UNLV Law launches course on law, racism, and policing

September 10, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — This William S. Boyd School of Law course is a mandatory one-credit course for first-year law students. It was inspired by events unfolding across the country over the past several months.

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Harvard Law LLM students create virtual events

September 10, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — When the coronavirus pandemic handed him lemons, Stefan Martinić LL.M. ’21 made lemonade—literally. Then he invited his Harvard Law School LL.M. classmates around the globe to join him for an online lemonade party, and sparked the class to create a variety of virtual social events that have bonded them closely, before

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Student loan debt weighs on the mental health of young lawyers

September 10, 2020

TAMPA BAY TIMES — Many new lawyers feel frustrated with their student loans — and some say they’re depressed due to their debt — according to a new report from the American Bar Association.

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UC Irvine Law student Anthony Perez awarded Mexican American Bar Foundation Scholarship

September 9, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Anthony Perez, a 3L at UCI Law, will receive a 2020 Mexican American Bar Foundation Scholarship. Established in 1991 by volunteer lawyers and judges, the foundation provides financial assistance to Latino law students who demonstrate academic achievement, community service and leadership and who have overcome hardships in pursuing an

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UC Irvine Law student Aaron Johnson awarded scholarship from the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles

September 9, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Aaron Johnson ’22, a student at UCI Law, has been awarded the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles’ (BPLA) 9th Annual Alfred Jenkins Scholarship.

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Fordham Law welcomes graduate students

September 9, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As the fall semester gets underway, Fordham Law welcomed 122 new graduate students: 63 students in 9 LL.M. degree specializations; 18 students in the in-person M.S.L. programs; 38 students in the online M.S.L. Corporate Compliance program; and 3 doctoral degree candidates, who will be working under the supervision of Professors Martin

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Fordham Law hosts fall orientation events

September 9, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — After closing its physical campus on March 9 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Fordham Law School reopened the building for the first time this week, welcoming new students for its first-ever hybrid orientation.

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A look at Georgia State University Law’s Center for Professional Development

September 9, 2020

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — The Center for Professional Development is a resource students at Georgia State Law are encouraged to take advantage of starting in the first semester of their 1L year.

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Harvard Law dean John Manning welcomes new students during virtual orientation

September 9, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — In a welcoming address during virtual orientation Thursday, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 predicted that many incoming students would use their legal education to help confront two of the most pressing challenges facing the United States and the world today: the COVID-19 pandemic and the longstanding fight against

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Harvard Law announces Weil Legal Innovators fellowship program

September 9, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School today announced plans to participate in the 2021–2022 Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI), a paid fellowship that enables incoming students to defer their first year of law school to work at a WLI partner nonprofit organization.

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