University of Kansas Law honors graduates for scholarship, leadership and service

May 26, 2020

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW – Ten University of Kansas School of Law graduates from the Class of 2020 received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. The award winners were part of a class composed of 104 recipients of the juris doctor as well as…

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Lewis & Clark Law students contribute to report on safety issues in US immigration detention centers

May 26, 2020

LEWIS & CLARCK LAW SCHOOL – Students in the Transformative Immigration Law course contributed to a human rights report published on April 22, 2020. The report addresses the issue of youths separated from their families and detained by ICE for months in juvenile detention facilities in Washington and at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility…

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Northeastern Law hosts virtual commencement

May 26, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Fearless but not flawless, Northeastern Law welcomed almost 1,000 participants across Zoom and YouTube to a live, virtual commencement celebration of the Class of 2020 on Thursday, May 21, 2020. More than 200 JD, LLM and MLS graduates were joined by family and friends from the across the globe for the festivities, which…

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Penn State Dickinson Law hosts virtual celebration for 2020 graduates

May 26, 2020

PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW – The global health pandemic may have resulted in the postponement of Dickinson Law’s traditional in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2020, but it did not stop administration, faculty, staff, students and alumni from collectively recognizing the accomplishments of the Law School’s juris doctor and master of laws graduates.

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Penn Law hosts online celebration for 2020 graduates

May 26, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – The First Celebration for the Class of 2020. Today, we salute the Class of 2020 with a virtual celebration. Congratulations!

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Penn Law professor Michael Knoll and students help Pennsylvania small businesses apply for aid

May 26, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – When real estate developer Jeff Bartos, co-founder of the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, asked Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law and Professor of Real Estate Michael Knoll for assistance in getting his project to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic moving, Professor Knoll knew that University of Pennsylvania…

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Penn Law offers free online summer courses and professional development to students

May 26, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is offering a wide range of new and innovative free courses and professional development programming to its students over the summer. Every law student and Class of 2020 graduate has the opportunity to take one remote course during a newly created special summer…

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Temple Law proposes tuition freeze for upcoming year

May 20, 2020

TEMPLE LAW NEWSROOM — Temple Law School Dean Gregory Mandel has asked the University’s Board of Trustees to approve a tuition freeze for all J.D. law students, both in-state and out-of-state, for the coming academic year.

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ABA announces winners of Student Loan Relief Scholarship Contest

May 20, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — The ABA, SoFi and USI Affinity recently announced three winners of their new Student Loan Relief Scholarship Contest, which asked entrants in February to answer the question, “How would an ABA/SoFi Student Loan Relief Scholarship impact your world?”

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UCLA Law Prison Law & Policy Program tracking COVID-19 cases in prisons

May 20, 2020

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Sharon Dolovich, a UCLA School of Law professor and Director of the UCLA Prison Law & Policy Program, founded the UCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project on March 17 to track health conditions in incarceration facilities and efforts to decrease prison populations during the pandemic.

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