Penn Law students participate in Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program on international law
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…
Read More about BYU removes same-sex intimacy as a prohibited act under honor codeColleges and students discuss increasing demand for and rising costs of mental health services
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…
Read More about Colleges and students discuss increasing demand for and rising costs of mental health servicesAmerican University Washington College of Law students win trial competitions
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…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law students win trial competitionsAmerican University Washington College of Law hosts Human Rights Brief Symposium
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Feb. 21, 2020, the Human Rights Brief invited students to critically think about the victimization of people in prison during a symposium on “Examining Conditions of Confinement,” which underscored how for marginalized people in prison, trends of prison abuse are compounded and concentrated with discrimination and exploitation.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law hosts Human Rights Brief SymposiumAmerican University Washington College of Law students Sahar Takshi and Hannah Yates selected as Gallogly Public Interest Fellows
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is proud to announce the selection of two 3L students as fellows for this year’s Gallogly Family Foundation Public Interest Fellowship Program.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law students Sahar Takshi and Hannah Yates selected as Gallogly Public Interest FellowsA look at UCLA Law’s Achievement Fellowship program
UCLA NEWSROOM — Created during the Centennial Campaign for UCLA with $4.2 million in generous donations from alumni and friends of the school, UCLA Law’s Achievement Fellowship program provides full-tuition scholarships to students who have overcome significant obstacles to get to law school.
Read More about A look at UCLA Law’s Achievement Fellowship programUC Irvine Law student Emily Johanson selected as Justice Fellow with Immigrant Justice Corps
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Emily Johanson, a student at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), has accepted a Justice Fellowship with the Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC), the country’s first fellowship program dedicated to meeting immigrants’ needs for high-quality legal assistance.
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