University of Houston Law Center releases legal research modules for first-year law students
SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD — The University of Houston Law Center is harnessing technology to reimagine legal education in the form of legal research modules for first-year law students.
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THE DIG — John L. Woods Jr., Howard University law professor and principal of Woods Global Dispute Resolution, was appointed this month by U.S. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to the World Bank-International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators. ICSID is the world’s leading international arbitration institution devoted to investor-state…
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UIC LAW — Professor Debra Pogrund Stark and the students in her Domestic Violence Law course created the “Summary of Rights for Safer Homes” bill (HB5550 and SB3652), which passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives under the leadership and guidance of Senator Robert Peters (chief sponsor of the bill in the…
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KU SCHOOL OF LAW — Forty-five University of Kansas School of Law students provided more than 1,580 hours of free legal services during the 2023-2024 academic year, with 26 of them earning a spot on KU Law’s Pro Bono Honor Roll.
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NEWS — Following the success of last year’s pilot program, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law (CRRJ-KY) will be offered again this fall as an experimental course, with the third cohort of students due to begin their case work in August…
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THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — Ten students from University of Massachusetts School of Law Dartmouth were in Portugal in May as part of a new study abroad program created in partnership with the Católica Global School of Law of Lisbon.
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UMIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Thirty-four Miami Law students engage in public interest advocacy this summer as part of the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center’s summer fellowship programs.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The Mississippi College School of Law announced plans in May to complete a $7.5 million renovation to its campus in downtown Jackson.
Read More about Mississippi College Law announces plans of renovation of downtown campusAn interview with incoming University of Missouri Law dean Paul Litton
MISSOURI LAWYERS — Paul J. Litton officially has been dean of the University of Missouri School of Law for just over a year, taking the reins last May after serving as interim dean since July 2022.
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DAILY MONTANAN — If the Montana Supreme Court upholds a lower court’s decision in the youth climate case, can it force action from the legislature?
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