UC Irvine Law student Laura Flores awarded fellowship for public service work
UCI LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that third-year student Laura Flores was awarded a prestigious, and highly competitive, Skadden Fellowship for public service work. Flores won the fellowship for her proposed project with Justice Action Center in Los Angeles, which will combine litigation and other advocacy…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Case Western Reserve University Ault Mock Trial teams swept the top three spots at the Case Classic Mock Trial Competition, held Nov. 13–14 at the School of Law. Eighteen teams competed in the annual national competition, including Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, University of Alabama School of Law,…
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LAW WEEK COLORADO — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the University of Colorado Law School’s Korey Wise Innocence Project have partnered to review criminal court cases from 1976 to 1995 that used hair microscopy analysis evidence. The project will help law students understand the potential limitations and scope of pattern comparison evidence and science in…
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DAYTON DOCKET — A day that started with nervous excitement ended with all-around excitement when students from the University of Dayton School of Law took home the top two spots at the annual Ohio Attorney General’s Mock Trial Competition. “Everyone was so thrilled,” says 3L Stefanie Stack. “We were giving high fives and hugs.” The UDSL team of…
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DUKE LAW — On Sunday, Nov. 21, a joyous Dontae Sharpe stood side-by-side with family, including his mother Sarah Blakely, to receive a copy of his pardon of innocence at the annual Innocence Project Thanksgiving Celebration held at Duke Law. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Nov. 12 pardon garnered national news coverage. A Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic client, Sharpe, now…
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ORLANDO SENTINEL — Florida A&M University College of Law students will get the chance to see first-hand the roles attorneys can play in and out of the courtroom to fight racial and economic inequality through two new fellowship programs recently launched at the school. Two racial justice fellows started this fall: Ray Benson, a third-year…
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WEST ORLANDO NEWS — Florida A&M University College of Law and Wells Fargo Bank announced two exciting Fellowships to benefit law students and the community. The $110,000.00 grant from Wells Fargo Bank will be used to address some of the ongoing economic inequities in our community. Starting in 2022, twenty FAMU Law Economic Justice Fellows will be…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Two teams from Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society competed at this year’s virtual American Bar Association (ABA) Competitions held on November 13 and 14. Several Fordham Law students emerged with stellar successes and will be advancing to nationals for their respective practical skills competitions. The Arbitration Competition—hosted by New York Law School this…
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THE DAILY IOWAN — Since 2018, UI law professor Amy Kretkowski has offered students who have successfully completed her course in Veterans Benefits Law a chance to represent U.S. veterans. University of Iowa College of Law students are representing veterans in their cases to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Amy Kretkowski, a UI law professor and practicing…
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CBS MIAMI — A Jacksonville man wrongfully convicted of armed robbery was just released last month, and it’s thanks in part to law students at the University of Miami. After 8 years of his life was taken away, Dustin Duty walked out of a Jacksonville jail on October 27th, 2021, smiling and grateful. “Just my faith in God…
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