Lewis & Clark Law student Jacqueline O’Keefe shares summer firefighting and clerkship experience
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Jacqueline O’Keefe (3L), shared with us her experience as a firefighter, and clerking this summer for a federal judge: “The 2020 season was my sixth season fighting fire. I started in 2014 on a contract fire engine company owned by my friend’s dad.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law student Jacqueline O’Keefe shares summer firefighting and clerkship experienceA look at the Penn Law Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies’ Externship Program
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students seeking practical legal experience have a plethora of choices, including nine in-house clinics as well as the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies’ Externship Program, which consists of more than 15 standing Gittis Externships. Students may also create their own ad…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Aspiring litigators learn early on that it is their duty to zealously advocate for their clients, regardless of whether their clients’ particular aims seem likely to engender more harmony in the universe.
Read More about A look at the Penn Law Mediation ClinicPenn Law students share experiences in school’s Transnational Legal Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Passing through the gate of the double-barbed-wire fence surrounding the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, Meroua Zouai L’20 thought about the Trump Administration’s anti-immigration policies and the people who bore the brunt of their cruelty — her clients.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Students who choose to participate in one of the nine clinics offered by the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School embrace the challenges and reap the rewards of serving real clients with real problems.
Read More about A look at Penn Law’s clinic mentorship and externship programsPenn Law Criminal Defense Clinic students protect rights of accused
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — When one of his classmates fell ill the morning of her client’s preliminary hearing, Evan Frohman L’20 was handed the client’s file and was told to be ready to face the prosecutor in court in under an hour.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — At the start of the pandemic, Chaya Baliga JD ’12, associate privacy counsel at Google, says she and other Santa Clara Law alumni had an urge to feel useful and help others. So she launched an alumni mentorship program at Santa Clara Law that has connected more than…
Read More about A look at the Santa Clara Law Alumni Mentorship ProgramGift to USC Gould Law establishes scholarship for first-generation students
YAHOO! FINANCE — The University of Southern California Gould School of Law today announced a generous $1 million gift from USC Gould alumnus and tax law attorney David Howard (JD 1970) and his wife, Susan, to establish a new scholarship with positive consideration given to USC Gould students who self-identify as the first in their…
Read More about Gift to USC Gould Law establishes scholarship for first-generation studentsSouthern Illinois Law hosts voter registration drive
WPSD LOCAL 6 — SIU School of Law students are coordinating a voter registration drive at two locations in Carbondale, Illinois. The four-day event will begin on Sept. 19 and run through National Voter Registration Day, which is Sept. 22.
Read More about Southern Illinois Law hosts voter registration driveUniversity of New Mexico Law Black Alumni Chapter launches oral history project
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — The UNM Black Alumni Chapter Oral History Project was spearheaded by Barbara Brown Simmons, UNM alumna. Brown Simmons, founder and current president of the chapter, is a former criminal defense attorney residing in California.
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