!, InsideTrack and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Samir Parikh has been admitted as a Fellow by the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB). He is one of thirty-nine new Fellows being honored and recognized this year for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the bankruptcy and insolvency practice. The College has approximately 1,000 Fellows, of…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Samir Parikh named American College of Bankruptcy FellowUMass Law professor Margaret Drew presents at conference on externships
UMASS LAW — UMass Law Professor Margaret Drew presented at Pepperdine Law School for the bi- annual Lextern National Conference. The conference was themed Externship 11, “Embracing Community: Learning from Each Other, Deepening Local Connections, and Refining Remote Relationships,” which explored the ways the externship community has developed, and externship pedagogy has matured. Professor Drew…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law has launched a new concentration and area of focus on transactional law, building off the highly successful transactional skills program. The Transactional Law Concentration and Area of Focus will equip students with the background and a portfolio of work that will…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — With 125 bingeable episodes, the Miami Law Explainer podcast readies for a new season of legal experts opining and analyzing everything from headline news to scholarship and advocacy. Season Nine brought some formatting changes with Charlton Copeland, associate dean for intellectual life, taking over the mic to discuss…
Read More about A look at season nine of University of Miami Law Explainer podcastUniversity of Michigan Law professor Aaron Perzanowski gives talk on the right to repair at Montana State University
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL — Lawyers, academics and farmers gathered Wednesday at the Montana State University campus to discuss a hot button issue: a consumer’s right to repair the products they own, and why that carries significant implications for the economy and environment. The event focused on the intersection between intellectual property rights…
Read More about University of Michigan Law professor Aaron Perzanowski gives talk on the right to repair at Montana State UniversityUniversity of Minnesota Law establishes diversity fellowship with law firm
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — The Firm has established a new scholarship and fellowship program with University of Minnesota Law School to enhance the development of a robust pipeline of diverse talent both at the Law School and in the Twin Cities legal community. The fellowship will provide the recipient with a full-tuition scholarship…
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ABA JOURNAL — Out of 2,396 elected prosecutors in the United States, eight identified as Asian American, according to a new study sponsored by the American Bar Foundation and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The authors of three briefs in an important election-related Supreme Court case have cited a forthcoming law review article by Mitchell Hamline Associate Professor Jason Marisam. Oral arguments in the case, Moore v. Harper, was heard this week on December 7. Marisam’s forthcoming article focuses on the crux of…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law professor Jason Marisam cited in briefs on US Supreme Court caseMitchell Hamline Law launches Center for the Study of Black Life
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW CENTER — The Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law gained faculty approval in October, officially making it the newest center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Founding Director T. Anansi Wilson has been developing the center since 2020 and convening lectures, academic symposia, and community events in furtherance…
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