Texas A&M Law announces Hagler Fellows
TEXAS A&M TODAY — The Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University announced today 10 Hagler Fellows for its Class of 2020-21 and one Distinguished Lecturer. The Fellows belong to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, or hold recognitions of equal stature in their fields.
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CNN — Brianna Hill, a recent graduate of the Loyola University School of Law in Chicago, knew she would be pregnant during her bar exam, but she wasn’t expecting a huge curveball in timing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Berkeley Law’s top-ranked environmental law program is blazing yet another new trail with the launch of GrizzlyCorps. GrizzlyCorps is a nascent AmeriCorps effort that sends recent college graduates to work in farm and forest communities across California. Each year, the initiative will select 20 fellows.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law will host its first-ever Public Service Challenge. The entire UCLA Law community – including students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and families – will be encouraged to vote and volunteer as poll workers, do election protection work or engage in other pro bono or public service opportunities.
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — To encourage University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates to cast their ballots this November, a team of University of Colorado Law School students will visit hundreds of classes virtually to instruct students how to register to vote and cast a ballot in Colorado.
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CORNELL CHRONICLE — The popularity of law clinics has surged in recent years, with 70% of Cornell law students participating in 2020, compared with 15% of students 20 years ago. Future goals for the program, Lyon said, include establishing an inter-professional clinical presence in New York City and a clinical teaching fellow program.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — IU McKinney has just launched a new intellectual property law clinic. It came about when a law student was seeking an externship opportunity for Summer 2020; he needed to replace the one that fell through once the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Kansas School of Law welcomed the Class of 2023 to Green Hall in August. The Class of 2023 is the most diverse in KU Law’s history, with 28% of the class self-identifying as students of color. 57% of the students are Kansas residents.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s 379 incoming 2020 students in the J.D. program are proving to be the most efficient, resilient, and digitally driven class in the school’s history. Located at the crossroads of international trade and industry, Miami Law draws students from a wide range of backgrounds, interests, and life journeys.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The Journal of Law and Social Change is one of the Law School’s seven student journals. JLASC is unique among the journals both in mission and its democratic article selection process, which occurs through a weekly seminar in which all members review, select, and edit pieces for publication.
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