UNLV Law hosts oral arguments for Nevada Court of Appeals
3NEWS LAS VEGAS — UNLV’s law school hosted oral arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases appearing before the Nevada Court of Appeals. Chief Judge Micahel Gibbons and judges Bonnie Bulla and Jerome Tao heard arguments inside the Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom, with students and faculty invited to attend.
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NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — Your professors can be your biggest and best mentors, resources, and champions in law school and even after you graduate. The opportunities to learn from them extend far beyond the classroom too. You might work side-by-side on a research project, join them for a press conference, or just turn to them…
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AROUND THE O — Black History Month will provide the UO opportunities to celebrate and honor the strength, contributions and struggles of the black community on campus and beyond, as well as to assess where community is and where it needs to go. The month starts off with a Black History Month mixer at the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black…
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UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC — University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law students will gain valuable experience by providing legal services to formerly incarcerated people who are experiencing homelessness in the Sacramento area, thanks to a multi-year, $420,000 grant from the nonprofit CARESTAR Foundation. McGeorge law students and attorneys will help clients by providing legal services that include…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — This past fall, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School hosted the UN’s former Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, author of the UN’s 2015 Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, to co- teach a course on the Women, Peace, and…
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ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY — Judge DiFiore’s enthusiasm for Presumptive ADR—and for her larger plan to enhance the quality of justice in New York—was palpable as she addressed St. John’s 1Ls on the first day of their January intersession Lawyering course, which teaches negotiation and other key dispute resolution skills. Praising the week-long course, and complementary offerings…
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DARLINGTON NEWS & PRESS — It came as she was researching law schools and discovered professor Marcia Zug and her work with indigenous peoples — particularly her comparative law research into the treatment of indigenous tribes in the United States and Australia. While saddled with the unassuming title of “Special Topics in Legislative Drafting,” the groundbreaking class…
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State University Law School student Erin Gianopoulos was recently named to Michigan State University’s newest class of Michigan Political Leadership Program fellows. As a fellow, Gianopoulos will spend 10 months learning about how to govern, lead in public service and run for elected office.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LAW SCHOOL — Chicagoan Alex Knorr is the latest University of Wisconsin Law School student to be named a Stearns-Shaw Scholar. Knorr, who earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at American University in Washington, D.C., received the award for her commitment to defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. At the…
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VOX — A group of Harvard Law School students on Wednesday shouted down speakers and stalled a campus recruitment dinner hosted by a major law firm that represents fossil fuel interests in climate change lawsuits. But the firm also represents Exxon, the world’s largest investor-owned oil company, in a number of climate lawsuits filed by city…
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