UC Hastings Law launches Black Alumni Scholarship fund
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — Andrew Houston – co-Chair of the UC Hastings Black Alumni Council – is throwing his support behind a new scholarship to assist other BLSA students. The Black Alumni Scholarship Fund, which kicked off with a Sept. 27 event on the Sky Deck of the Cotchett Law Center,…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — For the first time ever, four UC Hastings law students spent their summers helping Indigenous Peoples in Northern California through fellowships funded by Joseph W. Cotchett and distributed by Chancellor & Dean David Faigman. Working with various legal organizations and judges in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties, the…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — UC Hastings law student Rachel Shefer met with her mentor Sharon Hartley to discuss internship and career advice. Hartley and Shefer met as part of the Alumni Mentor Program, which pairs UC Hastings students with alumni and practicing attorneys. The program started over 30 years ago and…
Read More about UC Hastings Law program pairs law students with alumni mentorsUC Irvine Law professor Michele Goodwin elected as president of Law and Society Association
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, has been elected the next President of the Law and Society Association (LSA). She will…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that third-year student Dana Matsunami was awarded a prestigious, and highly competitive, Skadden Fellowship for public service work. Matsunami won the fellowship for the proposed project with the National Center for Youth Law, advocating…
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Campbell Law School’s Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic has received a $10,000 grant to expand the clinic’s services in Eastern North Carolina. The grant is from the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation. As part of their missions, the College and the Foundation, through the Foundation’s Pro Bono Committee, award grants to organizations…
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REUTERS — The American Bar Association’s top executive will step down in February after more than 12 years at its helm, the group said Thursday. Jack Rives in 2010 became executive director of the ABA, the nation’s largest voluntary bar association, overseeing an operation that now has 166,000 dues-paying members and a staff of more…
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BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, created with a $15 million donation from Isaac and Laura Perlmutter and the Perlmutter Foundation, opened at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on Oct. 27. The center, announced on Oct. 31, will be comprised of two divisions,…
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — On October 27, the White House announced President Biden had appointed Colorado Law School Professor and former Dean S. James Anaya to serve on the National Board of Education Sciences. His appointment to the National Board of Education Sciences is particularly notable given the prestige of serving on this…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — A new clinic at the UConn School of Law will assist low-income tenants facing eviction. The Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic, created with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, has accepted its first case and enrolled its first…
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