A look at Harvard Law Berkman Kelin Center’s Cyberlaw Clinic
MEDIUM — The 2019–2020 academic year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Cyberlaw Clinic, which is based at the Berkman Klein Center. To commemorate the occasion, we spoke with Kendra Albert (Harvard Law J.D. ‘16), clinical instructor in the Cyberlaw Clinic and former student in the Clinic about their takeaways from that experience, their current work, and what they’re the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Black Law Students Association presented a panel of three public interest lawyers who provided personal anecdotes and challenged misconceptions about the field recently at the University of Houston Law Center. Panelists were Labor & Employment Staff Attorney Kourtney Collins ‘18 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Assistant County Attorney…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Third-year law student Hannah Gordon was recently named a 2020 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award winner. Gordon, who serves as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Law Review, was one of 15 law students from around the country to receive this prestigious award, and the fourth Miami Law student to…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Three individuals closely associated with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School – Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff, Attorney Amy Maldonado L’98, and Adam Garnick L’21 – played a crucial role in the Third Circuit’s recent decision that federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction in immigration cases involving “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which send immigrant detainees to…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Students from Penn Law were selected to join their peers from 13 other leading US law schools in Washington, D.C. to explore the future of public and private international law at the eighth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program. The two-day program (February 20-22, 2020) saw top law students engage with…
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QUINNIPIAC — First-year students at Quinnipiac Law recently participated in our two-day Gateway to Practice program, designed to help future attorneys develop the skillsets they’ll need to succeed. The experiential initiative gives students the opportunity to explore what it means to be an attorney — practicing client interviews and oral presentation skills, through the collective…
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INSIDER — A high proportion of law students say they do not seek mental health treatment out of fear that it will scupper their career prospects, sparking a debate about how best to support the millions of young people entering the profession every year.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Brigham Young University’s recent removal of “homosexual behavior” as a prohibited and punishable act under its honor code has caused both celebration and skepticism in the LGBTQ community. On the surface, the removal of a passage in the honor code on Feb. 19 indicates that members of the university who display such…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students who have experienced mental illnesses themselves see the availability of on-campus services as one of the core responsibilities of the institutions they attend. They believe that if those services aren’t being utilized or are found by students to be inadequate, it’s up to the college to adjust. College-based mental health providers consider…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Three teams from American University Washington College of Law’s nationally ranked Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program excelled recently in regional and national competitions. For the third year in a row, AUWCL’s Moot Court Honor Society (MCHS) has won the Mid-Atlantic Regional round of the 2020 Phillip C. Jessup…
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