UCLA Law students Andrew Barondess and Charlotte Leszinske help launch international moot court initiative
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Andrew Barondess ’20 and Charlotte Leszinske ’20 launched UCLA Law’s Vis International Moot Organization (VIMO) in 2019 to bolster the law school’s efforts in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the leading student competition for international arbitration. The Vis moot court involves a series of international events that culminate in…
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — Students in the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law and Policy Clinic (TLPC) are addressing concerns surrounding the oversight and implementation of automatic speech recognition (ASR), an artificial intelligence technology that detects speech and turns spoken words into text, and which is increasingly becoming the focus of debates in disability policy.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Congressman Thomas Suozzi ’89 recently met by videoconference with Fordham Law’s Democracy and the Constitution Clinic. The second-term congressman gave the students feedback on their proposals for reforms to the country’s institutions and its democracy.
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI NEWS — Just before final exams for the past 16 years, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law faculty and staff have donned chef hats and aprons and dished up an elaborate lunch and dinner for their students, which was unfortunately canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER — The Indiana University Maurer School of Law student was part of the patent trial class that spends an entire semester preparing a patent case then culminates in a mock trial. Typically the pseudo litigation takes place in a courtroom before a jury and real judge, but this year the COVID-19 emergency pushed…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Governor Kate Brown commuted two clients of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC) at the beginning of April. Suzanne Miles and Patricia Butterfield both applied for clemency in 2018 and were released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility on April 10, 2020.
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M LIVE — University of Michigan law students are offering free legal assistance to groups facing legal issues during the coronavirus pandemic.
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LAW 360 — Leader set up two online forms — one for attorneys in need of assistance and one for law students and paralegals to sign up for a group email list. Every day, she sends new volunteer opportunities to the email list. She vets the first people who raise their hands, to ensure they are…
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Oregon School of Law students, Shiwanni Johnson and Robert McMurtrie, participated in the world’s largest legal hackathon last month.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — The Center for Career Planning & Professional Development at the School of Law is pleased to announce that as a result of generous support provided by the Nancy and Dave Petrone Business and Law Success Initiative Fund, up to twenty students will be sponsored to participate in the LawMeets®…
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