Albany Law student named inaugural veteran rights summer fellow
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law student Douglas Berinstein ’20 is combining his military background and legal training as the Law School’s first Veterans Rights Summer Fellow. Berinstein is fulfilling the fellowship at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, in the general counsel’s office of the North Atlantic District of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER — There are students at Western State College of Law in Irvine who have not received their federal financial aid for weeks, leaving them unable to pay their living expenses, several said.
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SMU DEDMAN LAW — As a result of SMU Dedman School of Law’s course, “Technology, Innovation and Law: Designing Legal Apps,” several new consumer-friendly software apps – designed by Dedman Law students with input from regional legal-aid groups – will be showcased at a free public event
Read More about SMU Dedman Law students develop apps for legal aid organizationsCase Western Reserve Law students win national writing awards
CASE WESTERN LAW — Allison Smith and Nicolette Cregan, both third-year law students at Case Western Reserve University, recently won prestigious national writing awards and $1,000 each for their notes.
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UGA TODAY — Thanks to a $3 million gift—the largest outright donation in school history—the University of Georgia School of Law will be able to continue transforming the legal education experience for many of its first-generation college graduates.
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COLUMBIA LAW — Six inaugural Davis Polk Leadership Fellows initiated projects in fall 2018 to address social justice issues locally and internationally. Now, the program has expanded, and applications are open to students, faculty, and staff for Innovation Grants.
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QUEENS DAILY EAGLE — CUNY Law School in Long Island City has partnered with the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) to introduce a first-of-its-kind course on technology and the law, featuring experts on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, blockchain, privacy, social media, eDiscovery, biometrics and algorithms.
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UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law students David Griffith ’19 and Ajwang Rading ’20 have been awarded prestigious Langston Bar Association Scholarships for their excellence and leadership in law school.
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ABA JOURNAL — Do people think you have traditional values, and what are your hobbies? These are some questions asked by a pilot program to build mentoring relationships between first-year law students and alumni at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Read More about BYU Law takes match-making approach to mentorshipStudents in University of Virginia Law’s Human Rights Study Project explore legal reform in Nepal
UVA LAW — Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law took part in a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Nepal in January, opening their eyes to the state of reforms since the country’s 10-year civil war ended in 2006
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