Wake Forest Law student wins writing prize on reproductive rights law
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest Law student Hailey Cleek (JD/MA ’19) is the first place winner of the 2018 Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights Law, co-sponsored by If/When/How, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law.
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Villanova Law student Alyssa Pooler ’19 was one of thirty students, and the only law student from the United States, selected for the Inter-Policy School Summit at the University of Chicago. Students explore innovative strategies to address the interrelated issues of cybersecurity and trade.
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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — Vanderbilt Law 1L student Amber Banks has been named the Garrison Social Justice Scholar for the Class of 2020. The Garrison Social Justice Scholar receives a supplemental annual scholarship for the second and third years of law school, as well as stipend support for unpaid public interest legal work during the two summers…
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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — A group of Vanderbilt Law students in the Medical–Legal Partnership Clinic project provide seniors with information and assistance in creating the medical and legal documents needed to assure that the patients’ wishes are known and carried out if needed in the future.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LAW SCHOOL — Wisconsin Law 2L student Will Kramer received a 2018 Openness in Government award, presented by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council at a ceremony on April 19. The awards, also known as the Opees, recognize efforts to protect public access to open meetings and records.
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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — Two Wyoming Law students competed in the Black Law Students Association’s Negotiations competition in New York. 3L student Debra Bulluck and 2L student Sarah Davis are the first Wyoming Law students ever to compete in this competition.
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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — Hosted by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, the visit and tour offered a truncated version of the Natural Resources Field Course that has historically run at the University of Wyoming College of Law, allowing Wyoming Law students to see industry operations on the ground floor.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Seven members of the Black Law Students Association at the University of Virginia School of Law recently ventured to Cape Town, South Africa, to help residents who are still dealing with the after-effects of being relocated during apartheid.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia Law student Brooke Swann ’20 spent her summer fellowship working at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre in Johannesburg. The law school’s Monroe Leigh Fellowship in International Law enabled Swann to research human rights and help prepare litigation.
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Utah Law students Scotti Hill and Chris Eckels have been invited to present academic papers at a prestigious conference in Örebro, Sweden. Hill and Eckels will present their research at the International Roundtable for the Semiotics of Law hosted by Juridicum
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