Wayne Law students Monique Eubanks and Edwin Piner win NFL Contract Negotiation Competition
WAYNE LAW — Students Monique Eubanks and Edwin Piner won the Wayne State University Law School NFL Contract Negotiation Competition Saturday, Nov. 23. The NFL Contract Negotiation Competition, which is in its second year at the Law School, is an opportunity for students to practice negotiation skills in front of practicing attorneys. Students represented either an NFL…
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Students at the West Virginia University College of Law have helped a U.S. Navy veteran receive a discharge upgrade. Students in the clinic also argued that the discharge upgrade was in the interest of justice because the Navy had failed to provide him with adequate treatment, which impacted his ability…
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Widener University Commonwealth Law School was the scene last month of a counterterrorism simulation conducted by international security expert and former Israel Defense Forces attorney Amos N. Guiora. The 17 students who participated in the simulation worked in teams and were assigned roles and tailored briefings in advance of the exercise, which was…
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Widener Commonwealth Law School students recently had the opportunity for the first time to help aspiring U.S. citizens and learn about the citizenship process as part of Catholic Charities’ Citizenship Day in Harrisburg. Eight Widener students, one alumnus and Professor Jill Family, director of the Law and Government Institute, participated in…
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Early in the morning on Oct. 2, Willamette Law students submitted a 6,500-word report to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council on the United States’ children’s rights violations. The project was an obvious opportunity for the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic, which advances legal protections for children and provides pro bono legal representation to individual…
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ENGAGED — Renee Stromski, a second-year student in Cleveland State University’s Cleveland Marshall College of Law, had the opportunity to enhance her legal skills, while pursuing her passion for social advocacy, this summer through an internship with the U.S. Department of Education.
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CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Peter Johnson, a 2L student at the Creighton University School of Law, was elected mayor of Sidney, Iowa, Nov. 5. The 27-year-old Sidney native was one of three write-in candidates seeking to replace incumbent mayor Paul Hutt, who will hand the gavel to Johnson at the end of December. Johnson received 62…
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THE COLUMNS — Hannah Cloh is a third year law student from Northbrook, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Knox College. At W&L Law, she is a Senior Articles Editor for the German Law Journal. This semester she is taking part in W&L Law’s residential externship in Washington, D.C., working at the…
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Brice Phillips ’21 wanted to study the law in a unique environment away from his home state of Texas. To help Phillips make his move, the College nominated him for WVU’s prestigious W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship. Named in honor of Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, the fellowship is available for…
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TIMES UNION — Sarah Rogerson, director of the Immigration Law Clinic at Albany Law School, said it’s not common for many people in these camps to gain asylum status or ever see a lawyer or go in front of a judge.
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