Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic assists local small businesses
WTAJ — Penn State Law students are getting real life experience while helping potential clients across the state with legal paperwork.
Read More about Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic assists local small businessesQuinnipiac Law student team wins regional mock trial competition
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — For the second consecutive year, Quinnipiac was crowned co-champion of the New England Regional competition. This year was a game-changer – it is the first time ever that Quinnipiac shared the co-champion title with, well, itself. Both of the university’s teams were crowned co-champions after both teams defeated Harvard in the final…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law student team wins regional mock trial competitionLaw Students Help Ukrainian Refugees Start Asylum Process
THE NEWSROOM — On April 3, more than a dozen Seattle University law student volunteers gathered at Everett Community College—overseen by professors and licensed attorneys—to help more than 30 Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country complete the initial paperwork required to seek asylum in the United States.
Read More about Law Students Help Ukrainian Refugees Start Asylum ProcessUniversity of Utah Law student Jessi Maupin discusses plans to work in intellectual property law
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — With an undergraduate degree in engineering and four years working as a civil engineer under her belt, shifting to the book-heavy world of law school was a bit of a challenge for Jessi Maupin. But her STEM background gave her some big advantages—how to think analytically and problem-solve, and…
Read More about University of Utah Law student Jessi Maupin discusses plans to work in intellectual property lawUniversity of Virginia Law softball tournament raises money for local charity
NBC 29 — Colleges from all over the country came to Charlottesville to benefit ReadyKids. The University of Virginia School of Law held its annual softball invitational for the organization. Schools flew to the Commonwealth to help the cause. Together they helped raise $25,000 for child services.
Read More about University of Virginia Law softball tournament raises money for local charityUniversity of Virginia Law students take prizes in international tax moot court competition
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A team of students from the University of Virginia School of Law placed second in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court competition, which culminated April 1. This year’s team members are Timothy Blauch ’22, James Collins ’22, Natalie Mauch ’23 and Hunter Shaw ’23, with Bolton Smith ’22,…
Read More about University of Virginia Law students take prizes in international tax moot court competitionUniversity 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…
Read More about University of Virginia Law student Christopher Benos advocates for change in the school’s honor systemWayne Law hosts national transactional law competition
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.
Read More about Wayne Law hosts national transactional law competitionStudents impacted by COVID-19 pandemic during high school are less prepared for college
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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