A look at Penn Law’s clinic mentorship and externship programs
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.
Read More about Penn Law Criminal Defense Clinic students protect rights of accusedA look at the Santa Clara Law Alumni Mentorship Program
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.
Read More about University of New Mexico Law Black Alumni Chapter launches oral history projectArizona State University Law faculty and community raise funds for students affected by the pandemic
ASU NOW — In a world that is changing every day, the faculty of Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University stepped up to support its students in multiple ways while providing the most exceptional legal education possible.
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U.S. NEWS — If you are starting law school this year, you must have a lot on your mind. Besides adjusting to the rigors of legal education, from deciphering cases to handling cold calls, you confront the unprecedented impact of a pandemic that wholly disrupted campus life.
Read More about Advice for law students navigating the transfer processMichigan State University Law merger results in delay in federal student loans
LANSING STATE JOURNAL — It’s two weeks into the new semester and hundreds of MSU College of Law students are still without their student loans.
Read More about Michigan State University Law merger results in delay in federal student loansHarvard Law institutes social media policy to protect student privacy in the classroom
ABA JOURNAL — If you are a Harvard Law School student making a social media post about something said in class, you should not write it in a way that identifies the speaker to those who were not there, according to a new policy at the school.
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