Leadership program at University of Hawaiʻi Law seeks to improve diversity, inclusion, and representation in the state’s legal profession
HAWAI’I PUBLIC RADIO — A new leadership program at the University of Hawaiʻi William S. Richardson School of Law aims to increase diversity, inclusion, and representation among Hawaiʻi’s legal professionals. This comes at a time when some have called for more diversity on Hawaiʻi’s courts. Others maintain the lack of representation is a pipeline issue. When Camille Nelson…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Innocence Clinic won a stunning victory today for client Dustin Duty, securing his release from prison. The now 36-year-old was wrongfully convicted of a 2013 armed robbery in Jacksonville and sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. “After five years of strenuous litigation,…
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ABA JOURNAL — Twenty percent of surveyed corporate lawyers were highly exhausted and 34% were moderately exhausted, according to findings released by the legal and compliance practice of consulting firm Gartner. The firm surveyed 202 corporate lawyers in July and released the results on Oct. 7. Among the highly exhausted group, 41% showed signs of psychological distress;…
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ABA JOURNAL — Recently, I had an immigration case, where my client was tardy on every deadline and patently refused to do anything beyond the bare minimum to aid their cause. I was emotionally drained by the case but buoyed by the positive result at the end. I must admit I couldn’t fight the impulse to…
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QUINN EMANUEL TRIAL LAWYERS — Suong received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, and graduated first in her class from Franklin & Marshall College, where she completed her pre-medical studies with a double major in Chemistry and Special Studies in Economics and Business. She is a co-author of a paper involving micellar electrokinetic chromatography…
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CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — Charleston School of Law and Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services are partnering to create the Charleston Pro Bono Housing Clinic, a new program designed to support low-income families in need of legal representation. Last June, the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission published “Measuring South Carolina’s Justice Gap,” a report that included…
Read More about Charleston Law creates housing clinic to support low-income familiesDePaul Law professor Susan Bandes discusses how emotions play into legal reasoning during Hofstra Law lecture
YAHOO! —A law professor from DePaul University said emotions play an “integral part of legal reasoning” during a guest lecture Wednesday. Susan Bandes, who presented a lecture at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, argued that putting emotions aside in order to be rigorous, tough, and what is considered “lawyer-like” can lead to negative…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Iowa Law has long been at the forefront of legal writing education. Although the program has evolved over time, current students and alumni alike attest that the emphasis on one-on-one instruction and consistent feedback sets the Iowa Law writing program apart and teaches the art and science of legal…
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NIU TODAY — Northern Illinois University College of Law is excited to announce a new partnership with Lincoln College to create the NIU Law Lincoln Scholar and Diversity Pipeline Programs. Under the partnership, qualified Lincoln College students working toward a Bachelor of Arts in Law, as well as those with other majors, may participate in the NIU…
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REUTERS — Digital internships for undergraduates and J.D. students are catching on as law firm summer associate recruiting tools that can help build a firm’s “brand awareness.” Eight major U.S. firms now offer “virtual internships” through Forage, an online platform that provides simulated work experiences that employers can use to connect with and evaluate potential future hires.White…
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