Two University of Mississippi Law students awarded Steiger Fellowships
UNIVERSITY NEWS HQ — Two University of Mississippi law students are spending their summer in state attorney general offices as part of the prestigious Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Program. Second-year law students Natalie Lowry and Madison Reightler are among some 30-40 students nationally selected for the program, which is in its 17th year.
Read More about Two University of Mississippi Law students awarded Steiger FellowshipsPenn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowships
PENN LAW — Upon graduation, 18 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2021 will pursue important and diverse public interest work with the support of prestigious fellowship funding.
Read More about Penn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowshipsPenn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journals
PENN LAW — In the Spring of 2021, Jessica Rizzo L’21 published “Federal Architecture and First Amendment Limits” in the Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts and “The Children’s Hour: Climate Change, Law, and the Family” was published in the Hastings Environmental Law Journal. Rizzo’s third recent publication was “Flesh and Bone: Theater, Copyright, and the…
Read More about Penn Law recent graduate Jessica Rizzo published in three law journalsPenn Law students selected for LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship
PENN LAW — Two 2021 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s LLM program have secured post-graduate positions advocating for the protection of human rights. The work of Hugh Fitzgibbon LLM’21 and Meri Baghdasaryan LLM’21, supported through the Law School’s LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship, concentrates on the fair administration of global trials as…
Read More about Penn Law students selected for LLM Postgraduate Public Interest FellowshipGift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko Scholarship
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY — In honor of the 100th anniversary of McQuaide Blasko in 2021 and to honor the service and career of John Blasko – who has given generously to Penn State over the years – the firm has pledged an additional $100,000 to the John W. Blasko Scholarship at Dickinson Law.
Read More about Gift to Penn State Dickinson Law to support John W. Blasko ScholarshipRutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school students
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — While some high school students have spent their summer by the pool, a group of ambitious would-be law students learned the virtues of a career in law through a new Rutgers summer academy offered by the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Rutgers Law School led the two-week, Pre-College…
Read More about Rutgers Law hosts two-week pre-law academy for high school studentsUniversity of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship Program helps graduates start legal careers
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — These all come together in the school’s award-winning Mentor Externship Program, through which each St. Thomas Law student is paired with a lawyer or judge each year of law school to help them gain work experience, develop professional connections and navigate the legal field. “What we aim to do in the program…
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law Mentor Externship Program helps graduates start legal careersStudents struggle to find affordable housing amid rising rents
USA Today — Uncertainty around colleges reopening this fall led many students to delay their housing decisions. Now, they are struggling to find a place to live weeks before classes start, according to a survey from Realtor.com, a digital real estate site.
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THE HILL — College students have had a hard time during the pandemic with their campuses closed and having to switch to full-time remote learning. This has taken a toll on many people’s mental health and well-being. Campuses around the country are preparing to welcome back students and with a better sense for students’ needs in…
Read More about Students face anxiety and mental health challenges preparing for college this fallSurvey: More than 60 percent of college students plan to wear masks on campus this fall
PATCH — College students are not as divided as the nation has been this past year and a half. Students in COVID-19 hotspots that are typically more anti-vaccine and mask reported that there were nearly as likely to take precautions on campus this fall as those in more vaccinated areas.
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