A look at the Arizona State University Law externship program

July 15, 2019

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Arizona State Law Professor Veronica Chacon heads the externship program, which has about 180 students participate each semester, working with more than 100 employers. The general externship program is mainly for positions in the Phoenix area. A 3L residency program is a full-year program working with small to midsize law firms.

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University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law students provide legal aid to rural residents during spring break

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW —  University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law students spent their spring break providing legal services on the road to rural communities in Arkansas. Abigail Brenneman, Andrew Rogers, Libby Nelson, and Lisa Roam took part in Legal Aid of Arkansas’s Spring Break on the Road to Justice program.

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University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law student describes experience with medical-legal partnership

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law student and singing sensation Caleb Conrad is using his talents to help Arkansans in need of a lawyer through a law clerk internship with Legal Aid of Arkansas’s Medical-Legal Partnership.

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UC Irvine Law Criminal Justice Clinic secures compassionate release for non-violent offender

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic is celebrating the grant of compassionate release for client Arturo C., a 69-year-old man who had served 30 years in prison as part of a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense.

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A look at the University of Virginia Law Legal Writing Fellows program

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Legal Writing Fellows are 2L and 3L students who help mentor 1Ls as they navigate the school’s yearlong Legal Research and Writing course, part of University of Virginia Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program. Students complete writing assignments that culminate in a memo and an appellate brief.  

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UC Berkeley Law students successfully advocate for end of fees for youth in Nevada criminal system

July 8, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Starting July 1, Nevada families will no longer have to pay thousands of dollars for everything from food to a public defender when they have a child in the juvenile delinquency system, thanks to the initiative of two Berkeley Law students in the Policy Advocacy Clinic.

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Florida A&M Law student team wins moot court competition hosted by Florida Bar Association

July 8, 2019

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Florida A&M Law’s Moot Court Team placed first at the Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition hosted by the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar Association. In the final round, Florida A&M Law won against Stetson Law.

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Lewis & Clark Law student CJ Fuenzalida awarded IP fellowship from Hispanic Bar National Association

July 8, 2019

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law 2L student CJ Fuenzalida is one of 30 law students selected for the national fellowship from the Hispanic Bar National Association’s Intellectual Property Law Institute. Co-sponsored by Microsoft, the highly competitive fellowship funds students’ participation in their IP Law immersion program.

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Recent John Marshall Law graduate Ana Torres selected for Equal Justice Works Fellowship

July 1, 2019

GLOBE NEWSWIRE — Ana Torres, a May 2019 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, has been selected as a recipient of the 2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. The fellowship is one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country.

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Drexel Law hosts annual mock trial competition

July 1, 2019

DREXEL LAW — Sixteen undergraduate students from around the U.S. squared off at the second annual Trial by Combat mock trial competition at the Kline Institute of Trial Advocacy June 22-23.

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