University of Florida Law student Morgan LaRosa discusses participating in the Elder Law Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW — Morgan LaRosa, a third-year law student at UofL, has participated in the Trager-Brandeis Elder Law Clinic since its inception in spring of 2022. A partnership of the University of Louisville Trager Institute and the Brandeis School of Law, the clinic provides free estate planning services to underserved clients. Staffed by…
Read More about University of Florida Law student Morgan LaRosa discusses participating in the Elder Law ClinicFlorida International University Law co-hosts health care law seminar
FIU LAW — FIU College of Law co-hosted the seminar, “Innovation, Regulation & Litigation: The Role of Courts in a Public Health Crisis,” with Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. on Feb. 3 in Miami. The seminar, which was held at the FIU College of Law, featured four panels covering various public health topics presented…
Read More about Florida International University Law co-hosts health care law seminarHarvard Law co-launches pre-law fellowship program for first-generation and low-income students
HARVARD LAW — The ‘Future Leaders in Law’ program aims to encourage and prepare students from first-gen and lower-income backgrounds to apply to law schools around the nation
Read More about Harvard Law co-launches pre-law fellowship program for first-generation and low-income studentsUniversity of Houston Law Center student Deborah Billy Gillis-Harry receives Federal Bar Association scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Federal Bar Association awarded University of Houston Law Center Deborah Billy Gillis-Harry the $15,000 Diversity in the Legal Profession 2023 Scholarship. In her scholarship essay, Billy Gillis-Harry depicted the financial and emotional turmoil caused by battling the U.S. immigration system as she struggled to maintain her legal status.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center student Deborah Billy Gillis-Harry receives Federal Bar Association scholarshipUniversity of Illinois Law trial team wins national ethics trial competition
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW — The University of Illinois College of Law’s Trial Team won the 15th National Ethics Trial Competition (NETC) on March 26, 2023. The competition, which took place March 24-26, was hosted by the McGeorge School of Law at the Robert Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento.
Read More about University of Illinois Law trial team wins national ethics trial competitionUniversity of Maine Law student attorneys Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns speak at symposium on the role of physicians in asylum law
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns, two student attorneys from Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), spoke at a symposium at Maine Medical Center’s Dana Center Auditorium on Tuesday, March 28 about the pressing need for collaboration between medical professionals and attorneys in asylum law. Omer and Bruns presented…
Read More about University of Maine Law student attorneys Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns speak at symposium on the role of physicians in asylum lawPepperdine Law team wins Sports and Recreation Law Association case study competition
PEPPERDINE LAW — Pepperdine Caruso School of Law students Matt Hand and Taylor Jennings earned a first-place finish at the Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Graduate Case Study Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 24. The competition was part of a multi-day conference commemorating 50 years of Title IX in college athletics.
Read More about Pepperdine Law team wins Sports and Recreation Law Association case study competitionA look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — At one of about a dozen tables, students from the University of Virginia School of Law were meeting with the recently decarcerated, surveying them about their most pressing needs to identify ways the students in the school’s Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic could help them tackle the issues that can…
Read More about A look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration ClinicUniversity of Virginia Law professor Andrew Block partners with student Antonella Nicholas to address inequities in the state
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Growing up in Alexandria, Virginia, Antonella Nicholas was worlds away from rural areas of the state. That’s part of why the University of Virginia School of Law student was struck by the educational and social inequities she has catalogued around the state in her work with Professor Andrew Block. The…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Andrew Block partners with student Antonella Nicholas to address inequities in the stateWMU-Cooley Law students Melissa Bianchi and Stephen J. Tobler appointed fellows in the ABA police practices consortium
WMU COOLEY LAW — Western Michigan University Cooley Law School has announced students Melissa Bianchi and Stephen J. Tobler have been appointed as fellows to the American Bar Association’s Legal Education Police Practices Consortium. They were selected to research public data about local and state law enforcement agencies.
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