Missouri-Kansas City Law student wins AccessLex scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Missouri-Kansas City Law rising 2L student Kourtney Hodge received a $40,000 scholarship from AccessLex. Recipients can use the scholarship toward their 2018-2019 tuition and other expenses.
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School’s Journal of Practical & Clinical Law accepted Missouri Law 2L student Abby Coursen’s paper, “Allowing for Specific Consents to Adoption – A Proposed Amendment to Missouri’s Section 211.444.”
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW — The ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development has named Derek Waller ’19 as the winner of its 2018 Law Student Writing Competition for his article “Leveraging State and Local Antidiscrimination Laws to Prohibit Discrimination Against Recipients of Federal Rental Assistance.”
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — Minnesota Women Lawyers recently named Minnesota Law 2L student Rebecca Rosefelt as the 2018 recipient of the MWL Equal Justice Award. Rosefelt received the award for her paper, “Empowerment to Breastfeed as a Right: Making Minneapolis a Global Leader in Women’s Rights.”
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — Miami Law LL.M. student Alexander Fischetti introduced the first blockchain application specifically designed to improve the processes of international conflict resolution at a University of Miami-organized conference in Brazil. Fischetti’s legal tech startup, Miami Blockchain Group, developed the Smart Arbitration & Mediation Blockchain Application, or SAMBA.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Human Rights Clinic students Maria C. Rodriguez, Danielle Befeler, and Riva Ryan spent their spring break in New York advocating for rural women by participating in the United Nations 62nd Commission on the Status of Women.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Startup Practicum provided legal assistance to global group Welever this spring as it established Miami as its U.S. headquarters to expand its social impact platform. Miami Law LL.M. student Jitka Kastankova helped bring the company into the practicum.
Read More about Miami Law student helps startup Welever launch U.S. headquartersMiami Law students gain perspective on water issues in Vietnam and China
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law students participating in the Water Resources Policy Program join students from Vietnamese and Chinese universities to learn a broad spectrum of water issues, including access to drinking water, wetlands preservation, and wastewater management.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Rising 3L student Catalina Rodriguez has already traveled to Vietnam and China, where she studied water conservation and international river management through Miami Law’s Water Resources Law and Policy Program. Now she is spending the remainder of her summer at the One Stop Career Center of Puerto Rico.
Read More about Miami Law travels around the globe to bring relief to the needyUniversity of Houston Law student wins national writing competition
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law 3L student Christina Beeler was chosen as the winner of the 2018 American Constitution Society Constance Baker National Student Writing Competition. Beeler will receive a cash prize for her paper, “Felony Disenfranchisement Laws: Paying and Re-paying a Debt to Society.”
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