UC Irvine Law announces endowment for first generation college students entering law school
UC IRVINE — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) has announced the creation of its first scholarship endowment targeted at “first-generation” students. The endowment is being generously funded by Carol and Eugene Choi and will be named the Choi Family Endowed Law School Scholarship Fund.
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — The COVID-19 pandemic—with its devastating and unequal impacts on health, education, and employment, particularly for communities of color—has generated new issues in family law and impacted families’ access to justice. NYLS, an established leader0 in family law through its Diane Abbey Law Institute for Children and Families, is expanding its programming to promote…
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — In response to the challenges posed by COVID-19 on summer employment opportunities, Pepperdine Caruso Law has recently implemented several programs to assist current students and recent graduates in enhancing their legal skills and launching their careers.
Read More about Pepperdine Law summer program helps students and graduates enhance legal skillsTexas A&M Law announces residency externship program in public policy
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Texas A&M School of Law Residency Externship Program in Public Policy is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 Class of law students who will be representing the school in Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C.
Read More about Texas A&M Law announces residency externship program in public policyUniversity of Chicago Law International Human Rights Clinic releases report on police use-of-force policies
UCHICAGO NEWS — Released June 10 by the International Human Rights Clinic, the report comes amid growing demands for police reform at local, state and federal levels following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Laquan McDonald and many other black Americans.
Read More about University of Chicago Law International Human Rights Clinic releases report on police use-of-force policiesPenn Law hosts Global Institute for Human Rights 2020
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — At a time of a global pandemic, international experts and thought leaders from around the world, from India, China, Zimbabwe, London, France, Brazil, Egypt and Lebanon convened on June 8-19 through the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Global Institute for Human Rights.
Read More about Penn Law hosts Global Institute for Human Rights 2020Penn expands Master in Law program
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW — This past week, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s innovative Master in Law (ML) program welcomed over 90 students into its summer session, double the number that enrolled last summer, for what will be the school’s first ever completely remote term.
Read More about Penn expands Master in Law programWest Virginia University Law celebrates Public Interest Advocate fellows
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — West Virginia University College of Law students are working throughout the region this summer for legal organizations that help those in need. The students are Public Interest Advocates Summer Fellows. They work for 10 weeks in paid, full-time positions for organizations that provide legal services to low income clients, the elderly, children, victims…
Read More about West Virginia University Law celebrates Public Interest Advocate fellowsUniversity of Chicago Law professor Claudia M. Flores co-publishes report on police use-of-force policies
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL — Police department use-of-force policies in the nation’s 20 largest cities fail to meet international human rights standards, according to a report released today by the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School.
Read More about University of Chicago Law professor Claudia M. Flores co-publishes report on police use-of-force policiesHarvard Law Petrie-Flom Center hosts webinar on health and legal concerns of prisoners during the pandemic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — COVID-19 presents a unique threat to people in prisons and jails, agreed panelists at “Incarcerated Populations and COVID-19: Public Health, Ethical, and Legal Concerns,” a webinar hosted by Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics on May 20th.
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