University of Arkansas Law student Shayla Dawson named Federal Magistrate Judges Association Fellow
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Second-year law student Shayla Dawson has been selected as the 2022 Federal Magistrate Judges Association Fellow.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Third-year law student Mason Gates has been selected for the 2022 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the country.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Rising 3L Tonya Harris is the winner of the 2021-2022 American Kennel Club (AKC) Companion Animal Law Writing Contest, a legal writing competition that invites submissions from law students around the United States. Harris receives a $2,500 cash prize for her winning entry.
Read More about UDC Law student Tonya Harris wins animal law writing contestFlorida State University Law student Andrew Van Ness wins essay writing scholarship
DIGITAL JOURNAL — Andrew Van Ness’ essay on his legal hero, Professor Samuel Stafford, earned him the Law School Scholarship from The Law Place. Van Ness receives $2,500 toward the pursuit of his law degree at Florida State University.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Though the 2021-2022 academic year officially comes to a close in less than two weeks, Fordham Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) ensured that its members, as well as the broader Fordham community, marked one last celebration in May—Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. We spoke with…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — At the start of the 2020-2021 academic year, the Center for Judicial Events & Clerkships (CJEC) launched a student leadership initiative—the Peer Clerkship Council (PCC). The development of this vehicle for student leadership was a natural next step in year two for the CJEC’s clerkship-side as Professor Daniel Capra and Assistant Dean…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — For all his hockey skills, Anthony Walsh didn’t always feel like he belonged on the ice. “I would hear things that people would say that were extremely offensive,” he said. “As a Black player you’re always taught to skate away, don’t react, don’t retaliate, don’t take a penalty, don’t put your…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law student Anthony Walsh to publish children’s bookSyracuse Law student Erica Glastetter helps create First Generation Law Student Association to support other students
THE DAILY ORANGE — Erica Glastetter has always known she wants to become a lawyer, even though she didn’t meet one until she went to law school. But as the first member of her family to attend law school, Glastetter, a second-year student at Syracuse University’s College of Law, said she came in feeling underprepared.
Read More about Syracuse Law student Erica Glastetter helps create First Generation Law Student Association to support other studentsA profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio Milton
TULANE NEWS — There was one thing that Antonio Milton was certain of as a young child growing up in Carencro, Louisiana, just outside Lafayette — he wanted to be a lawyer.
Read More about A profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio MiltonRecent University of Virginia Law graduate Camilo Garcia discusses his experience as a first-generation law student
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Coming into law school as a first-generation American and a first-generation college graduate, Camilo Garcia was nervous enough about his law school prospects to spend the summer before his 1L year researching what law school would be like.
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