Northern Kentucky University Law student Eric Rodenberg named to graduate fellows program
NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRIBUNE — A student from Northern Kentucky University’s Salmon P. Chase College of Law has gained a front-row seat to legislative action at the Kentucky State Capitol through his participation in a graduate fellowship.
Read More about Northern Kentucky University Law student Eric Rodenberg named to graduate fellows programPenn Law welcomes LLM class of 2023
PENN LAW — On Monday, August 1, 2022, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School welcomed over 100 bright and exceedingly accomplished lawyers from 37 countries, who together make up the impressive LLM Class of 2023.
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Four years into a psychology PhD program, and on the brink of matching into a fellowship that would lead to a career as a neuropsychologist, Meg Glasmann suddenly realized something: while she enjoyed the study of psychology, she didn’t love the application of it in a job setting. So she put…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Virginia Beach native Shelby Wolfe has been game for jobs ranging from bartending to skydiving to search and rescue missions in which she saw things that haunt her. Now she’s game for law school at the University of Virginia School of Law, where the incoming first-year wants to…
Read More about A profile on University of Virginia Law student Shelby WolfeSurvey results on law student mental health raises concerns for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — More law students are reporting a need for help with emotional or mental health problems, and more are reporting a past diagnosis of depression or anxiety, according to a survey of law students in 39 law schools. “What is clear is that our law students need help,” the professors who oversaw the…
Read More about Survey results on law student mental health raises concerns for law schoolsStudy: 69 percent of law students report mental or emotional health challenges
REUTERS — Today’s law students are dealing with mental health challenges including anxiety and depression at a higher rate than their predecessors in 2014, a new study has found. Nearly 69% of respondents from 39 law schools surveyed in 2021 reported that they needed help for emotional or mental health problems in the past year.…
Read More about Study: 69 percent of law students report mental or emotional health challengesABA survey: Law students want more distance education classes
ABA JOURNAL — A recent survey of 1,394 students in their third year of law school found that 68.65% wanted the ability to earn more distance education credits than what their schools offered. The survey, which was compiled in February, is from the strategic review committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, one takeaway may be that the crisis marked a positive turning point in which online learning in higher education gained more respect. To be sure, in the early days of the pandemic, few were satisfied with emergency remote instruction, even if teachers displayed “heroic…
Read More about Law student perception of online education improvesSouthern University Law partners with Black artist representation organization on summer immersion program for HBCU law students
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — Diverse Representation, the organization dedicated to supporting Black representatives (agents, attorneys, managers, publicists and financial advisors) in sports and entertainment, has launched a new program to expose law students to opportunities in Hollywood.
Read More about Southern University Law partners with Black artist representation organization on summer immersion program for HBCU law studentsAlbany Law students help non-profit organizations collaborate with each other
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — A collaborative project between students in Professor Ray Brescia’s course The Law of Social Entrepreneurship and Exempt Organizations and computer science students led by University at Albany’s Dr. Norman Gervais will help nonprofits with similar visions consider whether there might be avenues available to them to explore merging, consolidating, or partnering in…
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