University of New Hampshire Law hosts intellectual property summer institute

May 10, 2022

NEWSWIRES — UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, a top-10 ranked IP law school in the US, will provide students and lawyers with the unique opportunity to access world-class faculty, researchers, and industry professionals and learn about today’s trending topics in intellectual property at its popular annual Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI), offered both online

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Gift to Penn State Law to support Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic student internships

May 10, 2022

PENN STATE —Tom Sharbaugh, professor of practice at Penn State Law and founding director of the EAC, along with his wife, Kristin R. Hayes, have stepped forward with a gift of $100,000 to support EAC student internships. The University will contribute a one-to-one match of the gift through the Economic Development Matching Program, yielding a

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Pitt Law student Robert Galloway honored by Pennsylvania Bar Association with business law scholarship

May 10, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG SCHOOL OF LAW — The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Business Law Section will present its annual Professor Louis Del Duca Memorial Award in Business Law to nine Pennsylvania law students at an awards ceremony during the PBA Annual Meeting, May 11-13 in Hershey. The ABA will honor University of Pittsburgh School of

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University of San Francisco Law students and faculty work with Innocence Commission to free client

May 10, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO  — A group of USF law students helped to exonerate a man this month — 30 years after he was convicted of a murder he did not commit.

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SMU Dedman Law student Haley Taylor Schlitz to become youngest graduate in the school’s history

May 10, 2022

BECAUSE OF THEM WE CAN — A 19-year-old is set to become the youngest Southern Methodist University (SMU) Law graduate in the school’s nearly 100-year-history, SMU.edu reports.

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Syracuse Law students create group to support first-generation students

May 10, 2022

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. Her experiences inspired

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University of Virginia Law assistant dean Jennifer Hulvey and student Sanjeev Kumar honored for excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion

May 10, 2022

UVA TODAY — The University’s Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion established the award in 2010 – with President Emeritus Casteen being the first recipient – to honor members of the UVA community whose commitment to, and passion for, diversity includes the ability to create a setting that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.

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More college students report higher psychological disabilities

May 9, 2022

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The national mental health crisis plaguing colleges is stretching disability support offices, where more students are registering psychological disorders to receive classroom accommodations.

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The Recording Academy’s Entertainment Law Initiative honors law students and faculty

May 5, 2022

RECORDING ACADEMY — The Recording Academy’s Entertainment Law Initiative was established to promote discussion and debate around compelling legal matters and trends in the ever-evolving music industry.

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Law students discuss what they wish they had known before law school

May 5, 2022

LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL — In this webinar, aimed at individuals planning to start law school in August 2023 or later, we heard from current law students about what they wish they’d known before starting law school. A panel of current law students shared their experiences and firsthand accounts of what worked — and what didn’t

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