UNLV Law students Yadira Santana and Nina Garcia travel to DC to support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court
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…
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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…
Read More about Penn Law students Alexander Sprenger and Katherine Rohde win administrative law essay competitionPenn Law students Hermes Hein Aedo and Maria Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta apply lessons from law school in Chile
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…
Read More about Penn Law students Hermes Hein Aedo and Maria Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta apply lessons from law school in ChilePenn Law course explores leadership and social change
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…
Read More about Penn Law course explores leadership and social changePenn Law students Kanyinsola Ajayi, Rheem Brooks, and Angel Reed awarded scholarship in honor of the first Black woman to earn a degree at the school
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…
Read More about Penn Law students Kanyinsola Ajayi, Rheem Brooks, and Angel Reed awarded scholarship in honor of the first Black woman to earn a degree at the schoolQuinnipiac Law Black Law Students Association to honor legal leaders at awards ceremony
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — BLSA will also honor Johnnie Booker, retired diversity executive and former global director of supplier diversity for Coca-Cola and former vice president of the Resolution Trust Corporation, with its Community Service Award. The virtual ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Click here to attend. In its 33rd year, the Thurgood Marshall Award is given in honor…
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WVTM 13 — Samford University law students are ready to watch the historic Supreme Court of the United States nomination hearing. Some students are excited about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination — but more importantly, what this means for young Black girls.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — Members of the University of South Carolina School of Law’s Matthew J. Perry Jr. Chapter of the National Black Law Students Association had much to celebrate as they closed out Black History Month this year. The student organization was honored multiple times during the Southern Region of BLSA’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of South Carolina School of Law’s mock trial team took the top two spots in the regional finals of the Texas Young Lawyer’s Association National Trial Competition in February. Both teams will advance to the National Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in April. “We are excited to…
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