Lewis & Clark Law students attend ABA conventions
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Three Lewis & Clark Law School students attended the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention and the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) Conference, both held in Austin, Texas from November 7-10, 2019. This year’s conference focused on encouraging Asian Pacific American (APA) students to interact with and…
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UNIVERSITY MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Such was the case that brought more than 300 students and 130 judges to the University of Miami School of Law recently for the four days of the 2019 Global Oral Hearings of the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot Competition in cooperation with the Center for International Legal Studies…
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional ABA Labor Law Trial Competition held in Chicago over the weekend. They now will compete for the national championship in January in New Orleans.
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THE LAW SCHOOL NOTRE DAME — In an effort to address the issue, Chris Kozelichki, a former deputy prosecutor and now assistant director for career development at Notre Dame Law School, and 45 law students hosted an expungement clinic Oct. 29 (Tuesday) at the YWCA of North Central Indiana in South Bend. From 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.,…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — In a study conducted earlier this year by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, almost half of the college students surveyed (48%) reported food insecurity occurred in the previous 30-day period. Discussion about ways to help students at Dickinson Law with food and financial insecurity began at a Diversity…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students at the University of Virginia School of Law recently helped organize a three-day conference on human rights reforms that was co-hosted by the school’s International Human Rights Clinic in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together about 20 experts with experience in the European Court of Human Rights, the U.N.…
Read More about University of Virginia Law students help organize conference on human rights reformLaw students at several schools share their summer pro bono work experiences
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — When it comes to providing pro bono services as a law student, you’re usually working under the direct supervision of a licensed lawyer without being compensated, in academic credits or pay, for the work you do.
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SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW — That was the daunting challenge recently presented at a simulation hosted by the International Rule of Law and Security program, jointly developed by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University. The event drew almost 60 law students, undergraduates and other graduate students to ASU Law’s…
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BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE — Zane Fernandez ’21 has been named one of seven recipients of the 2020 Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship presented annually by Ropes & Gray. He is the third Boston College Law School student to be so honored in the past four years. Fernandez will receive a $25,000 award to…
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Chabolla, now a law student at UC Irvine, will be at the Supreme Court to defend the rights of people like her to continue working and paying taxes, a right she was granted under the Obama administration with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
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