New York Law School student Jessica Rouf named Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — This fall, Jessica Rouf (née Cornejo Mercado) 3L will become one of 28 Immigrant Justice Corps Fellows nationwide. The prestigious two-year fellowship places recent law graduates in host organizations dedicated to supporting immigrants’ rights and representing those in need.
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QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — In a year dominated by a global health crisis and economic hardship, faculty and staff at Quinnipiac School of Law were infused with the spirit of philanthropy to make gifts beyond their annual donations to support the legal education of their students. One professor described his gift as the largest of his career.
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PATCH CONNECTICUT — Members of the Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic and Human Trafficking Prevention Project have proposed anti-trafficking legislation that was debated at a public hearing of the state Legislature’s judiciary committee at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 24.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Trying to get a pulse on students’ satisfaction this academic year to better support them has been like dreaming an impossible dream. As college and university leaders have reopened campuses, following meticulous plans with 100-page summaries, student feedback has been positive, negative and in between.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Tahir Duckett, a 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, is a civil rights attorney at the firm Relman Colfax. Just over a month after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, I walked into my first day. I was the only Black student in my section.
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ABA JOURNAL — Stephen M. Rich was asked in January to teach the first required course on race, racism and the law at University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, and he happily accepted the task. He recognizes that the student makeup of the course may be different than it would be for an elective.
Read More about USC Gould Law to require course on race, racism, and the law for law studentsCase Western Reserve Law Appellate Litigation Clinic students argue criminal appeals
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Last year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched a new Appellate Litigation Clinic, which recently completed a marathon month of oral arguments in four criminal appeals. In normal times, the court of appeals would likely have set these cases for in-person oral argument.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law students spent part of their spring break doing what UCI Law students do best – volunteering their time helping others. Earlier this month, nine students volunteered virtually for the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), by conducting research, collecting evidence, identifying witnesses, and much more.
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — For the third weekend in a row, the Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won first place in a national moot court competition—their fourth championship of the 2020-21 season. On March 13, the team won the 2021 UCLA School of Law Cybersecurity Moot Court Competition.
Read More about Florida State University Law student team wins UCLA Law Cybersecurity Moot Court CompetitionNew Georgetown Law Journal editor-in-chief discusses her experience and the challenges undocumented students face
THE WASHINGTON POST — As a child, Agnes Lee was taught to be fearful of the police and of airports. She didn’t understand why until her mother shared a family secret. Lee and her parents had been living illegally in the United States. Even as an undergraduate at Georgetown University, Lee initially kept her immigration status hidden.
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