Harvard Law summer contribution policy affects need-based financial aid for students during the pandemic
WBUR NEWS — Surviving the pandemic was stressful for Harvard Law School student Stacey Menjivar and her family. Her parents took a huge financial hit when everything shut down last year.
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APPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Appalachian School of Law is pleased to announce that it will host a debate between Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin on ASL’s campus in Grundy, Virginia on September 16, 2021.
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DAILY BRUIN — The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Students and a recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) secured the compassionate release — the process of fighting for the release of prisoners and to bring attention to issues of unjust and lengthy sentences and the accelerated aging of elderly prisoners — of two…
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Highlighting the proud track record of UCLA School of Law students who aspire to be leaders in public interest law, seven recent graduates have earned esteemed post-graduate fellowships from top organizations in the field.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Undeterred by the pandemic, the Law School hosted 39 events online in the past year. Most events had 200-300 attendees, about three times the audience in-person events attracted in the past. The total attendance for the events from fall 2020 through spring 2021 was 7,237.
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — After retiring from careers in international banking and law, Paul Schneider ’18 LLM became a student again, enrolling at UConn School of Law to study human rights and social justice. Being selected as the 2017 recipient of the Olimpiad Ioffe Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student in Comparative Law inspired…
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CORNELL CHRONICLE — Summer Session at Cornell is a well-known way for students to catch up or get ahead by earning credits before the fall and spring semesters, but many may not realize there are opportunities to take incredible classes offered only during the summer with top Cornell faculty.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Parole Information Project makes tough-to-access documents accessible to families, the general public, and attorneys trying to obtain parole for clients. As the outcry over mass incarceration continues to grow, here’s why this crucial resource is ramping up and why it matters so much now.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On July 6, Fordham Law School launched this year’s annual Pre-Law and Summer Institutes. These programs are offered online, and both cohorts are combined for the first time.
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