Gift to Florida State University Law to support law and business center

August 25, 2021

TALLAHASSE DEMOCRAT — The Stoops Family Foundation, Inc. and FSU College of Law graduate (Class of 1984) Jeffrey A. Stoops have pledged $1 million to create the Stoops Center for Law and Business at the FSU College of Law, Dean Erin O’Connor announced Friday.

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Fordham Law welcomes incoming class

August 25, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School opened its doors prior to the start of the fall semester, welcoming its newest class of students to the Lincoln Center campus for in-person orientation.

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Fordham Law launches Leadership Academy for Women in Law

August 25, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS —  On September 24, 2021 Fordham Law School will launch its inaugural Leadership Academy for Women in Law: RISE—Resilient, Inspired, Strategic, Empowered. Program speakers are drawn from women lawyers in leadership positions throughout the profession, as well as male allies.

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Harvard Law students create Harvard Plaintiffs’ Law Association

August 25, 2021

REUTERS — “It has been a grassroots movement, trying to get the plaintiffs’ bar in front of students and for them to understand that they have options besides going into Big Law or public interest work,” said McCann, noting that Edelson also puts out a podcast for law students and has been doing job talks at

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University of Houston Law students receive Association of International Petroleum Negotiators scholarships

August 25, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) Board of Directors and Scholarship Committee has recently provided awards to two University of Houston Law Center students.

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Mercer Law dean Cathy Cox named president of Georgia State and College University

August 25, 2021

THE MERCER LUSTER — Cathy Cox, former Georgia Secretary of State and the current dean of Mercer’s School of Law, has been named as the sole finalist to become president of Georgia State and College University by the University System of Georgia.

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Karen Sneddon appointed interim dean of Mercer Law

August 25, 2021

THE DEN — Mercer Law School Associate Dean Karen Sneddon has been named interim dean of the school by Provost Dr. D. Scott Davis following current Dean Cathy Cox’s appointment by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents as president of Georgia College and State University.

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University of Miami Law names Nell Newton as interim dean

August 25, 2021

NEWS@THEU — As the University of Miami School of Law welcomed first-year students for orientation on Monday, President Julio Frenk announced the selection of the school’s interim dean. Nell Jessup Newton, a former Notre Dame Law School dean, will join the University as interim dean and visiting professor beginning this September.

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University of North Dakota Law welcomes new class of law students

August 25, 2021

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA COURTS — East Central Judicial District Judge Stephannie N. Stiel gave the convocation address as the UND School of Law welcomed a new class of students Aug. 15.

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Penn Law welcomes largest LLM class

August 25, 2021

PENN LAW — On August 2, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School welcomed the LLM program’s Class of 2022, a diverse and talented group of 156 lawyers, judges, and diplomats from 30 countries. The incoming class includes both students who deferred their admission last year due to COVID and the typical number of LLMs (around

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