Notre Dame Law hosts diversity fellowship event to introduce students and employers
NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School held its first Meet the Employers Diversity Fellowship event on October 25. Thirty-seven law firms from across the country participated in the networking event, participating in small-group lunch meetings with students and a networking reception.
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PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — At the Pace Environmental Law Review (PELR) Symposium held on October 28th, PELR announced Haub Law 3L Christen Maccone as the winner of the John R. Nolon Student Writing Competition. Christen’s article entitled, Should Environmental Protection be Through Anthropocentric Rights?, addresses the issues with human-centered, instead of…
Read More about Pace Law Student Christen Maccone wins student writing competitionPenn Law launches Future of the Profession Lab
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has launched the Future of the Profession Lab, a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary, problem-solving center that will work to address the most significant challenges facing the American legal profession. Jim Sandman L’76, Distinguished Lecturer, Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative…
Read More about Penn Law launches Future of the Profession LabPepperdine Law moot court team to compete in advocacy tournament
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY RICK J. CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Pepperdine Caruso Law interschool moot court team had a stellar performance at the Notre Dame 7th Annual Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom. Caruso Law students Phillip Allevato and Mikaela Clinton Foster tied for Best Oralist and the team advanced to the semi-final round.
Read More about Pepperdine Law moot court team to compete in advocacy tournamentPepperdine Law student Benjamin Davies selected as research fellow
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY RICK J. CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — On September 20, Pepperdine Caruso Law third-year JD/MDR student Benjamin Davies and his brother, Chad Davies, a Ph.D. candidate at University of California, Riverside, were announced by Kleros as 6th batch research fellows specializing in artificial intelligence and arbitral analytics for the online dispute resolution platform.
Read More about Pepperdine Law student Benjamin Davies selected as research fellowRutgers Law Minority Student Program honored with ABA Diversity Award
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — The Minority Student Program (MSP) at Rutgers Law School on the Newark campus received the 2022 American Bar Association’s (ABA) Dean Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award. According to the ABA Law Student Division, the award “recognizes excellence in activities that have contributed toward the achievement and advancement of women, minorities,…
Read More about Rutgers Law Minority Student Program honored with ABA Diversity AwardHow affirmative action debates could affect legacy admissions
INSID HIGHER ED — When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on affirmative action last week, affirmative action was not the only controversial admissions practice to come up. Justices on both sides of the main debate also discussed legacy admissions, the practice of giving a preference to the children of alumni.
Read More about How affirmative action debates could affect legacy admissionsGift to Rutgers Law to endow scholarship
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi (CSG Law) has established a $50,000 endowment for a scholarship at Rutgers Law School to commemorate the firm’s 50th anniversary. Gabriella Ferreira (RLAW ’24) has been named as the first endowed scholar.
Read More about Gift to Rutgers Law to endow scholarshipRutgers Law pays tribute to student veterans on Veterans’ Day
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Rutgers Law School pays tribute to students who are veterans, including two scholars from the Newark campus, Dashay Carter, a native Newarker and former Army Reservist, and Zach Fini, a Navy veteran who served 10 years in active duty, including deployment in the Middle East.
Read More about Rutgers Law pays tribute to student veterans on Veterans’ DaySt. Thomas University Law hosts panel on teaching human trafficking law in law schools
ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On November 4th, the John J. Brunetti Human Trafficking Academy of St. Thomas University College of Law with the support of the Banu Foundation hosted the event: Incorporating Human Trafficking Law and Policy in Law School Curriculum at St. Thomas University.
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