University of Connecticut Law debuts course on technology and law practice
UCONN TODAY — Students in University of Connecticut Law’s new Technology and Law Practice class developed real technical solutions to help both a legal services agency and the law school’s Animal Law Clinic. Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman, who taught the class this past spring, designed it to be a hands-on, practical experience.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A group of J.D. and J.D./LL.M. students in this summer’s Health Rights clinical course earned their Licenciatura en Derecho, a J.D. equivalency, from Cuban universities and they all have studied in Miami Law’s LL.M. in U.S. and Transnational Law for Foreign Lawyers before commencing their J.D. studies.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Missouri Law students Allyson Brown and Alec Guy both received a King Award during the University of Missouri Law School Veterans Clinic Open House in 2019 for their dedication and commitment to assisting veterans in legal matters.
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NATIONAL JURIST — St. Mary’s Law 3L student Tanisha Taylor was gifted a $1,880 custom-fitted suit made from the fabric of her choosing from Patel and Gaines Law Offices. Taylor completed 225 pro bono service hours shattering the college requirement of 30 hours, and leading all other classmates.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA — Risign 2L Tulsa Law student Gavin Burl has been awarded a Diversity Scholars Program scholarship from the law firm Crowe & Dunlevy. Each year, Crowe & Dunlevy presents this major honor to a TU Law candidate based on “academic achievement, financial need and commitment to the law.”
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THE SOURCE — Students in the Criminal Law class of Washington University Law Professor John Inazu spent a semester learning about theories of punishment, questions of whether criminal justice can remedy injustice and issues of equity in sentencing.
Read More about Washington University Law students discuss experiences in criminal law classA look at the Arizona State University Law externship program
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 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 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.
Read More about University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law student describes experience with medical-legal partnershipUC Irvine Law Criminal Justice Clinic secures compassionate release for non-violent offender
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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