Fordham Law wellness week highlights student mental health
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s second annual Wellness Week—extended to a two-week series of events this year—took place between October 4 and 15 and was organized by the Office of Professionalism. This new tradition at the Law School expands upon Fordham Law’s annual Mental Health Day and continues to spark conversations about holistic approaches to…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Four University of Houston Law Center Mock Trial Team members won the first TEX-ABOTA Showdown Trial Advocacy Competition last weekend, beating out every other law school in the state of Texas. UHLC students Laura Gomez Duarte, Brett Hargis, John Herrman and Alejandra Rodriguez secured the win for the Law Center. The…
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KISU — The University of Idaho College of Law has started a Housing Law Clinic in partnership with local nonprofit Jesse Tree to help landlords and tenants with legal, social and financial support to prevent evictions across the Treasure Valley, according to a press release. Jesse Tree, a Boise nonprofit focused on homelessness prevention, has worked with…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Since 2018, law students who have successfully completed Professor Amy Kretkowski’s fall course in Veterans Benefits Law have had the chance to join Kretkowski in an appellate advocacy independent study program during the spring semester. In addition to her law practice and teaching at the law school, Professor Kretkowski is a volunteer attorney with the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Maxwell Zoberman can picture himself in the future prosecuting human rights offenses for the United States Department of Justice. In the meantime, he has a whole lot of training and experience to keep him busy. Very busy. The Miami Public Interest Scholar spent a grueling ten weeks during his rising…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Government Law Student Association at the University of Mississippi School of Law hosted its inaugural policy competition last month, where students demonstrated legislative writing, oral advocacy and lobbying skills. GLSA was founded last spring as space for law students who are interested in pursuing legal careers in government…
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School is grateful for each of our students who have served or are currently serving our country through the U.S. Armed Forces. Each has a unique path and story that has led them to law school, and to Notre Dame. Approximately 20 current students have served in one…
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PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH SCHOOL OF LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law has established a Food Pantry program on campus available to students and their families who need food assistance. The pantry, which has well-stocked locations in both the Wellness Center and Dannat Hall at the Law School, was made possible by generous donations from alumni…
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PENN LAW — For the first time since the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Center on Professionalism (COP) initiated its First Generation Professionals (FGP) Fellowship, each of the three JD classes in the Law School includes a cohort of FGP Fellows. Though the initial intention was to support six Fellows, the FGP Fellowship currently supports…
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HYDRO INTERNATIONAL — Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Ryan Marr believes in taking advantage of opportunities that come his way. From studying in Tanzania to travelling to Bermuda, he says “yes” to any chance to see the world or learn something new. So, when he was invited to participate in a project mapping an unexplored patch…
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