University of Minnesota Law hosts affiliate program with the American Immigration Lawyers Association

May 3, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Did you know that Minnesota Law is the host site for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) first and only student affiliate beta program?

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University of New Mexico Law students Jackie Munro and Kate Tara receive stipends for environmental law summer work

May 3, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — UNM’s Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program has awarded stipends to two students who will work this summer in otherwise-unpaid positions in environmental law.  The students and their summer 2022 employers are Jackie Munro (Class of ’24) with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, and Kate Tara…

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Pace Law Advocacy Program hosts gala to celebrate accomplishments

May 3, 2022

PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — The Pace Law Advocacy Program held its 2nd biennial Gavel Gala on Thursday, April 14, 2022 at Surf Club on the Sound, a picturesque venue in New Rochelle, NY. More than 200 students, coaches, alumni and friends attended the elegant affair and enjoyed the chance to reconnect…

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Penn State Law celebrates graduates from the Black Law Students Association

May 3, 2022

PENN STATE — The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at Penn State Law in University Park held its annual Donning of the Kente Ceremony on April 22 to celebrate its 2022 graduating members. Faculty, staff, family, friends and peers joined the ceremony to share congratulations, memories, and words of support with the graduates as they…

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Pepperdine Law launches Religious Liberty Clinic

May 3, 2022

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law’s newly-established Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief today at the United States Supreme Court in support of Coach Joseph Kennedy’s appeal against Bremerton School District. The friend of the court brief was submitted on behalf of national veterans’ organization…

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Pepperdine Law team wins UCLA Game Day Sports Case Competition

May 3, 2022

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law students Matte Landau, Matthew Hand, and Taylor Jennings, and Graziadio Business School MBA students Stefani Feldman and Tai M. Brown won first place in the 8th Annual Game Day Sports Case Competition hosted by UCLA.

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SMU Dedman Law student Haley Taylor Schlitz to become youngest African American law school graduate

May 2, 2022

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Haley Taylor Schlitz will become the youngest American to graduate from law school at 19 years old next month, according to blavity.com.

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Texas A&M Law student Haley Varnadoe discusses her work with the Environmental and Natural Resources Systems Clinic

May 2, 2022

FORT WORTH REPORT — Growing up in southeast Ohio, Haley Varnadoe always felt a pull to the legal field. Her hometown of Marietta felt the impact of chemical contamination documented in “Dark Waters,” the 2019 film portraying the lives of residents who contracted deadly illnesses from a nearby DuPont manufacturing facility.

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University of Utah Law professor Paul Cassell hosts mock trial in his class

May 2, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — On April 6th, Professor Paul Cassell’s Crime Victims’ Rights class looked a little different. In this seminar-style class, time in the classroom usually involves Cassell lecturing and helping the students explore emerging issues in criminal justice. The students consider questions like who is considered a crime “victim,” whether victims should have…

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University of Virginia Law first-year students practice presenting oral arguments

May 2, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — First-year oral arguments are an annual rite of passage for all J.D. students at the University of Virginia School of Law.

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