UC Law San Francisco fellowship supports recent graduates pursuing careers in public interest
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — When Aadil Muhammad graduated from UC Law San Francisco in 2020, he dreamed of working for a public defender’s office, but financial obstacles made that dream feel unattainable. Then came the Bridge Fellowship Program at UC Law SF, which funded his year-long position at the Fresno County Public Defender’s Office.…
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FORDHAM LAW — Fordham Law student Ben Lew has been selected as the winner of this year’s Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition. Held by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund, the competition seeks to encourage legal scholarship on issues of importance to the Asian American community. This is the second year in…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — The Georgetown African Law Society (GALS) hosted its launch event at the Sarah and Bernard Gewirz Student Center where it discussed rights of women in Africa. The event features Special Rapporteur Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie on the Rights of Women in Africa Washington D.C. The event, held on 19 April 2023, brought together…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — This Earth Day, Iowa Law celebrates the expansion of environmental law opportunities for students, alumni, and the larger community in Iowa and beyond. With the launch of the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative (HELI) in 2022, the College of Law has continued to build upon its solid reputation for teaching and…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — A tradition going back almost 100 years, Iowa Supreme Court Day is the culmination of course work, moot court competitions and hard work. Mary Ksobiech is a professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research at Iowa Law, and has an impressive track record of mentoring national moot court teams as…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — The University of Iowa College of Law is thrilled to announce that Barbara (Barbi) Rodriguez has been awarded the 2023 “Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” by the Burton Awards for her note published in the Iowa Law Review titled, “In the Interest of Justice: Presuming Prejudice When the Right to…
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW — The University of Kansas School of Law awarded the first annual Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Kat Girod, a third-year law student from Prairie Village, earlier this month at a ceremony held in the Wheat Law Library, where Hopkins’s prolific publications are available for checkout.
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW — Sports, entertainment, and art law offer immense growth opportunities for lawyers who are properly trained, willing to learn, and are interested in working in these dynamic and exciting industries, according to Professor Emeritus Michael E. Jones, who teaches a popular class on these fields at UMass Law. To further student…
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PACE LAW — On Wednesday, March 29, Haub Law presented the Second Annual Pace Access to Justice (A2J) Workshop themed: Voting, Democracy, and the Law. The Workshop brought together national voting rights and election law experts and advocates with Haub Law faculty, staff, students, and community guests to learn and engage in a dialogue centering…
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PENN STATE LAW — The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Penn State Law in University Park held its annual Donning of the Kente ceremony on April 22 to celebrate its 2023 graduating members. The ceremony, which prompts both a reflection on the graduates’ law school experience and a look forward to future success, was…
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