University of Kansas Law student D.C. Hiegert selected for Skadden fellowship
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — D.C. Hiegert, a 2021 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law, will serve as a 2022 Skadden Fellow. Considered the most prestigious and competitive award for public interest law graduates, Skadden Fellowships provide two years of funding for lawyers pursuing public-interest law projects of their own design.…
Read More about University of Kansas Law student D.C. Hiegert selected for Skadden fellowshipPenn Law professor Jim Sandman develops Leadership in Law course
PENN LAW — “Lawyers become leaders in a wide variety of organizations – not just in law firms and corporate legal departments, but in business, academia, government, public interest organizations and non-profits, community organizations, and bar associations,” said Jim Sandman L’76, Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University…
Read More about Penn Law professor Jim Sandman develops Leadership in Law coursePepperdine Law students Roxanne Baker and Shayna Elian successfully represent sex trafficking survivor in court
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law students Roxanne Baker and Shayna Elian of the Restoration and Justice Clinic successfully represented a client in the Florida criminal justice system. Baker and Elian prevailed on a motion to quash their client’s bench warrant and dismiss the underlying prostitution charge. Baker and Elian’s client is…
Read More about Pepperdine Law students Roxanne Baker and Shayna Elian successfully represent sex trafficking survivor in courtStanford Law Community Law Clinic helps low-income renters facing eviction
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — When U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asked for support from the legal community in August of this year in anticipation of a housing and evictions crisis as a result of the COVID-19-based eviction moratoria expiring, Stanford law Professor Juliet Brodie was poised to help. For the past decade, in her capacity as director of the Stanford…
Read More about Stanford Law Community Law Clinic helps low-income renters facing evictionVanderbilt Law professors Spring Miller and Karla McKanders and student Scott Jeffrey discuss work on developing community legal materials
TENNESSEAN — Karla McKanders and Scott Jeffrey of Vanderbilt Law School spoke to Tennessean opinion and engagement director David Plazas.
Read More about Vanderbilt Law professors Spring Miller and Karla McKanders and student Scott Jeffrey discuss work on developing community legal materialsWashburn Law student Braxton Moral is preparing for the bar exam at age 19
ABA JOURNAL — Braxton Moral isn’t sure what he wants to do after he passes the bar, and that’s OK. He’s only 19 years old. In addition to being years younger than the vast majority of candidates sitting for the February 2022 bar, Moral is set to graduate from Kansas’ Washburn University School of Law in 2.5…
Read More about Washburn Law student Braxton Moral is preparing for the bar exam at age 19New William & Mary Law first-year courses encourage students to challenge assumptions
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — A first-year student at William & Mary Law School described to his classmates the facts of In re K.A., a 1997 opinion from the Illinois Court of Appeals. The defendant, he said, was a juvenile who had been charged with unlawful possession of cocaine that law enforcement had found in…
Read More about New William & Mary Law first-year courses encourage students to challenge assumptionsOklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section awards scholarships to students
THE OKLAHOMAN — The Oklahoma Bar Association’s Indian Law Section has awarded the G. William Rice Memorial Scholarship to three recipients committed to practicing Indian law in Oklahoma. The 2021 winners are: Michael Vincent “Vinnie” Amato, Arizona State University College of Law Tempe, Arizona; Jessica Goodwin, University of Oklahoma College of Law; and Emilee Morris, University of Tulsa College…
Read More about Oklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section awards scholarships to studentsArizona State University Law student Sarah Rosenwinkel discusses experiences in masters of legal studies program
ASU NEWS — While on a surfing trip in Mexico, it struck Sarah Rosenwinkel that her next endeavor was law school. “It’s funny how things happen when you don’t feel stressed and have the headspace to allow ideas to manifest,” Rosenwinkel said. “I knew a legal education would round out my experiences in business and technology really well.…
Read More about Arizona State University Law student Sarah Rosenwinkel discusses experiences in masters of legal studies programArizona State University Law student Emily Tooher reflects on experiences as a JD and LLM student
ASU NEWS — Emily Gale Tooher is no stranger to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. As she graduates this fall with a Master of Laws with an emphasis in human resources and employment law, Tooher reflects on when she earned her Juris Doctor from ASU Law in 2019. “I knew from the…
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