University of Michigan Law hosts Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for discussion on protecting voting rights
THE MICHIGAN DAILY — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson spoke to over 30 University of Michigan Law School students and faculty at Hutchins Hall on Monday to discuss the 2020 election, constitutional voting rights and new election legislation ahead of the 304th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution this coming Friday. The event was…
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KULR8.COM — As federal and local eviction moratoriums expire around the country, the Attorney General is looking to a specific group of students to help with process. Law students at the University of Montana are answering that call and volunteering, helping renters know their rights as they face eviction.
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NEBRASKA TODAY — The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center has announced its second class of student fellows, with students from graduate programs across the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Members of the class come from a diverse range of programs — from integrated media communications and computer engineering to law — but share an interest in exploring the pressing issues…
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ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER — More than 100 law students at all five law schools in Alabama signed on to a brief filed today that asks for a new trial for Toforest Johnson, who’s serving on Alabama’s death row, convicted of the shooting death of Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy in 1995.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Two participants in the University of Houston Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program were recent recipients of scholarships from Houston-based appellate and trial firm Beck Redden LLP.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF LAW –U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School alumna and longtime faculty member, returned to campus at the beginning of the fall semester to teach an intensive course to 15 third-year law students.
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PENN STATE NEWS — Over the past 15 months, Penn State Dickinson Law led law schools across the country in creating and sharing antiracist scholarship and introduced a new antiracist curriculum. Encouraging more students of color to attend law school is a critical aspect of combating systemic inequality and promoting antiracism, and Dickinson Law is…
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REUTERS — Attorneys and staff from Troutman Pepper will spend the spring semester working alongside University of Richmond law students to identify potential new markets and ways to improve the way it operates.
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WILLIAM A. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW — The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has created the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. The Center recently received approval by both the UA System Board of Trustees and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
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UGA TODAY — The University of Georgia School of Law has named its iconic rotunda after its first Black graduate, Chester C. Davenport. A portrait of Davenport is being commissioned and will eventually hang in the space located at the main entrance to the law school.
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