University of Dayton Law selects first recipients of program providing free tuition, stipends, and employment opportunities to diverse applicants

July 15, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON NEWS — The University of Dayton School of Law and Dayton law firms Thompson Hine and Taft have selected the first students for their Flyer Legal Pathways Program. The program is a new approach to improving diversity in the legal profession by recruiting future lawyers from underrepresented groups before they even enter…

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University of Denver Law students and professor recognized for developing app to help unhoused people

July 15, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — Being recognized for hard work is great, but the human connections often mean more. For law student Jason Roberts and alumna Veronica Torok (JD ’22), the pinnacle of their time working on Street Law Navigator — an app to connect unhoused teens and young adults to pertinent legal information — wasn’t when they…

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Florida A&M University Law students awarded public interest fellowships

July 15, 2022

WEST ORLANDO NEWS — Four Florida A&M University College of Law students are recipients of the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship. Alba Manuela Suarez, Jai’Ehir Jackson-Hawkins, Derrick Gaiter and Seana-Jahan La Coa received the monetary awards.

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Lewis & Clark Law student Matthew Gulick awarded Equal Justice Works student fellowship

July 15, 2022

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Matthew Gulick, ’24, has been selected for the prestigious Equal Justice Works’ 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship. Selected from among 300+ applicants, Matthew is one of 40 law students serving in the program as an Equal Justice Works Student Fellow.

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Mercer Law to start Corporate Counsel Externship Program offering real world experience for students

July 15, 2022

THE DEN — A new program at Mercer Law School will meet a growing interest from students as well as a growing need from corporations. Beginning this fall, the Corporate Counsel Externship Program will pair students with companies, so they can get a taste of in-house legal work.

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University of Miami Law student Bailey Beauchamp awarded public policy fellowship

July 15, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation has selected rising 3L Bailey Beauchamp for its Summer 2022 Public Policy Fellowship. “I am both honored and excited to have been selected as a Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Public Policy Fellow,” Beauchamp said. “This summer I am working at the Department of Justice Office…

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Nine recent Northwestern Law graduates earn public interest fellowships

July 15, 2022

PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Nine recent graduates will launch their careers in public interest through both national and Northwestern Pritzker Law post-graduate fellowships this year. These graduates have dedicated their time and skills to causes ranging from environmental work to prison reform to public housing.

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Syracuse Law students awarded scholarship for service in the military

July 14, 2022

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — “Tillman Scholarships are extremely competitive and are only awarded to those who have made an impact through their service. I am both pleased and grateful that not one, but three College of Law students have been awarded Tillman scholarships for this year. Natasha, Amanda, and William are living extraordinary…

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NFL player Trayveon Williams to co-teach name, likeness, and image course at Texas A&M Law

July 14, 2022

AGGIE NETWORK — Students at the Texas A&M University School of Law will soon have the opportunity to learn about athlete advocacy and name, image and likeness issues from a current NFL player with first-hand knowledge of the skills attorneys and sports agents need to advocate for athletes.

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Vanderbilt Law to launch legal journal focused on social justice

July 14, 2022

THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Vanderbilt Law School will launch a new, student-edited legal journal, the Social Justice Reporter, in 2022-23. The new journal will publish scholarship focusing on social justice, civil rights, and public interest lawyering by leading researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and law students.

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