A look at UC Davis Law’s First-Generation Advocates Program
UC DAVIS — As part of this commitment, King Hall is dedicated to maintaining a welcoming environment for students of all backgrounds. Under the direction of Dean Johnson, King Hall’s First Generation Advocates program was created to promote diversity and maximize the academic, professional, and personal success of students who are the first from their families to earn…
Read More about A look at UC Davis Law’s First-Generation Advocates ProgramUCLA Law Veterans’ Legal Clinic co-publishes advisory on Veterans Administration police practices
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic has teamed with the National Association of Minority Veterans of America to publish an advisory that outlines police practices and policies on Veterans Administration campuses that create barriers to providing necessary care for veterans.
Read More about UCLA Law Veterans’ Legal Clinic co-publishes advisory on Veterans Administration police practicesUC Irvine Law student Viridiana Chabolla receives 2020 Latino Excellence and Achievement Award
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that Viridiana (Viri) Chabolla ’20, has been selected to receive the 2020 Latino Excellence and Achievement Award, in recognition of Leadership. The award recognizes those who have advocated, supported and championed student success and research excellence in the Latinx…
Read More about UC Irvine Law student Viridiana Chabolla receives 2020 Latino Excellence and Achievement AwardUC Irvine Law Graduate Tax Program to offer online courses and in-person activities in the fall
UCI LAW — The Graduate Tax Program at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (the Program) announced today its plans for the Fall 2020 semester. In light of the ongoing global public health situation, the Program will offer all of its fall semester courses on an online basis, which will feature synchronous and asynchronous elements, and its faculty…
Read More about UC Irvine Law Graduate Tax Program to offer online courses and in-person activities in the fallFordham Law Immigration Rights Clinic succeeds in granting green cards for client family
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On March 9, 2020, just before Fordham University shut down its campus, a client of Fordham Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) came to the Law School to pick up an envelope containing green cards for her and her two daughters. The day was over four years in the making.
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THE HARVARD GAZETTE — The virtual celebration, Honoring the Class of 2020, will kick off at 11 a.m. on May 28, with the link going live at 10:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks from President Larry Bacow will open the ceremony, followed by orators Michael Phillips ’20 and Sana Raoof ’12, Ph.D. ’18, M.D. ’20. And the Harvard Band, which celebrated its centennial this academic year,…
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UIC JOHN MARSHALL LAW — Starting May 27, UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago will debut its Admitted Students Summer Excel Program. This six-part virtual program will allow newly admitted students to join their future classmates and faculty, upper-level students and alumni to learn more about law school and the legal profession.
Read More about UIC John Marshall Law launches Admitted Students Summer Excel ProgramNorthwestern Law first-year student Jamie Hwang shares experience learning online during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — The first year of law school is an unforgettable rite of passage to becoming a lawyer. I get that. But this year, it’s more “unforgettable” than usual. No one in my class at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law expected to finish it this way: attending Zoom classes, taking untimed finals and shooting…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri L’20, sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been awarded the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the country. Giwa-Ojuri, who was a Toll Public Interest Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will be a fellow at Community Legal…
Read More about Penn Law student Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri awarded 2020 Equal Justice Works FellowshipUniversity of St. Thomas Law Appellate Clinic advocates for prisoners’ rights before U.S. Court of Appeals
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — Third-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued a prisoner civil rights case involving attorney-client confidentiality before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22.
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