Survey 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…
Read More about ABA survey: Law students want more distance education classesLaw student perception of online education improves
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…
Read More about Albany Law students help non-profit organizations collaborate with each otherBelmont 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…
Read More about Belmont Law student Frank Toub wins ABA fiction writing contestHoward Law students admitted to public interest fellowship program
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.
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