An interview with University of Virginia Law Virginia Law Review editor Tiffany Mickel
UVA TODAY — Before starting her studies at the University of Virginia School of Law, Tiffany Mickel founded The Heiritage game company and developed a set of playing cards celebrating prominent African American women, from Zora Neale Hurston to Michelle Obama.
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Students from Wayne State University Law School’s Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) hosted their First Annual Ramadan Iftar on April 14 at the Wayne State University’s Student Center.
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BKREADER — Edward Friedman was born in Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn to parents Oskar and Diana Friedman. Friedman lived in Brooklyn his whole life, until he moved to New Haven, CT, to attend Yale Law School. “My parents were my first advocates growing up. Seeing them harness the power of the law on my behalf really sparked…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — In counseling sessions, Jonathan Mitchell will jokingly tell students, “My goal is to never see you again.” They’ll laugh, but he will add that he means it and “I shouldn’t be in your life forever.” That goal is a realistic one at this counseling center at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, which…
Read More about Survey: Looking at college student opinions on mental health and campus resourcesHow experiential learning can reduce law student stress
BLOOMBERG LAW — A recent Insight suggested that one source of law students’ stress is the expansion of experiential learning. Three New York University School of Law professors disagree, and say experiential learning is active, engaging, and helps to bring meaning to students’ legal education. This experience—and closer work with instructors—helps law students learn to…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Thanks to what we’ve all learned in our first-year legal research and writing course, it’s no surprise that law students and practicing attorneys both gravitate toward traditional research sources such as case law and statutes. But results from a recent Bloomberg Law survey suggest that usage of other research methods is far…
Read More about Survey compares research skills and resources used by law students and lawyersUniversity of Cincinnati Law student Damon Davis authors paper on contactless policing
UC CINCINNATI — A bill recently introduced in the New Jersey Legislature designed to cut down on racial disparities in traffic stops has roots in a paper by a UC Law student.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — With a top-notch student, two clinics in the Justice Center at Albany Law School are teaming up with the Rensselaer County Domestic Violence and Integrated Domestic Violence Courts this April to help train legal professionals throughout New York’s Third Judicial District involved with a new kind of court hearing.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Third-year law student Colton Langford has been recognized as the Law Student Volunteer of the Year by Legal Aid of Arkansas. He worked with the Economic Justice workgroup at Legal Aid from January to April of 2021 and also volunteered for their criminal record sealing clinic in October 2021.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — U of A School of Law students helped The Liberty Initiative Inc., more commonly known as TLI, transform from an informal labor of love to a registered and tax-exempt nonprofit corporation. The project was part of the students’ work in the Nonprofit Clinic, one of six clinic opportunities available to…
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