Penn State Law student Britny Martinez selected for diversity scholarship and clerkship
PENN STATE LAW — First-year law student Britny Martinez has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Penn State Law Diversity Scholarship, which was created in July 2020. As part of the award, Martinez will receive tuition support and a summer clerkship with the law firm.
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QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — “Equity, diversity, inclusion and justice mean more than having a certain percentage of your workforce or student body from underrepresented communities,” William Tong, attorney general for the state of Connecticut, recently told member of the School of Law’s Student Bar Association.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Megan Kaleah, L’22, offers a helpful visual representation to illustrate the challenges that deaf clients encounter when seeking legal representation. Kaleah took on the concept of cultural competency in her second-year research project, bringing together two of the topics she’s most passionate about.
Read More about University of Richmond Law student explores lawyers’ professional responsibility with deaf clientsUniversity of Richmond Law student-run journal hosts virtual symposia offerings
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — The annual symposia hosted by the University of Richmond Law Review, the Richmond Public Interest Law Review, and the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology are a highlight of the academic year, bringing together scholars and practitioners for a day of learning on timely and topical legal issues.
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DAILY TROJAN — In addition to the skills and experiences that SCMC provides its members as undergraduates, students can now also participate in SCMC while earning college credit through the new WRIT 340 moot court section and a writing elective WRIT 499 “Practical Argumentation.”
Read More about University of Southern California to offer moot court class for undergraduatesUsing sign language, University of Virginia Law student Jehanne McCullough contributes to federal appeals win
ABA JOURNAL — Jehanne McCullough, a University of Virginia School of Law student who is deaf, recently argued a federal excessive force appeal through the school’s appellate clinic, and three American Sign Language interpreters were also involved in the process. McCullough, a 3L, signed oral arguments with one interpreter.
Read More about Using sign language, University of Virginia Law student Jehanne McCullough contributes to federal appeals winABA House of Delegates approves resolution urging bar examiners to allow test-takers to carry feminine hygiene products into bar exam sites
ABA JOURNAL — The right of bar examinees to bring tampons and pads with them was addressed in a measure overwhelmingly approved by the House of Delegates at the ABA Midyear Meeting on Monday. Resolution 105 calls on the bar admission authority in each jurisdiction to permit test-takers to take menstrual products into the bar exam.
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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Working tenaciously to level the playing field is a hallmark of Berkeley Law students. Allaa Mageid ’21, Ian Good ’22, and Rachel Terrell-Perica ’21, and Marta Rocha ’21, help a different small nation assess United Nations Human Rights Council resolutions through field placements at the UNHR Program in Geneva.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students help nations assess Human Rights Council resolutionsUC Berkeley Law students form Political and Election Empowerment Project to prevent racial discrimination in redistricting
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The hard-fought 2020 election pushed many Berkeley Law students to advocate for campaigns, organizations, and causes. For those in the student-led Political and Election Empowerment Project (PEEP), a new partner is stretching their work into the critical 2021 redistricting year.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students form Political and Election Empowerment Project to prevent racial discrimination in redistrictingUC Davis Law student Jennifer Puza helps win release of incarcerated client
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Jennifer Puza ’21 helped win the release of Brian O’Donnell, an incarcerated man who had served 19 years of his 40-years-to-life sentence under California’s “three strikes” law. Puza argued a motion for O’Donnell’s resentencing, and release from prison, based on O’Donnell’s good conduct and rehabilitative efforts.
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