Harvard Law School increases mandatory pro bono requirement for students to 50 hours
HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Harvard Law School faculty has voted to increase the school’s mandatory pro bono service requirement for students from 40 hours to 50 hours of service during the students’ three years of law school.
Read More about Harvard Law School increases mandatory pro bono requirement for students to 50 hoursBoston College Law takes over public policy center
BOSTON GLOBE — Elisabeth Medvedow, executive director of the Boston-based nonprofit Discovering Justice, will take the lead at Boston College Law School’s Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy.
Read More about Boston College Law takes over public policy centerNew York Law School and Rochester Business School partner to share space for joint program
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS — The University of Rochester’s Simon Business School is moving downtown to TriBeCa, where it will take space in an academic building owned and occupied by New York Law School.
Read More about New York Law School and Rochester Business School partner to share space for joint programSMU Law gift creates endowed chair for women and the law
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS — A professor emeritus and alum of Southern Methodist University’s law school is endowing a chair to focus on women and the law.
Read More about SMU Law gift creates endowed chair for women and the lawUniversity of Colorado Law, Denver Law share gift to create fellowship program
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced a $500,000 gift to be divided between the University of Colorado Law School (CU) and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (DU).
Read More about University of Colorado Law, Denver Law share gift to create fellowship programNew York AG partnering with law schools to assist start-ups
CAPITAL NEW YORK– Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will announce in a speech Friday the formation of a partnership with local law schools to help start-ups navigate state laws and regulations.
Read More about New York AG partnering with law schools to assist start-upsElon Law and Vermont Law School launch environmental dual-degree program
THE PENDULUM — Elon University School of Law announced Wednesday they will offer a dual-degree program with Vermont School of Law beginning fall 2015.
Read More about Elon Law and Vermont Law School launch environmental dual-degree programAlbany Law adds mediation and immigration clinics
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW — Albany Law School added two clinics, where students practice law under the supervision of professors and practice attorneys, in the past week. The two clinics are in mediation apprenticeship and immigration law.
Read More about Albany Law adds mediation and immigration clinicsLaw schools tackle innovations in the face of a tough job market
THE WASHINGTON POST — Law schools across the country are facing their lowest enrollment numbers in years, causing some to slash their budgets and revamp their programs in an effort to attract students worried about finding a job in a diminished legal industry.
Read More about Law schools tackle innovations in the face of a tough job marketGeorgetown Law partners with DLA Piper and Arent Fox to open affordable law firm
ABA JOURNAL — Georgetown Law announced it has teamed up with DLA Piper and Arent Fox to create a new nonprofit law firm designed to help low-income individuals with their civil law needs. The DC Affordable Law Firm, scheduled to open its doors in October, will be staffed by six Georgetown Law graduates.
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