Vermont Bar Association recruits law student and lawyer volunteers for election protection efforts
NEWS 10 ABC — Shortage of poll workers not a problem in Vermont, thanks to partnership with state bar. In September, election officials around the country were scrambling to find volunteers to work the polls on November 3. But that’s not a problem in Vermont, according to several town clerks.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Students in The University of Akron (UA) School of Law’s intellectual property (IP) law program will help develop much-needed medical technologies in a new, interdisciplinary student competition launched by Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED).
Read More about University of Akron Law intellectual property students help develop medical technologies through new interdisciplinary competitionUCLA Law student Joshua Thomas receives Bruce I. Hochman Award for Excellence in the Study of Tax Law
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Success as a student in the law school’s rigorous tax law program led to a previously unexpected honor when Thomas graduated: He was awarded the Bruce I. Hochman Award for Excellence in the Study of Tax Law, the highest honor that UCLA Law presents to outstanding graduates in the field.
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THE NEWS RECORD — The Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) is a law firm that operates under the University of Cincinnati Law School, working on cases of men and women claiming to be wrongfully imprisoned in Ohio for crimes they haven’t committed. Each summer, around 20 law students are accepted as year-long fellows at the OIP.
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COLUMBIA NEWS — A group of Columbia Law School students and members of the Columbia Law Democrats set off to Pennsylvania to help ensure that votes were counted in Philadelphia polling places. It was critical that every Pennsylvanian was able to cast their ballot and that every vote was processed correctly.
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Florida State University College Trial Team won first place in the 2020 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition. The competition was held virtually over three days and hosted by the University of Buffalo School of Law. FSU Law’s Trial Team also won the Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition in 2016.
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UTAH PUBLIC RADIO — Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane said law students from the University of Idaho are among the poll workers serving today. The county also partnered with local school districts to have two high school students at every polling location. He said they’ll be especially helpful because of the county’s new electronic poll books.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — This year, two international students in the J.D./LL.M. in international law were selected to work in the dean’s fellow program and assist students in a pair of courses: contracts, a mandatory first-year class, and introduction to U.S. law, a course designed for Miami Law’s foreign-trained LL.M. students.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Amid COVID-19 cancellations and challenges, Melvin Hydleburg and Zahraa Nasser, both second-year students at Notre Dame Law School, argued and won an asylum case last month through the Law School’s National Immigrant Justice Center Externship.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Oregon Law has a long history of dedication to public service. In a year with a global pandemic and remote learning – that hasn’t changed. The law school recently reported that during the 2019-2020 academic year, 45 students logged 3,996 hours of pro bono work.
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