Fordham Law student Elias Wright wins UNC Center for Media Law and Policy competition

August 4, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Recent graduate Elias Wright ’20 was awarded first place and a prize of $1,000 in the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy’s second annual James R. Cleary Prize competition for his student note, “The Future of Facial Recognition Is Not Fully Known: Developing Privacy and Security Regulatory Mechanisms for Facial

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Fordham Law student Christina John wins LSAC DEI Writing Competition

August 4, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Rising 3L Christina John ’21 won LSAC’s 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Writing Competition in the second-year law student category with her essay, “It’s Your Choice: Diversity and Inclusion or Irrelevance and Extinction (PDF).”

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Harvard Law faculty and students discuss experiences in online classes

August 4, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly escalating and an increasing number of businesses, schools, and other institutions were closing their doors to stop the spread of the virus, 1L Marisa Skillings headed to Cape Cod to spend spring break at her mother’s home. Just days before, Harvard President Larry

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Harvard Law student Prison Legal Assistance Project wins release for inmates with mental and physical disabilities

August 4, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Michael Horrell ’14 became the first of many Harvard Law School students to represent Richard Crowell when he appeared on his client’s behalf at a parole hearing in 2012. Horrell, who was working as a member of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP), would ultimately be the first link in

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Lewis & Clark Law announces Mentor and Mentee Award winners

August 4, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The 24th annual Lewis & Clark Law School 1L Mentor Program honored mentors Elizabeth Savage ’14 and Ryan Kunkel ’15 with the Andrea Swanner Redding Award. Mentees Chloe Williams ’22 and Jenna Richards ’22 both received the Outstanding Mentee of the Year Award.

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A look at Lewis & Clark Law’s Foundations of Professional Practice class

August 4, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Now in its third year of being taught to first-year law students, the one-credit Foundations of Professional Practice course at Lewis & Clark Law School teaches students skills to navigate law school and the steps to prepare and present a solid professional identity in the legal field for success.

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Law student volunteers assist small businesses in Pennsylvania with access to pandemic relief programs

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Small businesses have been hit especially hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a group of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students and recent graduates continue to be “indispensable” to the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, an innovative program that provides financial assistance to small businesses during these unprecedented times,

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A look at Penn Law’s Civil Practice Clinic

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Students who participate in the Civil Practice Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School quickly discover that attorneys have the power to change their clients’ lives for the better in immediate, tangible ways.

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Supreme Court of Virginia Justice Cleo Powell to speak at University of Virginia Law commencement in 2021

August 4, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Supreme Court of Virginia Justice Cleo Powell, a 1982 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will serve as the school’s commencement speaker for the Class of 2021 in May.

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New York law graduates react to postponement of bar exam

July 29, 2020

QUEENS DAILY EAGLE — Christina Lee was set to begin a new job at Legal Aid in September, just after sitting for the bar exam. But that was before the state cancelled the Sept. 10 and 11 lawyer-certification test on Thursday — the second time the Court of Appeals has decided to postpone the exam to

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