Hofstra Law offers new course on real estate
LIBN.COM — The university’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law is now offering a new, “intensive” real estate course to provide students with the skill sets needed to “navigate and shape the future of Long Island real estate development,” according to a press release about the program. The initiative is a partnership between the law school’s…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW — An article by a University of Houston Law Center 3L student and a recent graduate has been accepted for publication in the Environmental Law Institute’s Environmental Law News and Reporter. The article, “All this talk, but plastics keep piling up,” by 3L student Rachael Beavers Horne and 2019 graduate Chantal Carriere…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW — University of Houston Law Center 2L, 3L, and LL.M. students and recent graduates submitted applications to 45 employers at the Small & Midsize Firm Open House on Sept. 13 Lin the Commons. The Open House was the final event of the Career Development Office’s (CDO) Small & Midsize Firm Career…
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KU LAW BLOG — Since its launch in 2008, the KU Law Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) has provided free legal assistance to thousands of low-income patients at area hospitals while offering hands-on training to law students. Staffed by licensed attorneys and KU law students, the MLP provides assistance to patients referred by medical partners in Kansas City…
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — Mizzou Law celebrated the annual Tim Heinsz Bow Tie Day on Wednesday, September 25. Heinsz, a former MU Law Dean and Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law, died suddenly while jogging on the MKT Trail in July of 2004. Each year since his passing, colleagues, friends and students have celebrated Heinsz’s…
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PENN STATE — Arguing in front of an appellate court is a big deal for any seasoned attorney, requiring hours of research and preparation. For Jennifer Bruce, a third-year student at Penn State Law in University Park, the opportunity to present oral arguments in front of a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 12…
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UVA LAW — A teacher in Azerbaijan, a championship mock trial participant, an AmeriCorps tutor: Several members of the Class of 2022 who earned the University of Virginia School of Law’s top scholarships, which offer full tuition, hope to build a legacy of service and leadership beyond law school.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW — In Fall 2018, the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office at Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project, a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War.
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CARDOZO LAW SCHOOL — Four Cardozo law students-John Walpole, Lauren Rosenberg, Miriam Azizi and Esther Shuchat-participated in the Historical Jewish Moot Court, in February and August 2019, along with six students from Vienna, six students from Moscow, and eight students from Tel Aviv.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — In the winter of 2017, University of Chicago Law students, most of them first-years, launched an independent research project that would span the rest of their law school careers. The result was an 88-page report, released September 18, aimed at helping nonprofits improve the accuracy and depth of their hate…
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