St. Thomas University Law celebrates anniversary of social justice center
ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Just one year removed from its opening on the campus of the St. Thomas University College of Law, the Benjamin L. Crump Law Center for Social Justice center, which opened as a new way to prepare the next generation of diverse young lawyers, celebrated its inaugural group of…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — For her commitment to protecting the rights of those with mental illness and substance use disorders, the American Psychiatric Association awarded the 2022 Patient Advocacy Award to Professor Elyn Saks, founder and faculty director of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Adelaide Law School is the seventh international law school to sign on to an exchange agreement with the USC Gould School of Law, giving students one more prestigious university where they can study abroad. The South Australian law school joins law schools at…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — In competition with more than 350 academic article nominations, USC Gould School of Law Professors Erik Hovenkamp and D. Daniel Sokol were winners earlier this year of the 2022 Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. The Antitrust Writing Awards aim to promote competition scholarship and competition advocacy. Hovenkamp’s…
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SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — This semester, Immigration Law Clinic (ILC) students Jesse Gonzales and Elmer Flores diligently worked on the consular processing application for ILC client, John,* who was the victim of a vicious assault and robbery, to reunite with his wife and daughter who were in Guatemala. They recognized the family’s long and painful…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Spencer Segal enrolled at Stanford Law School this fall, figuring he would graduate with more than $200,000 in student loans. But due to the Flywheel Fund for Career Choice, Segal is now on track to get his law degree in 2025 with zero traditional law school debt. Instead, he will pay…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Robert B. Ahdieh has been named Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs by Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks. He will serve in this new position concurrently with his appointment as Dean of the School of Law and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean’s Chair. The…
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — December 5th marked 50 years of Vermont Law School, now named Vermont Law and Graduate School, which was incorporated on Dec. 5, 1972. The first classes were held in the summer of 1973 in the old South Royalton schoolhouse that would become the iconic Debevoise Hall, the centerpiece of campus still.…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — IN NOVEMBER 2020, A UVA LAW TEAM SET THE GEARS IN MOTION to begin developing a program that would draw the missing map for a cohort of students like Jonah Vazquez: rising college juniors with strong academic records, an interest in law, and an absence of resources and…
Read More about A look at University of Virginia Law’s Roadmap Scholars ProgramUniversity of Virginia Law will not send data to US News rankings
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia’s law school on Dec. 9 suspended cooperation with the U.S. News and World Report rankings, a development that means nine of the top 10 schools on the influential list are now in open revolt against the prestige-sorting exercise. In all, at least 16 law…
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