University of Dayton Law students assist municipal court in establishing self-help legal assistance center
DAYTON DAILY NEWS — Dayton Municipal Court has opened a new self-help center to try to help citizens negotiate the judicial system, especially those who represent themselves. The new center provides resources and in-person assistance from University of Dayton School of Law students.
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UNIVERSITY OD DETROIT MERCY LAW — On Thursday, Jan. 30, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will usher in Black History Month with an evening that acknowledges and celebrates the School’s past, present and future. In partnership with the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the School will also introduce the Henry H. Tarrant Award for Black…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Ethan Cramer Gibbs, Kevin Darby, and Pamela White, all Fordham first-year law students from the Sports Law Forum, bested 40 other law schools at Tulane Law School’s International Baseball Arbitration Competition. The team, coached by Nathaniel Liebes, Rob Pannullo, and Nick Reade, took on Pace Law School in the championship round and sealed Fordham…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As part of Fordham Law’s commitment to making professionalism a core part of legal education, the Law School recently held its first ever spring orientation for first-year law students returning from their winter break. In preparation, every student completed a set of online modules developed by Open Mind, an organization dedicated to fostering…
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The School of Law’s innovative mentorship program has connected more than 700 law students with four-person support teams since its start in 2016. The mentor teams consist of upper-level law students, faculty members, career development officers and alumni/alumnae/professional mentors. The program is quite flexible as mentors and mentees are encouraged…
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Fired up by the idea of advocating for others, Maryland Carey Law student Maya Foster ’22 has wanted to be a lawyer as long as she can remember. Reading Bryan Stevenson’s best-selling novel Just Mercy. Before Foster knew it, Associate Dean Russell McClain had arranged the free event…
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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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