Florida A&M University Law students awarded public interest fellowships
WEST ORLANDO NEWS — Four Florida A&M University College of Law students are recipients of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship. Alba Manuela Suarez, Jai’Ehir Jackson-Hawkins, Derrick Gaiter and Seana-Jahan La Coa received the monetary awards.
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INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY — The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC), located in one of the most multicultural cities in the U.S., is one of the nation’s most diverse law schools. Nearly 40 percent of first-year students in 2021 were members of underrepresented ethnic or racial groups, almost 25 percent were nonresidents of Texas, and…
Read More about A look at University of Houston Law Center’s diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsLewis & Clark Law Criminal Justice Reform Clinic wins case improving accessibility in prison hospitals
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOLS — In early June, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that private medical providers in jails are subject to state public accommodation laws, which prohibit discrimination based on a number of protected class statuses, such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status, or age (above 18).
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Criminal Justice Reform Clinic wins case improving accessibility in prison hospitalsLewis & Clark Law student Matthew Gulick awarded Equal Justice Works student fellowship
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Matthew Gulick, ’24, has been selected for the prestigious Equal Justice Works’ 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship. Selected from among 300+ applicants, Matthew is one of 40 law students serving in the program as an Equal Justice Works Student Fellow.
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THE DEN — A new program at Mercer Law School will meet a growing interest from students as well as a growing need from corporations. Beginning this fall, the Corporate Counsel Externship Program will pair students with companies, so they can get a taste of in-house legal work.
Read More about Mercer Law to start Corporate Counsel Externship Program offering real world experience for studentsUniversity of Miami Law student Bailey Beauchamp awarded public policy fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation has selected rising 3L Bailey Beauchamp for its Summer 2022 Public Policy Fellowship. “I am both honored and excited to have been selected as a Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Public Policy Fellow,” Beauchamp said. “This summer I am working at the Department of Justice Office…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Longtime Florida Bar leader and West Palm Beach attorney Gary Lesser, J.D. ’92, was sworn in as president at the annual Florida Bar convention in June.
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VEGAS INC — One of the required courses during a student’s first year at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is “lawyering process,” a class heavy on legal writing. And when it comes to legal writing, nobody does it better than UNLV.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — New England Law | Boston has been at the forefront of innovation in legal education since its founding as Portia Law School in 1908, the first and only law school established exclusively for the education of women. More than 100 years later, the school and its students are still finding ways…
Read More about New England Law Identity Affirmation Project helps transgender people with legal name change processDr. Malik Edwards will serve as interim dean of NCCU Law
NCCU — North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has appointed Dr. Malik Edwards interim dean, School of Law, effective July 5, 2022. Edwards will report to provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, Dr. David H. Jackson, Jr.
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