Students From Six Law Schools Develop New Legal Tech Ideas in Liberty Mutual’s Legal Design Challenge
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY NEWS TODAY — On Nov. 5, 2021, Liberty Mutual Insurance, in partnership with Suffolk University, hosted their annual Legal Design challenge, a one-day event that brings law students from across the country together to solve today’s biggest legal issues. Thirty-six law students from six schools participated in the competition, which places students through a…
Read More about Students From Six Law Schools Develop New Legal Tech Ideas in Liberty Mutual’s Legal Design ChallengeA look at how long it takes law graduates to pay off student debt
LEGAL SCOOPS — Graduate school loans constitute most of the $160,000 average law student debt and 74% of law students have a law school debt to pay off. This debt includes their undergraduate debt, a major burden in law studies, the cost of the bar exams, and other expenses. U.S. Department of Education data shows how school…
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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Some of them were in the same sections; some of them became friends outside of class. But five members of the UB School of Law’s Class of 2021 share this distinction: All are entering the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, a team of lawyers for the U.S. military who…
Read More about Five University at Buffalo Law graduates are selected for JAG CorpsUniversity at Buffalo Law course engages students in redistricting process
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — It happens every 10 years: the statistics-heavy redrawing of the electoral map to reflect new Census population figures. This year in New York, that means carving up the state into 150 Assembly districts, 63 State Senate districts and 26 congressional districts. It’s a process that is fraught with…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Angelina Sanchez ’22 took first place in the annual University of Houston Law Center’s (UHLC) Blakely Advocacy Institute National Mediator Competition, held virtually in October. The event offers students from law schools across the country the opportunity to act as mediators in a “high stakes” environment with competitors acting as attorney/client…
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UCONN TODAY — Jacqui Arena was an opinionated and outspoken 13-year-old the first time someone told her she should be a lawyer. It took nearly 25 years for her to agree. In February 2021, deep into a career as certified registered nurse anesthetist at UConn Health, Arena found herself working long hours on legal challenges involving her young stepson, who had been diagnosed with autism. “I was spending all…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law student Jacqui Arena discusses career in nursingAlumni gifts to Duke Law fund student public interest work
DUKE LAW — Duke Law alumni have boosted their support for public interest fellowships, enabling more students and recent graduates to pursue highly competitive but low-paying or unpaid positions in areas such as public defense, indigent civil legal services, disability rights, housing, labor relations, international human rights, and civil work at government agencies. In summer 2021, nine…
Read More about Alumni gifts to Duke Law fund student public interest workNew Duke Law readings course explores the ‘school-to-prison’ pipeline
DUKE LAW — During the fall 2021 semester, Duke Law School offered its first readings course exploring the systems contributing to America’s complex and controversial “school-to-prison pipeline.” Led by Clinical Professor Crystal Grant and Senior Lecturing Fellow Peggy Nicholson, 12 students met weekly for seven weeks for in-depth discussions based on assigned readings and viewings, as…
Read More about New Duke Law readings course explores the ‘school-to-prison’ pipelineFordham Law professor Donna Redel discusses the growing demand for law schools to train students in cryptocurrency
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Donna Redel and her Blockchain-Crypto-Digital Assets course at Fordham Law were featured in an article published in LLM Guide.
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — A new course at Iowa Law examines the law through the lens of great works of literature. English Law and Literature explores the relationships between English law and English literature at the historical, practical, imaginative, and theoretical levels, encouraging students to consider the depiction of law and jurisprudential questions…
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