UC Hastings Law students aid indigenous communities in Northern California
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW — For the first time ever, four UC Hastings law students spent their summers helping Indigenous Peoples in Northern California through fellowships funded by Joseph W. Cotchett and distributed by Chancellor & Dean David Faigman. Working with various legal organizations and judges in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties, the…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that third-year student Dana Matsunami was awarded a prestigious, and highly competitive, Skadden Fellowship for public service work. Matsunami won the fellowship for the proposed project with the National Center for Youth Law, advocating…
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY THOMAS R. KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Annette DeSipio, 3L and executive research editor of Drexel Law Review, Vol. XV, was named one of the winners of the 2022 Student Writing Competition Awards from the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (ACEBC). DeSipio’s paper, titled “Sulyma and Its Aftermath: ERISA’s Fiduciary Statute of…
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DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) again hosted a group of Duke Law students at the American Bar Association’s 32nd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference in Washington, DC.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — At the annual meeting of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (COP 27 because it is the 27th meeting), world leaders, bureaucrats, scientists, activists, and others are coming together to discuss the next steps in achieving the goals of the 2016 Paris Agreement while…
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NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, along with Notre Dame’s South Asian Student Association and the Graduate Student Union, organized a Diwali Celebration on October 27 in the Dahnke Ballroom. Over 200 students from across campus attended the event.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Oregon Law welcomes to campus the second cohort of the Lane County Bar Association (LCBA) Bar Fellows. Five UO law students earned the fellowship during the 2022-23 academic year. This year’s LCBA Fellows are Julie Foss, Amy Huynh, Raman Mann, Michelle Rodriguez, and Alyssa Whitcomb-Zeidel. This class builds…
Read More about University of Oregon Law announces Lane County Bar Association fellowsPace Law Investor Rights Clinic students win arbitration round in securities dispute resolution competition
PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — A team of students from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law won first place in the arbitration round at the 13th annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon, held virtually on October 15 and 16, hosted by the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s School…
Read More about Pace Law Investor Rights Clinic students win arbitration round in securities dispute resolution competitionA look at Penn Carey Law diversity fellowships
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students are offered highly competitive 1L Diversity Summer Associate positions where they gain hands-on experience and develop indispensable skillsets applicable throughout their legal educations and careers. Three Penn Carey Law students reflect on their Big Law experiences during their 1L Diversity Fellowships.
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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY RICK J. CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Caruso Law students Selah Crisp and Susanna Behnam of the Restoration and Justice Clinic helped a human trafficking client to secure United States citizenship. Selah Crisp and Susanna Behnam assisted the client in her dream of becoming a United States citizen. They met with the client…
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