UC Berkeley Law students share insights on resilience and human rights
MEDIUM — Andrea Lampros and Alexa Koenig of the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, discuss what students are learning about resilience and human rights in the Human Rights Investigations Lab. In addition to cultivating resilience, the program — developed in close partnership with our students — focuses on awareness, community, and impact.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Arkansas Law 2L student Michael Adkins has won the Arent Fox/Dale Bumpers Excellence in Writing Award. Adkins examines the Global Food Security Act of 2016, tracing its structure in context of the contemporary realities of global food insecurity.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — The 2018 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review honored Arizona Law 3L student Alex Erwin with a Honorable Mention distinction. His original article, “Hybridizing Law: A Policy for Hybridization under the Endangered Species Act,” was published in the Environmental Law Reporter in July 2017.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — 3L student Pete Sabori became the first Arizona Law student to appear as a student practitioner in tribal court representing a tribe. As a participant in Arizona Law’s Tribal Justice Clinic, Sabori represented the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, acting as a prosecuting attorney in a juvenile criminal case. …
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — Two Tulane students, 3L student Lydia Winkler and MBA student Marco Nelson, are the creators of RentCheck, a rental inspection app that allows both tenants and landlords to track a property’s condition using time-stamped photos. Winkler knows the tenant perspective and Nelson is a landlord.
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M Law 2L student Alex Antonio worked with transportation experts to co-author his first legal research publication, a policy brief addressing new legislation necessitated by new inventions titled “How Does Texas Law Change the Legal Landscape for Automated Vehicles?”
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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Rising 3L student Jasper Katz has been recognized for his service to the transgender community with both an Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest award and the David Rosenblum award, given by the LGBT Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County will honor Syracuse Law 2L student Olivia Fontana in Syracuse, NY. Fontana has been named a 2018 Pro Bono Champion.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Students in Syracuse Law Professor Lee Michaels’ rial Practice class recently participated in a simulated trial as part of their final grade. The simulated trial cast the students as prosecutors, defenders, and witnesses in a fictitious criminal case.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse Law 3L student Jasmine Greenfield has been named one of 30 Rural Summer Legal Corps Student Fellows. During her fellowship, Greenfield will provide housing representation to low-income clients in rural areas of New York
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