Fordham Law trial advocacy team wins regional competition

March 1, 2022

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Four Fordham Law students representing the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center swept the competition at the New York regional level of the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) National Trial Competition, which took place on February 5 and 6. The two teams—composed of Dominic Conoshenti ’22 and Chehak Gogia ’22, and Dean Corrado

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Lewis & Clark Law students Casey Bage and Glenda Valdez recognized for commitment to conservation issues

February 28, 2022

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL —  Casey Bage ’23 and Glenda Valdez ’23 have been named as the 2022 Wyss Scholars.  Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on land conservation issues. Casey Bage grew

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University of Mississippi Law names 2022 class of business law fellows

February 28, 2022

THE OXFORD EAGLE — The University of Mississippi School of Law has named 14 first-year law students as 2022 business law fellows. The new fellows are: Hattie Burdin, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Cassidy Dearman, Leakesville; Kennedy Gerard of Laplace, Louisiana; Madison Gray of Monticello, Arkansas; Holdon Guy of Johnson City, Tennessee; Colin Haley of Charlotte, North Carolina;

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NYU Law student Rochelle Ballantyne discusses her quest to be the first Black woman chess master in the US

February 28, 2022

YAHOO! – “I am close to becoming the first African-American female chess master.” Law student Rochelle Ballantyne has a current chess rating of around 2000, which earns her the official title of chess expert. To become a chess master, players must reach the magic number of 2200. “It is obviously not easy to become a master. I’ve been trying to

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Northwestern Law team wins regional trial competition

February 28, 2022

NORTHWESTERN NOW — A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional of the National Trial Competition, held last weekend in a remote format. They will now go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in person in Fort Worth, Texas, March 30-April 3. The team

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New Northwestern Law scholarship honors students who exemplify leadership and resilience

February 28, 2022

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — When Ernest Greer (JD ’91) met Jared Bartie (JD ’93) in the early 1990s, the two formed an instant connection. “I could tell he was a good guy,” Greer, who was a 3L at the time, says. “He was real and authentic, not trying to play to an audience.” Bartie,

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Penn Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic students partner local businesses on neighborhood revitalization

February 28, 2022

PENN LAW — Deputy Dean for Clinical Education Praveen Kosuri suspects that when most people think of “entrepreneurship,” they tend to think of greedy corporations, but for the students in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC), entrepreneurship and creating positive social impact go hand-in-hand. “There’s a misperception that what we do doesn’t

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University of Utah Law master of legal studies student Ashley Caldwell wins gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics

February 28, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Ashley Caldwell, a current Master of Legal Studies student at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, recently won gold at the Winter 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Ashley and her two teammates recorded an impressive combined score of 338.34 in the mixed team aerials freestyle skiing event, edging out more experienced teams

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Yale Law to cover tuition and other expenses for low-income students

February 28, 2022

REUTERS — Yale Law School plans to wipe out tuition for low-income students starting in the fall, which its dean hopes will spark a wider move toward need-based financial aid in legal education. For the next three years, the school will provide full-tuition scholarships for 45 to 50 students in its J.D. program whose family income falls

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Suffolk Law to host free two-week summer program for underrepresented students

February 24, 2022

MIT — Suffolk Law is currently accepting applications for the Suffolk Prelaw Achievers Network (Achievers), a free two-week program for college juniors and seniors who are interested in a career in law. Achievers is part of Suffolk Law’s ongoing efforts to eliminate bias and enhance diversity in the legal profession and justice system by prioritizing educational and career

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