University of Virginia Law student Christopher Benos advocates for change in the school’s honor system
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A student at the University of Virginia School of Law has played a pivotal role in making a historic change to the University’s 180-year-old honor system. UVA students voted on March 4 to approve an amendment to the Honor Committee’s constitution, replacing the single sanction, through which students were expelled…
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Fifteen law schools from across the country participated Friday, March 25 in the 2022 Jaffe Transactional Law Invitational. This year, the invitational hosted two divisions, a virtual division and an in-person division at the Southfield offices of the firm sponsor for the competition, Jaffe Raitt Heuer and Weiss.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — Many students whose last years of high school were disrupted by the pandemic are struggling academically in the foundational college courses they need to succeed later in their academic and professional careers. Professors and students say the remote learning that students were stuck with during the pandemic wasn’t as good as…
Read More about Students impacted by COVID-19 pandemic during high school are less prepared for collegeUniversity of Arkansas Law student Michaela Parks selected for Native American congressional internship program
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW NEWS — First-year law student Michaela Parks has been selected for the Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship Program from May 25 to July 30 in Washington, D.C.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — U of A School of Law students Savannah Luna and Alex Millsap created a national resource for human trafficking survivors and the professionals who seek to support them. The project was part of the students’ work in the Human Trafficking Clinic, one of six clinic opportunities available to law students…
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TODAY AT ELON — Elon Law’s student-run Tax Preparation Program has returned this spring to assist members of the community with filing services offered in partnership with the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide Program.
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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Second-year Hofstra Law student Sierra Sánchez has been chosen by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) to receive the inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW –Students with an interest in immigration law and litigation get hands-on experience in the Immigration Clinic. Clinic students at the University of Miami School of Law Immigration Clinic won the release of a Mexican woman from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at Baker County jail, near Jacksonville. While in…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW –National Jurist magazine has named Mitchell Hamline student Nicole van Lierop one of ten Law Students of the Year. The magazine invites every law school in the country to nominate one student, then chooses its top honorees. “Nicole has done an amazing job being a frontline worker and an excellent…
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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY –Greyhound Grad Joseph Gergel is making an impact in law school. He was recently elected to the prestigious role of editor-in-chief for volume 37 of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy. He started the position on Feb. 4, 2022, and will continue until a time period after his…
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