New York Law School celebrates success in national moot court competitions
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL NEWS — This fall, NYLS was a quarterfinalist in two major moot court competitions, with support through a new MCA Senior Fellow Program. The program, developed by new Moot Court Faculty Advisor Ann Schofield Baker ’97, pairs individual teams with a highly experienced attorney coach to help them prepare for competition.
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NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — A Chase trial team won the Kentucky Mock Trial Competition this past weekend, defeating all other Kentucky law schools for the second year in a row. The team of Brianna Fuqua, Brittany Ellis, Christy Hiance and Chelsea Himes won every judge’s ballot in every round. Team coaches were Ryan Dowdy ’03, Nick Hunt ’17, Jesse Taylor…
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — The Notre Dame Law School Moot Court Board hosted the fourth annual National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom on Nov. 8-9 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom. The aim of the tournament is to identify important issues in religious freedom, and have students write briefs and orally argue and…
Read More about Notre Dame Law hosts National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious FreedomNotre Dame Law Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic helps client secure trademark
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — An Indiana nonprofit helping families affected by epilepsy got some much-needed help from Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic to protect its brand. Jodi Clifford, director of the IP Clinic and clinical professor of law, said the work is great experience for students to be able to…
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QUINNIPIAC — Working for the Quinnipiac School of Law’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project (HTPP) has taught Cynthia Lill, JD ’21, that anyone, including children, can potentially be at risk. Since 2017, the human trafficking prevention team has trained workers in various industries throughout Connecticut — including hospitality and health care — to identify and respond to…
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School announces the establishment of a new Environmental Justice (EJ) Clinic. The program is one of just a few law school clinics in the United States devoted to environmental justice, a practice at the intersection of civil rights and environmental law. Clinic students are already involved in several cases, working in…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Virginia School of Law students and a recent alumnus have won prominent legal writing competitions. David Rubin, who graduated last spring, won the International Fiscal Association USA Branch 2019 Writing Competition for the best scholarship exploring any topic relating to U.S. taxation of income from international activities,…
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FUTURE LAW PODCAST — Dan Hunter chats with University of Manchester students, Cian Heeley, Mandeep Hayer and Wunmi Akanji who were lucky enough to spend two weeks working with the geniuses at DWF on a legal design/innovation project with a very well-known sporting club in Manchester. Inspiring insights into the way that this sort of program changes…
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USA TODAY — The USA TODAY Network launched a series on the Latino community in the U.S. called Hecho en USA, or made in America. Roughly 80% of all Latinos living in the U.S. are American citizens. But media coverage of Hispanics tends to focus on immigration and crime, instead of how Latino families live, work…
Read More about Record number of Hispanic students are attending colleges nationwideOpinion: Academic integrity violations at colleges are underreported
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — If you’ve taught in higher education, you no doubt have discovered plagiarism on a written assignment or cheating on an exam. It’s also likely that your college or university requires you to report every one of those incidents — or maybe on your campus, that’s a request rather than a…
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