Regent Law faculty and students selected for fellowships and clerkships
REGENT UNIVERSITY — Regent University School of Law’s 2021-2022 Academic Year is proving to be a banner year. Six months in, the school has already celebrated record-breaking rankings, launched new programs and initiatives, and welcomed new leaders to its list of prestigious faculty and staff. “When I think about what we’ve accomplished so far this academic…
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Eric B. Williams II, a third-year student at South Texas College of Law Houston for whom law is his second career, was the only honoree from a Texas law school named a prestigious National Jurist Magazine 2022 Law Student of the Year. He is featured in the publication’s edition…
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law recently raised over $10,000 for the David Arapene Cuch Endowed Scholarship Fund, a scholarship specifically for Native students. David Arapene Cuch was believed to be the first Ute Indian to attend law school. He was in his third year at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney…
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WPRI — It was business as usual at the Garrahy Judicial Complex until Brooklyn Crockton was blocked from entering a courtroom. Crockton, a law student at Roger Williams University, said a sheriff pulled her out of line and began asking her questions. “He asked if I was the defendant,” Crockton recalled. “It kind of threw me off balance.…
Read More about Roger Williams University Law clinic student describes courtroom bias incident with sheriffAlbany Law students provide tax preparation services for community
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Few things are certain in life. Paying taxes is one of those things. Each year, as Americans work to file their taxes by the mid-April deadline, many low-to-moderate income people, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and those with limited English-speaking skills turn to volunteer-based government programs to make sure they file on…
Read More about Albany Law students provide tax preparation services for communityUniversity of Arkansas Law students advance to semi-finals in national law competition
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Third-year law students Hannah Malone and Katelyn Phillips advanced to the semi-final round of the Texas Young Lawyers Association’s National Trial Competition in February, becoming the first team in school history to accomplish the feat. Out of the 24 teams competing in the remote regional contest, Malone and Phillips were among the…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law students advance to semi-finals in national law competitionUCLA Law California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic advocates for agriculture workers
UCLA NEWSROOM — California’s agricultural and other outdoor workers have always labored under hot conditions, especially in arid Southern California, but the effects of global warming are now increasing their exposure to extreme heat and wildfire smoke. To provide more protections for outdoor workers, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia introduced legislation this month that would direct California’s Division of…
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COLORADO LAW — On March 1 and 3, 2022, student attorneys in Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Clinic delivered remote will drafting legal services to tribal members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The Tribe is located on the Southern Indian Ute Reservation approximately 330 miles south of Boulder, Colorado. The Reservation spans roughly 1 million…
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DUKE LAW NEWS — Two new podcasts produced by Duke Law students launched Feb. 22 on major podcast platforms. Voices of Innocence, produced by the Duke Law Innocence Project, is a season-long exploration of the case of former Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Dontae Sharpe, who was convicted of murder by a Greenville, N.C., jury in 1994 and sentenced…
Read More about New Duke Law student-produced podcasts explore criminal and environmental injusticesDuke Law first-year students secure JAG Corps summer internships
DUKE LAW — Four first-year Duke Law students have been accepted to competitive summer programs in the Navy and Air Force Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. Madison Cash ’24 will work with the Navy JAG Corps this summer, and Madison Dunbar ’24, Riley Flewelling JD/LLM ’24, and Katie Retzbach ’24 will work with the Air Force JAG Corps. It is unusual…
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