Penn State Dickinson Law director of development and alumni affairs Kelly Rimmer receives diversity and inclusion award
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Kelly Rimmer received the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Award from Penn State’s Division of Development and Alumni Relations during a division-wide awards ceremony in May held at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on the University Park campus.
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law director of development and alumni affairs Kelly Rimmer receives diversity and inclusion awardSouthern Illinois University Law partners with Governors State University for ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD degree program
SIU — In a historic move to create pathways to degree and advanced degree completion and to diversify the pipeline to the legal community, Governors State University (GSU) this week entered an agreement with Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) that will allow students to earn both bachelor’s and juris doctor (JD) degrees in six years.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law partners with Governors State University for ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD degree programSyracuse Law students awarded scholarship for service in the military
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — “Tillman Scholarships are extremely competitive and are only awarded to those who have made an impact through their service. I am both pleased and grateful that not one, but three College of Law students have been awarded Tillman scholarships for this year. Natasha, Amanda, and William are living extraordinary…
Read More about Syracuse Law students awarded scholarship for service in the militaryUniversity of Texas Law student Nikita Mhatre discusses her advocacy for women’s rights
NPR — Many young people are reckoning with a post-Roe reality. For student activists across the country, that means questions about what comes next. Nikita Mhatre is a student at the University of Texas School of Law. She’s also co-president of a student chapter of If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.
Read More about University of Texas Law student Nikita Mhatre discusses her advocacy for women’s rightsNFL player Trayveon Williams to co-teach name, likeness, and image course at Texas A&M Law
AGGIE NETWORK — Students at the Texas A&M University School of Law will soon have the opportunity to learn about athlete advocacy and name, image and likeness issues from a current NFL player with first-hand knowledge of the skills attorneys and sports agents need to advocate for athletes.
Read More about NFL player Trayveon Williams to co-teach name, likeness, and image course at Texas A&M LawUniversity of Utah Law professor Christina Koningisor recognized for outstanding scholarship
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Associate Professor Christina Koningisor recently received the Reidenberg-Kerr Award for Outstanding Scholarship by a Junior Scholar from the Privacy Law Scholars Conference.
Read More about University of Utah Law professor Christina Koningisor recognized for outstanding scholarshipVanderbilt Law to launch legal journal focused on social justice
THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Vanderbilt Law School will launch a new, student-edited legal journal, the Social Justice Reporter, in 2022-23. The new journal will publish scholarship focusing on social justice, civil rights, and public interest lawyering by leading researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and law students.
Read More about Vanderbilt Law to launch legal journal focused on social justiceUniversity of Virginia Law Innocence Project featured in book on Shenandoah murders
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — When author Kathryn Miles first set out to write “Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders,” she thought the tragic story she would be telling was the unsolved mystery of two young women mysteriously murdered in Shenandoah National Park. It hadn’t yet occurred to her that…
Read More about University of Virginia Law Innocence Project featured in book on Shenandoah murdersSt. Thomas University Law professor Tamara F. Lawson named dean of University of Washington Law
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — Tamara F. Lawson has been named to the next Toni Rembe Endowed Deanship of the University of Washington’s School of Law, Provost Mark A. Richards announced today. Her appointment, set to begin Aug. 16, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Read More about St. Thomas University Law professor Tamara F. Lawson named dean of University of Washington LawAlicia Kelly to serve as interim dean of Widener University Delaware Law
WIDENER UNIVERSITY — Associate Dean Alicia Kelly has been named interim dean of Delaware Law School. The temporary appointment begins July 1.
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