Chicago-Kent Law students win appellate advocacy commitment award
CHICAGO-KENT SCHOOL OF LAW — Chicago Kent-Law student Kara Angeletti ’18 is the recipient of the 2018 Marc Grinker Student Commitment Award. The Grinker Award honors students who embody Professor Grinker’s dedication to the law school’s appellate advocacy program and to the law school.
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CHICAGO-KENT SCHOOL OF LAW — Chicago-Kent Law Class of 2018 alumnae, Alanna Elinoff and Stefanie Ferrari, have been selected to receive the 2018 Gary Laser Professionalism Award. The endowed prize recognizes students working in the Law Offices of Chicago-Kent who have best exemplified promise as practitioners as well as the highest standard of ethics.
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STAR TRIBUNE — From the age of 12, Carly Johnson knew she wanted a future that included a mix of politics and law. In seventh grade, she played the plaintiff’s attorney in a mock trial, representing a client bitten by a rabid dog.
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MIAMI LAW — Last month, second-year law students Gabrielle Wynn and Romney Manassa and Human Rights Clinic’s Associate Director Tamar Ezer had the opportunity to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to meet with the United Nationals Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UNAIDS, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
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THE DAILY IOWAN — A University of Iowa College of Law student is helping underrepresented students visit the law school with the aim of creating a more diverse campus.
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INDIANA LAWYER — Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law students pursuing a juris doctorate degree online can now receive twice as many credits than they could before.
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UH LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center’s Interscholastic Alternative Dispute Resolution team earned top honors at the ABA’s regional Representing Clients in Mediation Competition last weekend in Birmingham, Ala.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law student Alexa Bordner ’18, executive articles editor for the Brooklyn Law Review, was recently honored with the Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award. She was recognized for her note, “How New York Drinks: If and How Third-Party Providers Can Integrate with the Three-Tier System,” which appeared in volume 83, issue 1…
Read More about Brooklyn Law student honored with Burton Distinguished Legal Writing AwardHarvard Law students in the Recording Artists Project provide legal assistance to musicians
THE HARVARD GAZETTE — “I figured I’d go to law school and I’d try to help musicians because even if I didn’t have my own voice, I could help them find theirs,” said Rechtszaid, J.D. ’19. “There hasn’t been a day when I’ve questioned my choice.”
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — A team of Fordham Law students from the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center won the New York Regional of the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, which took place the weekend of March 2.
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