University of Southern California to offer moot court class for undergraduates
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.”
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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.
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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.
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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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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of their pro bono work for Justice Warriors 4 Black Lives, UCI Law students, Christopher Lawrence (3L) and Jasmine Smith (2L), testified before the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the U.S. (the Commission).
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations to the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court team, which competed last weekend in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court U.S. Regional Competition. This year there were three large U.S. regional tournaments.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of the class action lawsuit the University of Miami School of Law filed with partners against U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement, students help to save lives as they learn the intricacies of immigration law. The lawsuit accused the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement of ignoring COVID-19 guidelines.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Since 2007, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) has reached hundreds of undergraduate students in the greater Philadelphia area through the Outreach Program, Applying to and Succeeding in Law School.
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