University of Utah Law class uses simulated scenarios to teach counterterrorism

April 20, 2022

KSL.COM — The annual event — designed and led by students at the S.J. Quinney College of Law — challenges law and graduate students at the U. to address legal, moral and operational dilemmas in real time as they respond to simulated terrorism scenarios around the globe. The daylong simulation is the culmination of a…

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University of Utah Law students attend human rights seminar in England

April 20, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Third-year law students Bernadine Ott, Kim Koeven, and Scott McMurtrey recently spent a week in England learning about human rights, armed conflict, foreign policy, peacemaking, and more. The Oxford Consortium for Human Rights hosted a week-long workshop titled “Human Rights, Armed Conflict and the Struggle for Peace,” an especially…

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Wayne Law Journal of Law in Society announces new editorial board

April 19, 2022

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Nine law students have been elected to the 2022-23 editorial board of The Journal of Law in Society at Wayne State University Law School.

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Immunocompromised students fight for hybrid learning as some colleges aim to end it

April 19, 2022

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Johnny Ellsworth would like nothing more than to return to a classroom in a world without a pandemic, where the sophomore at Pomona College could “connect with people in a more intimate way than you might be able to over Zoom.” Instead, as a person who is immunocompromised, he wakes…

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Southern California law school coalition honored with Diversity Champion Award from state group

April 14, 2022

USC GOULD — The Southern California Law School Coalition – a collaboration between Brenda Cortez-Martin, associate director of admissions at the USC Gould School of Law, and two peers from UC Irvine School of Law and Loyola Law School – was awarded the California Leadership-Access-Workforce (LAW) Diversity Champion Award for 2022.

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Supreme Court of Ohio offers free research assistance to law students and attorneys

April 14, 2022

COURT NEWS OHIO — Legal professionals and aspiring attorneys in need of research assistance can turn to the Supreme Court of Ohio’s Law Library.

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University of Arkansas Black Law Student Association to host symposium on diversity in the legal profession

April 14, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — The Black Law Students Association invites students to attend the Brummer’s Symposium at 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the U of A School of Law Courtroom, room 240. The symposium serves as an opportunity to educate students both at the law school and across the larger campus community. In addition, the…

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University of Arkansas Law hosts negotiations competition for students

April 14, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — The U of A School of Law and the Board of Advocates will host the final round of the 2022 Negotiations Competition at 9 a.m. in the E.J. Ball Courtroom on April 8.

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Baylor Law awards ceremony honors outstanding students

April 14, 2022

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY — On Thursday, March 31, 2022, Baylor Law held its annual awards ceremony to honor outstanding student accomplishments during the past year. The John William and Florence Dean Minton Student Awards Ceremony and Lecture Series celebrates those Baylor Law students who excel both in and out of the classroom. Baylor Law honored students…

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Elon Law student Daphne Myers wins AccessLex scholarship

April 13, 2022

TODAY AT ELON — A first-generation Elon Law student is among a half dozen winners of a national $25,000 scholarship drawing for her participation in workshops designed to help law students strengthen their personal finances and plan for loan repayments.

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