Northeastern Law clinic student Kaylie Simon helps investigate Jim Crow-era lynching
MOTHER JONES DAILY — For more than a year, the country has been gripped by a racial reckoning caused by the high-profile killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black men and women. The reckoning has fueled a public desire to reexamine murders that happened decades ago and still haunt surviving families, some…
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CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — Charleston School of Law and Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services are partnering to create the Charleston Pro Bono Housing Clinic, a new program designed to support low-income families in need of legal representation. Last June, the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission published “Measuring South Carolina’s Justice Gap,” a report that included…
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UCONN TODAY — Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered at the UConn School of Law on Monday to celebrate a century of progress since the law school’s first class was held in rented rooms in downtown Hartford.“That small night school for insurance workers who desired a legal education has grown into a preeminent law…
Read More about UConn Law celebrates a century of legal educationHarvard Law students Anoush Baghdassarian and Sondra Anton bond over dedication to international human rights
HARVARD LAW TODAY — It was against the din of barroom conversation and clinking glasses at Grendel’s Den that new first-year Harvard Law School students Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 first realized how remarkably similar their lives had been up to that moment. They had both been raised in families scarred by mass atrocity. Both had studied in…
Read More about Harvard Law students Anoush Baghdassarian and Sondra Anton bond over dedication to international human rightsUniversity of Hawaii Law students and faculty to attend UN climate change convention
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII NEWS — The eyes of the world are focused on the climate crisis negotiations for the next two weeks as more than 200 world leaders and 20,000 participants, including six from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, gather in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. for the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The…
Read More about University of Hawaii Law students and faculty to attend UN climate change conventionA look at the University of Iowa Law class of 2024
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — This fall Iowa Law welcomed the Class of 2024–the most academically qualified class in school history.“The Boyd Law Building has come back to life this fall. Our new entering class marks not only the start of a new academic year, but it feels like a new chapter in our…
Read More about A look at the University of Iowa Law class of 2024University of Minnesota LLM students share their experiences
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Minnesota Law boasts a top-notch LL.M. program for international law students that has hosted students from more than 80 countries over its quarter-century-plus history at the Law School. International Jurist magazine recently recognized our LL.M. program as one of the “Best Overall Experience” LL.M. programs in the United States. Our current…
Read More about University of Minnesota LLM students share their experiencesPenn Law JD/MBA student association helps students prepare for the challenges of an accelerated degree program
PENN LAW — The Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Wharton School immerses students in an accelerated course of study, preparing them for careers at the intersection of law and business. Students earn both JD and MBA degrees in three years, rather than the…
Read More about Penn Law JD/MBA student association helps students prepare for the challenges of an accelerated degree programPepperdine Law Straus Institute hosts AALS Section on ADR works-in-progress conference
PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — On October 7-9, the Straus Institute hosted the 14th Annual AALS Section on Dispute Resolution’s Works-in-Progress Scholarship Conference in a hybrid format, welcoming scholars on campus in Malibu as well as simultaneously engaging an online audience. The Works-in-Progress Conference convenes scholars and researchers at all levels within the ADR field and…
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — For the second year in a row, the Pepperdine Caruso Law Trial Advocacy Team placed first in the Western Regional competition of the All Star Bracket Challenge. The Pepperdine Trial Team of Rebecca Voth, Karl Kleppe, Thurgood Wynn, MacKenzie Savage, and Westin Whitener won the West Regional of the 64-team, NCAA-style,…
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