Harvard Law team advances in international moot court competition after win
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School’s team has won the national round of the 2021-2022 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition and will advance to the international rounds, to be held from March 24 through April 10. The Harvard Law team, comprised of J.D. students Marta Canneri ’22, Katherine Shen ’22, Stephanie Gullo ’22,…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — As tax season is underway, the University of Kansas School of Law is offering free tax preparation services for those who qualify. KU Law students with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will prepare returns for taxpayers who are residents of Douglas County, Kansas; make less than $58,000 per household per…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC or Clinic) students and its director, professor Aliza Kaplan worked diligently to encourage the passage of SB 1511, which would have made Ramos v. Louisiana retroactively apply to those who were convicted by a nonunanimous jury verdict. The bill ultimately did not pass during the…
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MICHIGAN NEWS — The University of Michigan Law School is well known for the headline-making, hands-on work that students, with guidance from faculty, do to gain freedom for wrongfully convicted individuals across the country. Although not as well publicized, there also is a group of students each year that provide many hours of free legal assistance to…
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LAS VEGAS SUN — While growing up in Las Vegas, Yadira Santana observed how her Mexican mother’s heavy accent and dark complexion was a point of ridicule and discrimination for those with whom she interacted. These taunts were Santana’s motivation to go to law school, she said, to help those who “can’t advocate for themselves.” The third-year UNLV…
Read More about UNLV Law students Yadira Santana and Nina Garcia travel to DC to support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme CourtNotre Dame Law hosts second annual financial wellness week for students
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Notre Dame Law School hosted its second annual Financial Wellness Week from March 14 to 18 on important financial education topics most relevant to law students. The programming, hosted in coordination with AccessLex, provided presentations on several law student specific financial topics. Financial Wellness Week and the Law School’s partnership with AccessLex,…
Read More about Notre Dame Law hosts second annual financial wellness week for studentsPenn Law students Alexander Sprenger and Katherine Rohde win administrative law essay competition
PENN LAW — Last spring, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law and History Sophia Lee hosted an essay competition for students enrolled in her “Administrative Law” course. For the competition, students were asked to research and write an essay about a federal rulemaking or proposal. The editorial team of The Regulatory Review, the…
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PENN LAW — Hermes Hein Aedo LLM’22 and María Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta LLM’22 came to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School together from their home country of Chile, where they both worked in different sectors of criminal law. As students in the LLM program, they have delved deeply into both U.S. criminal law and international…
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PENN LAW — In the innovative and interdisciplinary course “Leading Social Change,” University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students identify the “One Big Thing” that they would like to change about the world. Over the semester, Lecturers in Law Benjamin Jealous and Dr. Ariel Schwartz help them to create a plan to achieve their goal. “I have…
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PENN LAW — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is proud to honor the trailblazing legacy of Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Ed’1918, G’1921, L’1927, Hon’1974, the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School, with the introduction of the inaugural class of Sadie Scholars. In addition to being the first Black woman to…
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