How 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…
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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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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Eight UC Davis law students traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, during spring break to consult with asylum seekers and deported immigrants in need of legal advice. Law professor Raquel Aldanaand Spanish professor Robert Irwin organized the trip and accompanied the students as part of Irwin’s Humanizing Deportation project.
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UC HASTINGS LAW — As April’s national filing tax deadline grows closer, U.C. Hastings law students are doing their part to assist low-income taxpayers.
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ELON UNIVERSITY — Two Elon Law students with a record of academic achievement and community leadership are recipients of an inaugural scholarship created by the Greensboro Bar Association. Cynthia Hager and Kailyn Hutchins from the Class of 2022 will each receive a $2,500 check from the GBA at the association’s April meeting.
Read More about Elon Law students Cynthia Hager and Kailyn Hutchins receive scholarship for community involvementHarvard Law Skadden fellows Ava Cilia and Kaitlynn Milvert discuss aspirations in public interest law
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CLINICALS — The Skadden Fellowship, which launched in 1988, offers young lawyers two-year fellowships to pursue public interest law on a full-time basis. The Skadden Foundation aims to expand the legal services available to economically disadvantaged communities by supporting newly graduated lawyers to pursue work they are passionate about, and to help them…
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