Law schools adapt to changes caused by coronavirus pandemic
THE INDIANA LAWYER — Fallout from the public health crisis includes law schools now conducting classes entirely online, the cancelation of at least one LSAT and states questioning whether they will be able to give the bar exam in July.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — According to the National Center for College Students With Disabilities, about one-fifth of undergraduates and 12 percent of graduate students have some kind of disability. For many of those students, the nationwide shift to online learning brings additional accessibility problems.
Read More about Students with disabilities report challenges accessing online classesAlbany Law receives gift to support students in law review
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School announced today that it has received a gift of $250,000 from Stephen and Prudence Younger ’82 to establish a scholarship in support of students of the Albany Law Review. This scholarship is being created in memory of David D. Siegel, a longtime member of the faculty at the law school and…
Read More about Albany Law receives gift to support students in law reviewBrooklyn Law students Elizabeth Potter and Emily Spanyer Sanford win student writing competition
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Elizabeth Potter ’20 and Emily Spanyer Sanford ’20, were awarded the top two prizes in the 2019-2020 Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition. Potter placed first for her manuscript “Revoking Religious Employers’ License to Discriminate: How to Limit the Ministerial Exception to What the First Amendment Requires After Hosanna–Tabor,” winning a $3,000 scholarship.
Read More about Brooklyn Law students Elizabeth Potter and Emily Spanyer Sanford win student writing competitionCase Western Law responds to coronavirus pandemic
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve University and the CWRU School of Law are adapting to a rapidly evolving situation in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The health, safety and well-being of our community are our top priorities.
Read More about Case Western Law responds to coronavirus pandemicCase Western Law hosts virtual moot court competition
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — This year, just eight days before this year’s competition was set to start, the law school and much of the nation were forced to cancel public events due to the coronavirus. But thanks to the efforts of the student Moot Court Board led by 3L Joe Shell, the…
Read More about Case Western Law hosts virtual moot court competitionNortheastern Law student Cassandra Dechaine assists in collection and prevention of COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts
NEWS@NORTHEASTERN — Dechaine and Pankowska are among a growing number of Northeastern students who have joined a coalition of public health students and professionals to help dozens of health departments across Massachusetts meet their needs as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
Read More about Northeastern Law student Cassandra Dechaine assists in collection and prevention of COVID-19 outbreak in MassachusettsQuinnipiac Law students Brandy Parry and Megan Spicer win virtual ABA Client Counseling Competition
QUINNIPIAC — Quinnipiac University School of Law students Brandy Parry, JD ’20 and Megan Spicer, JD ’20 won the 2019-20 American Bar Association law student division Client Counseling Competition…originally were scheduled to take place at Quinnipiac, but the university’s Society for Dispute Resolution team completely redesigned the competition so that it would be held virtually…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law students Brandy Parry and Megan Spicer win virtual ABA Client Counseling CompetitionSanta Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project assists in overturning wrongful murder conviction
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On March 3, 2020 the Superior Court of California of Sacramento County overturned the murder conviction of Jeremy Puckett, who has spent the last 19 years wrongfully incarcerated for murder and today the Sacramento District Attorney’s office dropped all charges and Mr. Puckett walked free.
Read More about Santa Clara Law’s Northern California Innocence Project assists in overturning wrongful murder convictionWayne Law student team wins best brief at National Appellate Advocacy Competition
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — For the first time ever, two Wayne State University Law School teams advanced to the final rounds of the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, with one team receiving the award for Fourth Best Brief in the country.
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