College students raise concerns over COVID-19 liability waivers upon return to campus
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As fall semester approaches, students are increasingly opposing liability waivers and “informed consent” agreements required by colleges as a condition of returning to campus.
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FORBES — As a female law student, finding a mentor can be a daunting task. Where to look? Law Schools (National Legal Mentoring Consortium) have various programs that match volunteer mentors, former law school graduates, with law students at a sort of mentor/mentee round table “meet up.”
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — Yvonne Mendez was only six months away from graduating with a registered nursing degree from Anamarc College in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, when her plans for the future fell apart.
Read More about Report: College accreditation and financial oversight falls short at many institutionsAmerican University Washington College of Law details fall teaching plan
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — We are writing to follow the message you received from American University about the fall semester and to explain how that decision will apply to WCL. As you know, President Burwell announced earlier today that all AU instruction will be remote this fall.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law details fall teaching planPenn Law student Victoria Ochoa reflects on internship experience at Brennan Center for Justice
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Victoria Ochoa L’21 is a Texas native and a JD/MPP student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard Kennedy School.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC) has awarded the CTIC Summer Public Interest Fellowships to students Gerald Adams L’22 and Joshua Burd L’22.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — When third year law student Ricca Prasad moved to Los Angeles to attend USC Gould School of Law, she knew the city’s homelessness situation was bad but was still shocked by what she saw. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she feared the worst for the unhoused…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — For the past year, the Texas A&M Law Criminal Defense Clinic has represented a woman in her 60s, sentenced to life in prison in her 50s for a first-time drug offense. Students, under the guidance of clinic director and professor Amber Baylor, successfully petitioned for compassionate release on…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Localities and public universities in Virginia are prohibited from imposing living wage requirements in their procurement contracts. A professor and two students at the University of Virginia School of Law want to change that.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Third-year (3L) University of Akron (UA) School of Law student Henna Schafer has been named the graduate school co-chair of the University’s newly created Inclusive Excellence Action Team. Schafer worked as a legal intern at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in the summer of 2019 and was a law clerk earlier…
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