A profile on Fordham Law student Olivia Sapin

September 23, 2024

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As a special education teacher in New York City, Olivia Sapin ’27 saw firsthand the legal and advocacy challenges faced by her students. Their experiences, which she found were often unfair, inspired her to go to law school to become an advocate for children in foster care and for children with

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A profile on University of Utah Law student Valeria Jimenez

September 16, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — A first-generation Latina law student and the daughter of Mexican immigrants, Valeria Jimenez says her parents instilled in her the importance of education from a young age. 

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A profile on University of Chicago Law student Daniel Caicedo

September 10, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — Daniel Caicedo, ’25, joins the Law School this fall from Ecuador, where he earned a law degree from Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil and a master’s degree in procedural law from Universidad Espíritu Santo.

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A profile on University of Chicago Law student Simon Whiteman

September 10, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — As a former Major League Baseball player with a chemical engineering degree from Yale, Simon Whiteman, ’27, has an unusual CV. The Trumbull, Connecticut native is excited to put his intellect and the skills he learned as an athlete to work in the legal field.

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A profile on University of Chicago Law student Mae Farmer

September 10, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — Mae Farmer, ’27, graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in criminal justice. 

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Harvard Law highlights incoming students

September 10, 2024

HARVARD LAW TODAY — As the fall 2024 semester begins, Harvard Law School’s campus is buzzing with fresh energy, thanks in part to a new crop of talented J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. students. 

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A profile on University of Utah Law Student Bar Association president Seth LaPray

September 9, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — 3L Seth LaPray hails from the small southeast Texas town Vidor where, prior to law school, he decided to run for mayor. At the time, LaPray was teaching high school after receiving a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas. He realized he wanted

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A profile on University of Utah Law student Kiersten Vandervelde

September 9, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — 3L Kiersten Vandervelde grew up in East Tennessee and became fascinated with the law after taking a business law class during her undergraduate studies. Her fate was sealed after speaking with a professor who had a JD degree, and she was thrilled to learn

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A profile on Vanderbilt Law Immigration Clinic student Nick Curcio

September 9, 2024

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Students in the Immigration Practice Clinic represent clients seeking humanitarian-based immigration relief before USCIS and the Immigration Courts, while also engaging in advocacy in collaboration with local and national immigrants’ rights organizations. Below, Nick Curcio ’25 shares his experience in the clinic.

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A profile on Washington and Lee Law student Lindsay Lankau

September 9, 2024

THE COLUMNS — Lindsay Lankau spent her summer as an intern with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Charlotte.

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