WMU-Cooley Law students host mental health awareness discussion
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COOLEY LAW — The Black Law Students Association of WMU-Cooley’s Tampa Bay campus hosted a mental health awareness panel discussion on Thursday, Oct. 17, geared toward law students and attorneys. Panelists for the “Healthy Living and the Law – Strategies for Students and Attorneys” discussion, included Mandi Clay, mental health expert and founder and…
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CLEVELAND.COM — The victory not only ended a spectacular season for the Empire, but it was a perfect ending of sorts for Quintin Sims. He managed to balance football with his first year of law school at Case Western Reserve while being married with two small children.
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The Florida State University College of Law Trial Team won first place in the 2019 Mockingbird Challenge National Trial Competition held Oct. 9-12 in Montgomery, Alabama. Winning team members are third-year law student R. McLane Edwards, from Quincy, Florida, second-year law student Genevieve Lemley, from Purcellville, Virginia, second-year law student Corie Posey,…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The event was presented by OutLaw, a student organization for LGBT concerns devoted to the issues of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at the school. The group is open to all students, regardless of orientation. Participants included 334th Civil Court Judge Steven Kirkland ’90, Scott Nichols an attorney…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Law school teams from five countries participated in the second annual “Write the Award” commercial arbitration writing competition co-sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute with students from Australia taking first place. The Blakely Advocacy Institute gives Law Center students the opportunity to integrate substantive knowledge with…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The space – offered during special events at the College of Law – is simple, with a few chairs beneath a “Vol Talk” banner, a bright orange rug, and a table bearing small orange boxes that contain conversation-starting prompts. The Vol Talk space is designed to be an open forum for…
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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Evening law student Hyunjin Eugene Cho of Howell was appointed vice chair of the Privacy and Information Protection Committee, a part of the American Bar Association’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. According to the ABA, the committee focuses on the intersection of technology, civil rights and privacy protection. It’s an…
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YALE LAW — Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project at Yale Law School (SFALP) assisted in securing a major ruling with nationwide ramifications for immigrant families last week. On October 11, 2019, a federal judge granted an injunction blocking a newly revised “public charge” rule from being applied to residents in California, Maine, Pennsylvania,…
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — If you’re just beginning your first or second year of law school, the last thing you’re probably worried about is the bar exam. While you shouldn’t focus too much energy specifically on doing bar prep during law school, there are a few things you can focus on along the way that will…
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UCLA LAW — Ten years ago, the UCDC program opened its doors for students at University of California law schools to spend a semester in the nation’s capital, where they get an unparalleled view of the country’s legislative, court and policy-making machinery at work. The UCDC program accepts up to 35 students a year from the UC’s…
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