Belmont Law student Frank Toub wins ABA fiction writing contest
ABA JOURNAL — A law student planning to enter his third career is the winner of the 2022 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. The winning author is 31-year-old Frank Toub, who is entering his third year at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. His short story, “Dope Fiend,” is his first…
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THE DIG — Five students at the Howard University School of Law have been selected for the prestigious Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program. These students, Kiana Stallworth, Nathaniel Williams, Jamieson Davids, Jamayne F. Potts and Mia Santiago, will spend their Summer working in public interest internships around the U.S.
Read More about Howard Law students admitted to public interest fellowship programMarquette Law student Abi Aswege discusses her experience aiding Afghan refugees
AMERICA MAGAZINE — “I love your ring,” I said to the Afghan woman who sat across the table from me. “Turquoise makes the most beautiful jewelry.” My words were repeated in Farsi by the volunteer translator who sat beside us. The woman’s eyes widened a bit, and she quickly removed the ring from her finger…
Read More about Marquette Law student Abi Aswege discusses her experience aiding Afghan refugeesPepperdine Law student Elia Vazquez receives scholarship from Mexican American Bar Foundation
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law rising second-year student Elia Marie Vazquez has received a scholarship award from the Mexican American Bar Foundation. Vazquez was honored at the foundation’s 31st Scholarship and Awards Gala, which was held on June 11 at the InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles.
Read More about Pepperdine Law student Elia Vazquez receives scholarship from Mexican American Bar FoundationPepperdine Law hosts program for HBCU students interested in law school
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — On June 13, Pepperdine Caruso Law hosted a Los Angeles County Bar Association program for HBCU students interested in applying to law school. Ten students from Morehouse College visited Caruso Law for an all-day program that included an orientation, mock class, tour of the law school, and admissions information.…
Read More about Pepperdine Law hosts program for HBCU students interested in law schoolLaw school magazine honors Suffolk Law student Aubrie Souza
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Since the summer of her first year of law school, Souza has been working on mobile-friendly “smartforms” for state courts and other related projects. Little by little, she’s been learning Python, YAML and other coding languages.
Read More about Law school magazine honors Suffolk Law student Aubrie SouzaUniversity of Virginia Law student Jordan Kijewski discusses public service summer work
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Before coming to the University of Virginia School of Law, Jordan Kijewski ’24 helped underrepresented high school students apply to college and “adopted” a grandmother who became a close friend. Kijewski, a native of Haymarket, Virginia, studied U.S. government and politics and American studies as an undergraduate at UVA.
Read More about University of Virginia Law student Jordan Kijewski discusses public service summer workHow students are recovering from lost time during the pandemic
NEW YORK TIMES — A new report estimates that it may take students at least three to five years to recover from the pandemic. Federal relief money will most likely have run out by then.
Read More about How students are recovering from lost time during the pandemicYale and Stanford law schools eliminate tuition for low-income students
INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY — Yale Law School (YLS) and Stanford Law School (SLS) each recently announced that they are eliminating tuition for low-income students, making them the first elite law schools in the country to offer such extensive need-based financial assistance.
Read More about Yale and Stanford law schools eliminate tuition for low-income studentsNew documentary looks at the lives of first-generation Black law students
INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY — In 2021, documentary filmmaker Evangeline M. Mitchell released “Becoming Black Lawyers,” a short film that highlights the law school experiences of five first-generation African American attorneys. The documentary features interviews with lawyers Veronica N. Dunlap, Paula T. Edgar, Natasha M. Nurse, Marcus Sandifer, and Alexi Thomas, who recount their path to…
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