University of Iowa Law professor Alison Guernsey puts on grand jury simulation for students

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Recognizing the limitations of theoretical teachings in her Criminal Procedure Adjudication course, Professor Guernsey, a seasoned federal defense attorney, faced the challenge of not having direct access to the grand jury room in the federal system.

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University of Iowa Law professor Mihailis Diamantis receives grant for computer science and legal education collaboration

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — Rishab Nithyanand, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, seeks to incorporate legal education into undergraduate computer science studies as part of a research project in collaboration with the College of Law alongside professor Mihailis Diamantis. 

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Lewis & Clark Law hosts attorney Ben Crump for MLK Day lecture

February 6, 2024

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Ben Crump, renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney and one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice, will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Endowed Lecture on February 20 at the Agnes Flanagan Chapel on the campus of Lewis & Clark College.

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LSU Law to host French law professor Frédérique Ferrand for lecture on civil law

February 6, 2024

LOUSIANA RECORD — Professor Frédérique Ferrand of the Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3 in Lyon, France will travel to Baton Rouge to deliver the 43rd John H. Tucker Jr. Lecture in Civil Law at LSU Law on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

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UMass Law students recognized for advocacy for civil legal aid

February 6, 2024

UMASS LAW — On Thursday, January 25, 50 UMass Law students and Assistant Dean Julie Cahill “walked to the hill”—namely the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill—to lobby for civil legal aid funding in the Massachusetts state budget for fiscal year 2025.

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A look at the Mercer Law Bankruptcy Externship Program

February 6, 2024

13WMAZ — Sometimes for people drowning in debt, bankruptcy is the best way to get their finances back under control. But how do you afford a lawyer when you’re struggling just to survive? It’s a problem and Mercer University’s Law School is offering a solution with their Consumer Bankruptcy Externship program.

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University of Miami Law student Emily Kaufman discusses scholarship in transgender rights

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Before coming to Miami Law and publishing in the Race & Social Justice Law Review, Emily Kaufman grew up thinking about science–wormholes, astrophysics, chemical equations–at the math and science high school she attended in suburban Delaware, thinking she would become a chemist or astrophysicist. As an undergraduate at the

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Michigan State University Law professors Kathryn Fort honored by AALS Litigation Section 

February 6, 2024

LEGAL NEWS — MSU Law Professor and Clinic Director Kathryn Fort was honored for her pivotal role in the landmark case, Brackeen v. Haaland with the Practitioner Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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University of Montana Law students elected to Montana Justice Foundation board

February 6, 2024

NBC MONTANA — The Montana Justice Foundation invited Gillian Ellison and Alex Clark to serve on its board.

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A profile on University of Montana Law student Lyndee Nikkila

February 6, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — Lyndee Nikkila and her twin sister Stephanie wanted more adventure in life, so they moved from Sherwood, Oregon to Missoula to attend the University of Montana. They found what they were looking for by spending time in the forest.

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