Lewis & Clark Law announces five new local Bar Association fellows
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School, through the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA), named five first-year Lewis & Clark Law students as MBA Fellows: Emilia Halvorsen, Nick Mercado, Allison Sandhu, Celeste Williams and Amitav Kamani as the 2021-22 MBA Legal Fellows. The MBA Fellows Program is a highly selective program designed to address…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — With each new leadership for the 2021-2022 school year, Animal Law Review,Environmental Law Review, and Lewis & Clark Law Review have produced their latest publications. Led by Editors-in-Chief Cindy Lundy ’22 and Rohan Hiatt ’22 Animal Law Review (ALR) released their newest publication on October 19th. The publication is ALR’s 1st…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Review announces three new volumesUniversity of Miami Law Innocence Clinic helps to overturn wrongful conviction
NEWS@THEU — In the first hour of his newfound freedom, Dustin Shane Duty consumed half of a double bacon cheeseburger while sitting in the restaurant of a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel. Then, he borrowed his attorney’s cellphone to call the mother he hadn’t seen in more than eight years.“I love you, Dottie,” Duty told his weeping mom. The…
Read More about University of Miami Law Innocence Clinic helps to overturn wrongful convictionMitchell Hamline Law Child Protection Institute celebrates legal successes
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — After years of work, Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection was part of an event in October with Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan to celebrate several legislative wins for Minnesota families. The institute had worked specifically on two proposals that became law. The measures were part of…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law Child Protection Institute celebrates legal successesRecent Notre Dame Law graduate Daniela Johnson Restrepo awarded permanent court of arbitration fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Daniela Johnson Restrepo ’21 J.D. joined the Permanent Court of Arbitration as a fellow November 8. She is the first J.D. graduate from Notre Dame Law School to be selected for this prestigious placement, which is based at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The PCA Fellowship Program offers recent…
Read More about Recent Notre Dame Law graduate Daniela Johnson Restrepo awarded permanent court of arbitration fellowshipUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge Law Immigration Clinic helps Afghan refugees with petitions for US entry
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — The Immigration Law Clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is hosting weekly workshops to assist Afghan refugees file Humanitarian Parole applications. These petitions, if approved, allow those impacted by the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan to obtain permission to come to the U.S. More than 30 McGeorge School…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law Immigration Clinic helps Afghan refugees with petitions for US entryPenn Law student Alex DeLaney assists technology licensing project
PENN LAW — For months, the world watched and waited for medical companies to create life-saving vaccines to counter the devastating COVID-19 outbreak. When Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna announced their COVID-19 vaccines, the technology they used dominated news headlines and conversations across the globe. What may have flown under the radar was the University of Pennsylvania’s pivotal…
Read More about Penn Law student Alex DeLaney assists technology licensing projectPenn Law student Keslang Dolma uses first generation professional fellowship to cultivate community
PENN LAW — First Generation Professional (FGP) Fellow Kelsang Dolma L’24 has made a point throughout her academic and professional life to emphasize the importance of community – and she intends to continue to do so as a law student at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The FGP Fellowship, which is administered by the Center…
Read More about Penn Law student Keslang Dolma uses first generation professional fellowship to cultivate communityQuinnipiac Law student Alexa Massad selected for clerkship with Connecticut Supreme Court
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — Massad starts the yearlong clerkship in June. In her new role, she will review submissions by parties in legal proceedings; conduct legal research on issues presented in court; and write draft opinions of the court (a document providing the court’s decision on a legal issue). The application process for this position began in Spring…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law student Alexa Massad selected for clerkship with Connecticut Supreme CourtUConn Law launches center on policing
CT INSIDER — Law professors and students at UConn have goals to shape the local, state and national conversation about policing. Last week, the University of Connecticut School of Law announced the creation of the Center of Community Safety, Policing and Inequality to rethink community safety and the goals of law enforcement institutions. The new center has…
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