University of Nebraska business and law schools collaborate on undergraduate minor
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN — In fall 2018, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business and College of Law collaborated to offer the business and law undergraduate minor.
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NOLA.COM — Tulane University Law will open a new First Amendment law clinic with a $1 million gift from the Stanton Foundation. The First Amendment Clinic will dedicate itself to defending residents’ consitutional rights such as free speech and freedom of assembly.
Read More about Gift to Tulane Law helps launch First Amendment law clinicYale Law creates Law, Ethics, and Animals Program
YALE LAW SCHOOL — A new initiative, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School will launch during the 2019–2020 academic year as an interdisciplinary “think and do tank.” The program is dedicated to developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts, and to drawing attention to the questions…
Read More about Yale Law creates Law, Ethics, and Animals ProgramGeorge Mason University launches immigration litigation clinic
DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — George Mason University and the Legal Aid Justice Center collaborated to launch the new Immigration Litigation Clinic at George Mason Law, open this fall. The program is a year-long and is designed to give six students an in-depth, hands-on experience where they’ll represent clients facing deportation.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — The University of Georgia School of Law has created the Robinson Scholars Program, which will benefit underrepresented student populations with ties to Georgia. The program is named in memory of 1974 alumnus Robert E. “Robbie” Robinson, a civil and human rights attorney who was tragically killed in 1989 by politically…
Read More about University of Georgia Law creates scholars program to increase diversity in legal educationMitchell Hamline Law announces new online/in-person JD offering
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline School of Law announced Sept. 5 that it will launch a new blended-learning enrollment option for next fall. The new offering integrates Mitchell Hamline’s Hybrid JD program and its Executive and Weekend JD options into a sinlge party online, partly on-campus option. This opportunity will allow students to customize…
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Students of South Texas College of Law Houston have launched a new mentorship program to transition and support LGBT students throughout their law school experience. The student group is recruiting LBGT student mentors and mentees to join the program and offer encouragement, provide networking events, and extend an…
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THE CRIMSON WHITE — The University of Alabama Law hosted the Susan B. Livingston Boot Camp for Success, which is an initiative to provide incoming law students from diverse backgrounds the preparation they need for law school.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON LAW — American University Washington Law launched the Syrian Initiative to Combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The Initiative works in partnership with Syrian civil society organizations based in and around Syria, combining a local focus with the technical capabilities and legal expertise needed to provide survivors and their communities with tools to…
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UNIV. OF CINCINNATI LAW — The University of Cincinnati College of Law and Mount St. Joseph University (MSJ) have partnered to create an accelerated dual degree option for highly motivated and highly qualified students seeking to earn their undergraduate and juris doctor degrees in less time.
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