University of Hawai’i Law announces new online part-time JD program
UNIVERISTY OF HAWAI’I LAW — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law announced the launch of a new part-time, online JD (juris doctor) program for students seeking a legal education. The Hawaiʻi Online JD Flex program perpetuates UH law school’s dedication to diversity by providing access to a top-tier law school…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — In the wake of increasing gun violence, a new clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School kicked off in January as the first law clinic in the nation to fully focus on gun violence prevention through litigation.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law clinic will focus on gun violence preventionGeorge Mason Scalia Law to establish colloquium focused on civil discourse
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — The strong friendship between the late U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is as legendary as their sharp disagreements on the bench. Guided by their example, the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University today announced the inaugural Scalia–Ginsburg Colloquy, which will bring together distinguished scholars…
Read More about George Mason Scalia Law to establish colloquium focused on civil discourseIndiana University McKinney Law introduces part-time hybrid JD program
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY LAW — The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has announced its part-time J.D. program will be offered in a hybrid format, with both in-person instruction and an online component, beginning at the start of the next academic year in August 2023. IU McKinney is the first Indiana law school…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law introduces part-time hybrid JD programA look at Willamette Law Community and Environmental Law Clinic
WILLAMETTE LAW — Students in the Community and Environmental Justice Clinic (CEJC) at Willamette Law, are given the opportunity to work on real legal casework as part of the clinic. New to Willamette Law in 2021, the clinic is headed by Professor Sarah Matsumoto, who previously worked as an attorney in public interest environmental law.…
Read More about A look at Willamette Law Community and Environmental Law ClinicA look at University of Hawai’i Law’s innovator-in-residence program
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law has hired its inaugural Innovator in Residence as part of the Dean’s Innovation Fund, which will allow Dean Camille Nelson to bring the type of innovative approach that drives business into legal education. The Dean’s Innovation Fund was created…
Read More about A look at University of Hawai’i Law’s innovator-in-residence programGrant to University of Nebraska Law will fund research into the connection between law and race in American history
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LAW — With a four-year, $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Nebraska historians William Thomas, Katrina Jagodinsky and Jeannette Eileen Jones, with collaborators from the College of Law, will establish an academic program that enables undergraduate and graduate students to study how marginalized groups in American history — enslaved…
Read More about Grant to University of Nebraska Law will fund research into the connection between law and race in American historyPace Law opens legal call-in center for community
PACE LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has opened Westchester County’s first Legal Hand Call-in Center, in partnership with Legal Hand, Inc., an innovative community-based service. Legal Hand is based on the powerful idea of Neighbors helping Neighbors. Legal Hand’s highly trained non-lawyer volunteers are available to community members to…
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MERCY LAW — Mercer Law School has launched a new program to help Central Georgians file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief who otherwise would not be able to afford it. Mercer law students are working under the supervision of mentor attorneys to provide no-cost legal assistance to qualified people who could not otherwise afford to…
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PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has partnered with Legal Hand, Inc., a New York State not-for-profit corporation, to launch the Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County. The virtual center is staffed and operated by Haub Law, and is scheduled to open for visitors this…
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