University of Tulsa Law student teams win regional trial competition
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA — Over the weekend of January 30 to February 1, two teams from The University of Tulsa College of Law competed in the Region 11 heat of the Regional 2020 National Trial Competition (NTC). One of the TU Law teams – comprised of 3L students Caleb Beacham, Brian Deer and Tim Schaefer – emerged victorious.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The William & Mary Jefferson Chapter of BLSA (Black Law Students Association) kicked off Black History Month with its annual symposium on Saturday, February 1. The topic of this year’s event was “Social Activism and the Law,” and was moderated by Professor Timothy Zick, the John Marshall Professor of Government…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Third-year students in William & Mary Law School’s Appellate and Supreme Court Clinic love an argument, and have recently logged the miles to prove it.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Eight William & Mary Law School students traveled to Nashville last month to attend the 37th Annual Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference hosted by the American Law Institute’s Continuing Legal Education (ALI-CLE) program on January 23-25. The students attended the event at the invitation of Robert H. Thomas and…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — With the variety of paths that a legal career offers, second-year University of Houston Law Center student Courtney Crews has taken advantage of several opportunities to bolster her versatility during on-campus interviews hosted by the Career Development Office. She has already interned with a federal magistrate judge and clerked with…
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OBSERVER — Melissa Aziz, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’17, is now in her third and final year at Fordham University School of Law. In May, she will depart Fordham, the place she has called her second home for the past seven years. Now, she hopes to help students looking to follow in her footsteps. The…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Male students are 18.6 percent more likely than female students to receive favorable grade changes when they ask for a grade change or challenge a grade, the researchers report. The researchers based their analysis on “a unique administrative dataset” from an unnamed large four-year public university that included final grade records and any grade…
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School and the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) are celebrating Black History Month with a series of events throughout February.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Jan. 31, 2020, American University Washington College of Law welcomed Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard and president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, to campus for “Rise Against Hate” to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The event commemorated landmark legislation…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Wednesday, Feb. 5, American University Washington College of Law’s Tech, Law, and Security Program (TLS). The day-long event brought together members of law enforcement and the cybersecurity community, industry experts, advocacy groups, and various branches of government to examine the current challenges to preventing, investigating, and prosecuting cyber and cyber-related…
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