Fordham Law to return to in-person classes this fall
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — For the Law School, these policies mean that we are moving ahead with our plan to hold almost all courses and programming in person. A few courses will be offered online, and some programming will be held virtually, especially on Fridays, but this coming semester will otherwise be back to normal.
Read More about Fordham Law to return to in-person classes this fallGonzaga Law student Emily H. Geddes receives Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — Congratulations to Emily H. Geddes, recipient of the 2021 Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence! This award recognizes Geddes’s academic achievement of earning the highest cumulative grade point average in the Class of 2021.
Read More about Gonzaga Law student Emily H. Geddes receives Dean’s Medal for Academic ExcellenceGonzaga Law student Noelle Green receives Dean’s Pro Bono Award of Distinction
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — Gonzaga Law is pleased to honor the student in each graduating class who has performed the greatest number of hours of Pro Bono work with the Dean’s Pro Bono Award of Distinction. Congratulations to the 2021 recipient, Noelle Green!
Read More about Gonzaga Law student Noelle Green receives Dean’s Pro Bono Award of DistinctionHarvard Law Impact Defense Initiative students work to overturn federal gun policy that perpetuates mass incarceration in Washington, DC
HARVARD LAW TODAY — It is not uncommon for a defense attorney to fight for justice for a client facing incarceration. What is rarer, though, is the opportunity to simultaneously fight for justice for hundreds of people in a similar situation all at the same time.
Read More about Harvard Law Impact Defense Initiative students work to overturn federal gun policy that perpetuates mass incarceration in Washington, DCLewis & Clark Law announces Davis Wright Tremaine LLP International Law Writing Award recipients
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The International Law Committee has announced the winners of the 2021 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP International Law Writing Awards. Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law announces Davis Wright Tremaine LLP International Law Writing Award recipientsLewis & Clark Law student Jessica Olave to provide legal aid services to agricultural workers in Oregon
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Jessica Olave ’23 was named one of a few dozen law students in the nation to be a Student Fellow for Equal Justice Works’ Rural Summer Legal Corp. She will work with Legal Aid Services of Oregon to help agricultural workers in rural counties of Oregon.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law student Jessica Olave to provide legal aid services to agricultural workers in OregonUniversity of Miami Law students Victor Bruzos and David Fernandez-Fidalgo selected as IP Law Institute Scholars
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The HNBA/Microsoft IP Law Institute has chosen two more Miami Law students – Victor Bruzos and David Fernandez-Fidalgo – to attend its summer institute, designed to provide opportunities for Latino students interested in intellectual property law.
Read More about University of Miami Law students Victor Bruzos and David Fernandez-Fidalgo selected as IP Law Institute ScholarsNew England Law Boston graduate Sofia Nuno Unanue delivers commencing address on overcoming adversity
7 NEWS BOSTON — Sofia Nuno Unanue congratulated her classmates at commencement. An accomplishment that has been full of both challenge and perseverance. “When I graduated high school I was undocumented. So, just going to college for me was a distant dream,” she said. “I felt very foolish to just think about it.”
Read More about New England Law Boston graduate Sofia Nuno Unanue delivers commencing address on overcoming adversityPenn Law student Raymond Magsaysay publishes article on the impact of mass incarceration on the AAPI community
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In a forthcoming article in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Raymond Magsaysay L’22 explores the multifaceted problem of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) being largely left out of recent conversations about overhauling the criminal justice system to address racial injustice.
Read More about Penn Law student Raymond Magsaysay publishes article on the impact of mass incarceration on the AAPI communityPenn Law student Amani Carter examines anti-Black bias in artificial intelligence
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Amani Carter L’22 in the Law School’s AI and Bias Lab, taught by Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership Rangita de Silva de Alwis, has developed a new study on Unmasking Coded Bias.
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