Quinnipiac Law hosts in-person commencement ceremony

May 17, 2021

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — The university conferred 102 juris doctor degrees to graduates of the School of Law during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 11, at 5 p.m.

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University of Virginia Law student Nooreen Reza receives Virginia State Bar Law Student Pro Bono Award

May 17, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia School of Law student Nooreen Reza ’21 was named this year’s recipient of the Virginia State Bar’s Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award.

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University of Wisconsin Law holds virtual commencement

May 17, 2021

WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL — UW Law School celebrated the Class of 2021 with a virtual commencement on Friday afternoon. Dean Dan Tokaji noted that this class of graduates had half of their law school careers impacted by the pandemic.

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Yale Law Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic publishes report on nursing home conditions during the pandemic

May 17, 2021

NEWS8 –Yale Law School Clinic released a major report on nursing home conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic Monday, researched and drafted by Yale Law School students in the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic on behalf of 1199NE.

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Duke Law launches speaker series examining systemic racism in America

May 10, 2021

DUKE LAW — New speakers series provides academic and historic lens for law students grappling with the high-profile killings of Black Americans by law enforcement in 2020.

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American University Washington College of Law celebrates anniversary of Disability Rights Law Clinic

May 10, 2021

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor and Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein founded the Disability Rights Law Clinic (DRLC) in 2005. Though his work in AUWCL’s nationally ranked Clinic Program began within the Criminal Justice Clinic, Dinerstein noticed how often these criminal clinic cases raised disability issues.

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American University Washington College of Law students launch Women of Color Coalition

May 10, 2021

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — After bringing the idea to Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Affinity Relations Lisa Taylor, and with the help of Assistant Director of Student Affairs Lucinda Gardner and SBA Director of Diversity Initiatives Isabel Garcia, AUWCL’s Women of Color Coalition (WOCC) was born.

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University at Buffalo Law student Shakierah Smith named diversity, equity, and inclusion editor of Buffalo Law Review

May 10, 2021

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Law Review’s staff voted to name Shakierah Smith ’22 to the position. It carries a broad portfolio focusing on welcoming more underrepresented minorities to its editorial staff and diversifying its published scholarship.

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Case Western Reserve Law Immigration Law Clinic prevents deportation of client

May 10, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — For nearly a decade, Professor Aleksandar Cuic and his students in the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Immigration Law Clinic have been on the frontlines of the battle for human rights in America’s immigration courts. On April 20, they scored a major victory.

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Case Western Reserve Law Black Law Students Association hosts Sankofa graduation celebration

May 10, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve University Law Black 3L Students marked their impending graduation with their first ever Sankofa Celebration. Held Wednesday, April 28, in-person on the lawn next to the Law School and livestreamed, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Inaugural Sankofa event was an opportunity to reflect upon…

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