Villanova University hosts annual law school fair
THE VILLANOVAN — On Sept. 21, the University hosted its annual Law School Fair. This year, it was held virtually and was open to all students and alumni. More than 80 law school admissions teams from all over the country and LSAT prep companies attended the fair. Notable schools included University of California-Los Angeles, University of Notre…
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WVU INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER — Advocates for people who are convicted of a crime they did not commit marked the seventh annual Wrongful Conviction Day last week. A group of third-year law students and law school faculty at the West Virginia University College of Law work to overturn convictions for people who are convicted due to false…
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WEST VIRGINIA NEWS — Rachael Mullins has a teaching degree from Marshall University and spent two years in the English department at a Logan County high school before realizing she loved the students but not teaching. “I really couldn’t make the difference I wanted to with my teaching degree. I needed a law degree,” says…
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER — Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who appeared on “60 Minutes” Sunday and testified before a Senate committee Tuesday, will speak on a Yale Law School panel Thursday. The online panel, “The Facebook Files: What’s Next?,” is based on a series of articles in the Wall Street Journal reporting on how executives were aware…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — A humble bumblebee is getting help it desperately needs from Albany Law School students and faculty. A group of 14 students – with the unofficial moniker the “Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students” or “BPALS,” for short – and Professor Keith Hirokawa teamed up with the Center for Biological Diversity to file a…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS — “They just always thought that I was a really logical thinker, and that when I have a belief, I’m going to fight for it,” said Urias, a Marana, Arizona, native and a senior in the Bachelor of Arts in Law program, offered by the James E. Rogers College of Law…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Third-year law student Donta Dismuke, managing editor with the Journal of Food Law and Policy, has won the Arent Fox/Dale Bumpers Excellence in Writing Award. The Arent Fox law firm selects one article from those prepared by the journal’s staff editors. The winning article is published in the subsequent issue of the…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law student Donta Dismuke wins writing award for article on racial food justiceUIC Law Fair Housing Clinic honored by Illinois State Bar Association for excellence in legal education
UIC LAW — The Illinois State Bar Association has awarded UIC Law’s Fair Housing Legal Clinic its 2021 Illinois State Bar Association’s Excellence in Legal Education Award, which honors a law school program that emphasizes real world skills for students. UIC Law’s Fair Housing Legal Clinic was nominated for the award by Charles Perkins (‘15), a compliance…
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WBSM — A New Bedford police organization has given a student at UMass Law a five-year scholarship. According to a department press release, the Hispanic Police Officers of New Bedford awarded Judith Patricia Cruz Caballero, Class of 2022 JD candidate and Bolivian native, a five-year law school scholarship. Caballero is the second recipient to have ever received the scholarship. The award is presented…
Read More about UMass Law student awarded scholarship by New Bedford, Mass. police organizationUniversity of New Mexico Law Expungement Clinic students partner with law firm to create hotline
UNM NEWSROOM — Law students with The University of New Mexico’s Expungement Law Clinic are hosting a hotline, inspired by National Expungement Works’ Week of Action and Awareness, aimed to help individuals across the state gain employment, receive promotions, qualify for loans and much more by cleaning up their records. From Monday, Sept. 27 through Friday, Oct.…
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