Columbia Law student Emilie Shwarz wins LSAC Justice Innovation Challenge for project supporting domestic violence survivors
LSAC — A student-developed online tool to help increase access to justice for immigrant domestic violence survivors has won first place in the Law School Admission Council’s inaugural Justice Innovation Challenge, which focuses on addressing community legal needs. Pocket VAWA Self-Petitions, a project by Columbia Law School student Emilie Schwarz, received the honor, along with…
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY ONLINE — Drexel University will now offer an online Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Compliance through its Thomas R. Kline School of Law. The new online program will begin admitting students in Spring 2020. The online Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Compliance provides students with the legal,…
Read More about Drexel Law launches online graduate certificate in pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory complianceA look at University of Georgia Law’s student-driven diversity initiatives
THE RED & BLACK — The New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion program was initially a larger scale, university-wide initiative announced by UGA President Jere Morehead in spring 2019. The funds encouraged schools within UGA to “recruit and retain historically underrepresented groups,” which resulted in the law school’s Benham Scholars program, which is dedicated to increasing…
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PENNSTATE DICKINSON LAW — Lucy Johnston-Walsh, director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, was a key player in advocating for the creation of a program to offer support, resources and guidance to foster youths at the University. The result is the Fostering Lions program, which proactively works with county agencies that work…
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PENNSTATE NEWS — The National Security Agency (NSA), recognizing an urgent need for nationwide education about cyber technology, policy and law, has worked with a trio of Penn State professors to develop a comprehensive, online, and nationally offered cyber law and policy course.
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KGUN 9 NEWS — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is partnering with Univeristy of San Diego, Duke University, and Harvard to research and develop community resources to support human trafficking survivors. Each university involved is located in a state with high rates of human trafficking.
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE — A free legal clinic to aid veterans in obtaining federal benefits and appealing their discharge orders will open at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowen School of Law next year.
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SOUTHCOAST TODAY — Salem State University and Assumption College in Worcester have partnered with the University of Massachusetts School of Law at UMass Dartmouth to enable their students to earn a law degree in six years, rather than the traditional seven years, officials said.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — Former Gov. Brian Sandoval brings his lessons in leadership to UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. His symposium series launches this fall.
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EDUCATION DRIVE — Atlanta’s Morehouse College has introduced a new initiative called the Student Success Program, which involves soliciting donations to reduce it’s students’ education loan debt.
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