University of the Pacific McGeorge Law welcomes 100th class of students
PACIFIC NEWSROOM — The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law welcomed its 100th class of JD students to campus this month as well as a new class of graduate, online, and international program students.
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law alumna Nicole Geiser (JD ’21) and third-year JD/MDR student Tatum Lowe have won the semester-long ILC Cup sports arbitration and moot competition. The competition was sponsored by the law firm Ingles Laurel Calderon, which is the leading sports law firm in the Philippines.
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THE STATE JOURNAL — Former and current WVU College of Law students say the clinical law program is an indispensable part of the curriculum.
Read More about West Virginia University Law students and graduates describe the importance of clinical programsPandemic drives increase in enrollment of Hispanic students in graduate programs
CNBC — The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for Latinx students in the past year but it has also shaped their future plans. Many chose to go to graduate school to add another degree to their resume before they hit the job market.
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ADAMS AND REESE LLP — Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that it has entered a partnership with Street Law, Inc., to bring the first Legal Diversity Pipeline program to Alabama. Through this program — designed to encourage the pursuit of legal careers by young people from groups that are currently underrepresented in the legal…
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AP NEWS — For three intense years, law students like Chase Wilde can’t escape the thought that the bar exam is waiting for them once they finish. He said the test maintains a powerful presence over students, always there in the back of their minds and often dictating which classes they take.
Read More about States evaluate bar exams and law licensing amid pandemicStanford Law professor Erik Jensen discusses the future of Legal Education in Afghanistan
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — What is the legacy of the American invasion of Afghanistan, twenty years on? For Erik Jensen, faculty director of Stanford Law School’s Rule of Law Program (ROLP), who helped launch the Afghanistan Legal Education Project(ALEP) in 2007 as a student-driven initiative in ROLP, the answer for him is simple: legal education.
Read More about Stanford Law professor Erik Jensen discusses the future of Legal Education in AfghanistanBelmont Law student Brandon Dragan wins ABA Journal writing contest
ABA JOURNAL — A law student in Tennessee is the winner of the 2021 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. The author is Brandon Dragan, who is entering his third year at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. He will receive a $3,000 prize for his short story, “Advokat,” about a lawyer…
Read More about Belmont Law student Brandon Dragan wins ABA Journal writing contestBrooklyn Law welcomes new students
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law School marked its return to campus Aug. 16, welcoming 439 new students at the annual Convocation ceremony. The event featured remarks from Alphonzo Grant ’98, managing director at Morgan Stanley, Dean Michael T. Cahill, Vice Dean Christina Mulligan, and Professor Neil B. Cohen.
Read More about Brooklyn Law welcomes new studentsCase Western Reserve Law students to brief case before Supreme Court of Ohio
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Students who begin their semester in the Appellate Litigation Clinic this fall will have an opportunity few practicing attorneys ever do: they will brief a case to the Supreme Court of Ohio, which last week accepted the clinic’s petition for discretionary review in an important case involving a…
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