UCLA Law students receive public interest fellowships
UCLA LAW — Three UCLA School of Law students have won prestigious fellowships through which they will serve immigrants and indigent defendants after they graduate in May. In addition, one recent UCLA Law graduate earned a fellowship for his work in helping people who are incarcerated in California.
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CHICAGO MAROON — All five racial and ethnic affinity groups at the Law School will boycott Admitted Students Weekend early next quarter, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) announced in a petition sent to Law School administrators
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — Florida State University student Karina Flores stood before the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice this month in support of a bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Montford that would prohibit the practice of placing young people in solitary confinement, except in special circumstances.
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY NEWS — Liberty University School of Law is celebrating two recent wins by its competition teams that are setting a standard of excellence for the program. On March 9, Liberty Law won the 2019 National Tax Moot Court Competition at the University of Florida after going undefeated through five rounds.
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OLE MISS LAW — Terrence Hunter’s goal is to help disadvantaged African Americans and their communities. His passion for civil rights was the driving force behind his decision to attend law school.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — Jessica Skocik, a third-year student at Notre Dame Law School and a Douglass Fellow with the Human Trafficking Institute, recently organized a conference on the fight against online sex trafficking.
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RUTGERS-CAMDEN NEWSNOW — Brian Lewis’ interest in a career in intellectual property was sparked when he was an undergraduate majoring in chemistry. Now, the second-year student at Rutgers Law in Camden is the recipient of a national Google Legal Summer Institute Fellowship that will provide him exceptional opportunities to propel his career
Read More about Rutgers Law student awarded Google fellowshipPenn State Law student discusses her journey toward joint doctoral degree in law and education
PENN STATE LAW SCHOOL — Penn State Law student Vanessa Miller’s drive toward a joint doctoral degree in law and education was the beginning of the final phase of an academic journey to find out who she was. The Miami native said the dual discovery of philosophy of education and law is more than adequately…
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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW — Before coming to law school, Ohio State Law 3L student Lydia Bolander Reback worked in political communications. She enjoyed the work, but always felt like something was missing. Now Reback found her stride during her 1L year with Moritz’s nationally-ranked Moot Court program.
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NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Joseph Becker (JD ’18) became the first Northwestern Pritzker School of Law student to win the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)’s Outstanding Student Award for his work in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Civil Litigation Center.
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