Boston College Law student Lauren Koster receives Skadden Fellowship for public service
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW MAGAZINE — Lauren Koster ’19 has been selected to receive a 2020 Skadden Fellowship to pursue a career in public interest work. She is one of only 28 students to receive the award this year and is the fourth BC Law graduate to receive this prestigious honor. Koster came to BC Law as…
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UCI LAW — In spring 2019, UCI Law students enrolled in “The AI Frontier: Disrupting Legal Services” successfully created and introduced a new California State Senate Select Committee on the Growing Impact of Artificial Intelligence. Members of the commitee held a hearing on the impact of artificial intelligence in law enforcement at the Anaheim City Hall Council Chambers. UCI…
Read More about UC Irvine Law students help establish new California State Senate committee on artificial intelligenceFirst-generation college graduates at UCLA Law share experiences
UCLA LAW — In recent years, UCLA Law launched a First Gen In initiative to promote personal and professional achievement for these students and to build a stronger community through career workshops, networking events and other innovative programs. A group of students simultaneously launched the First Generation Law Students Association to enrich and support each other…
Read More about First-generation college graduates at UCLA Law share experiencesUCLA Law public interest program welcomes three new Skadden Fellows
UCLA LAW — Three UCLA School of Law students have received Skadden Fellowships to pursue public interest law after they graduate. The two-year fellowships, presented annually since 1988, are among the most prestigious and competitive awards for public interest law students. In their fellowships, Stephano Medina ’20, Eliana Navarro Gracian ’20 and Kelsey White ’20 will advocate…
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CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Juggling law school, a full-time job and a family has its challenges, but for several Capital University Law School students and recent graduates, it’s been a fulfilling journey. Here they share their advice on prioritizing obligations, striking a balance and pursuing lifelong dreams.
Read More about Capital Law students shares advice on balancing law school and careersCornell Law Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic wins case
CORNELL CHRONICLE — More than four years after surviving an attack by a mob that believed he was gay, a Ghanaian man recently won asylum in the United States with help from partners including Cornell Law School students and faculty. “It’s great news,” said Adam Kassner, J.D. ’16, who worked on the case as part of the…
Read More about Cornell Law Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic wins caseDuke Law Immigrant and Refugee Project students provide legal aid to detainees
DUKE LAW — In recent months Duke Law student volunteers, collaborating with fronteraTech, a legal nonprofit based in Durham, have provided legal orientation and consultations to more than 100 detained asylum seekers at the Alamance County (N.C.) Detention Center and are seeing encouraging results from their work. So far about 75 percent of the detainees advised…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — “Cuomo Prime Time” host Chris Cuomo ’95 recently spoke with students in Fordham Law’s Democracy and the Constitution Clinic about the clinic’s projects and how to effectively communicate about legal reform to a general audience. Cuomo drew on his experience as a practicing lawyer and two decades as a television journalist to respond…
Read More about CNN anchor Chris Cuomo visits Fordham Law to discuss legal reformU.S Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland presides over Harvard Law moot court competition
HARVARD LAW TODAY — One of the most anticipated events of the year, the competition—the culmination of a two-year process which begins during the 2L year in qualifying rounds—draws hundreds of spectators to the Ames Courtroom as two teams of six 3Ls argue a hypothetical case before an illustrious panel of distinguished jurists. This year, Merrick Garland…
Read More about U.S Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland presides over Harvard Law moot court competitionHofstra Law student Brian Primm awarded Business Law Honors Fellowship from law firm
HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — Hofstra Law student Brian Primm 1L has been selected as the 2019-2020 recipient of the Moritt Hock & Hamroff Business Law Honors Fellowship. The fellowship, which was established in May 2016, is awarded to an incoming law student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievements and an interest in pursuing a career in business…
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