Quinnipiac Law students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa win national trial competition
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — The team of third-year students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa capped off an undefeated weekend with a win over Harvard-2 in the finals – and Kirby earned best individual advocate in the finals. Quinnipiac’s second team — consisting of second-year students – advanced to the semifinals.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law students Meaghan Kirby and Kaelyn Mostafa win national trial competitionSyracuse Law student Hilda A. Frimpong named editor-in-chief of Syracuse Law Review
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Second-year law student Hilda A. Frimpong has been elected by her peers as the next Editor-in-Chief of Syracuse Law Review. When she assumes her duties for Volume 72 (2021-2022), Frimpong will be the first Black student to lead the Law Review since it began publishing in 1949.
Read More about Syracuse Law student Hilda A. Frimpong named editor-in-chief of Syracuse Law ReviewUC Irvine Law International Justice Clinic successfully urges Los Angeles County to implement global gender rights treaty
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — For two years, students in the UCI Law International Justice Clinic have advocated for Los Angeles County to implement the United Nations Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Last month, the County Board of Supervisors approved a motion supporting CEDAW.
Read More about UC Irvine Law International Justice Clinic successfully urges Los Angeles County to implement global gender rights treatyHarvard Law students assist public housing tenants amid pandemic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Tenant Advocacy Project, a student-run organization at Harvard Law School that advocates for current and prospective public housing tenants, changed the lives and experience of several first-year students, allowing them to gain skills and learn to practice law in a remote work environment.
Read More about Harvard Law students assist public housing tenants amid pandemicUniversity of Miami Law student Emely Sanchez publishes paper on post-pandemic public health workforce recommendations
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a robust public health system. In a paper published in the ABA’s Health Law Section, third-year Miami Law student Emely Sanchez, describes how the pandemic has led to the reformation and reinvigoration of the public health workforce.
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NEBRASKA TODAY — Richard Moberly, dean of the College of Law, shared the recent work of the Civil Clinical Law program in establishing the Tenant Assistance Project with local non-profits, which paired student and volunteer attorneys with residents facing eviction. “They leveled the legal playing field for tenants during the pandemic,” Moberly said.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law establishes Tenant Assistance Project to help residents facing evictionNew York Law School students build and present legal tech tools to Microsoft committee
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — In a path-breaking initiative, three NYLS students recently built legaltech apps using Microsoft’s Power Platform and presented their work to Microsoft’s Legal Operations Technical Sharing Committee. Professor Houman Shadab and Jason Barnwell led the session.
Read More about New York Law School students build and present legal tech tools to Microsoft committeePenn Law students Tiffany Keung and Apratim Vidyarthi win First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Tiffany Keung L’22 and Apratim Vidyarthi L’22 were announced as the winners of the 13th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition, presented by the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law. The pair also won “Best Brief.”
Read More about Penn Law students Tiffany Keung and Apratim Vidyarthi win First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court CompetitionPepperdine Law Community Justice Clinic collaborates with global institutions to investigate human trafficking in the US
PEPPERDINE NEWSROOM — In fall 2020 faculty and students at the Community Justice Clinic at the Caruso School of Law partnered with law professors and students in Brazil and Colombia to research and compare laws in every nation in North, Central, and South America, with a particular focus on human trafficking and modern slavery.
Read More about Pepperdine Law Community Justice Clinic collaborates with global institutions to investigate human trafficking in the USAlbany Law clinic pairs students and alumni to help asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — While the pandemic has changed collaborations, Albany Law School students, faculty, staff, and alumni still found a way to work together to help asylum seekers in the largest refugee tent city on the US-Mexico Border this past fall. The teams assisted asylum seekers living in Matamoros, Mexico with asylum applications.
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