West Virginia University Law students participate in state court improvement externship program
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS — Rachael Mullins has a teaching degree from Marshall University and spent two years in the English department at a Logan County high school before realizing she loved the students but not teaching. “I really couldn’t make the difference I wanted to with my teaching degree. I needed a law degree,” says…
Read More about West Virginia University Law students participate in state court improvement externship programAALS Section on Women in Legal Education to honor Camille deJorna with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education will honor Camille deJorna, deputy for legal and global higher education at Law School Admission Council (LSAC), as the recipient of the 2022 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be presented at the section’s award…
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GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Georgia State College of Law Professor Clark D. Cunningham was afforded a rare opportunity last month, when he was invited to give a presentation of a neutral amicus brief during oral argument in front of the Georgia Supreme Court. In the case of Nelson v. State, Cunningham, who teaches the Seminar on…
Read More about Georgia State University Law professor Clark Cunningham gives presentation to Georgia Supreme CourtUniversity of Houston Law Center professor Renee Knake Jefferson to present lecture on the Supreme Court
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — To mark the start of the 2021 U.S. Supreme Court term, University of Houston Law Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, an inaugural Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Faculty Fellow at the Hobby School of Public Affairs, will discuss her research on judicial shortlists and other observations about what the coming year could…
Read More about University of Houston Law Center professor Renee Knake Jefferson to present lecture on the Supreme CourtUniversity of Miami Law immigration clinic helps overturn discriminatory Florida law in federal court
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s commitment to immigration law and human rights law is center stage. A federal court ruled recently that key sections of Florida’s anti-sanctuary law violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, delivering a decision that strikes a major blow to the state’s anti-immigrant policymakers and a…
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DE SOTO TIMES TRIBUNE — In January 1993, a brutal triple homicide shocked a small Mississippi community: A 13-year-old girl, Evangela Boyd, found dead in her home, her naked body lying on the floor of the laundry room. Her mom, Verline Boyd, and her grandmother, Betty Boyd, found lifeless in other areas of the house, which…
Read More about University of Mississippi Law professor W. Tucker Carrington helps free man on death rowLexBlog CEO details publishing platform with University of the Pacific McGeorge Law
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — Kevin O’Keefe, ’82, the CEO and founder of LexBlog, the world’s largest community of legal bloggers, views blogging as a platform for lawyers to utilize and build a reputation within the legal community.“Blogging makes a difference,” O’Keefe said. “Lawyers who blog and make a difference in other people’s lives is what…
Read More about LexBlog CEO details publishing platform with University of the Pacific McGeorge LawA look at the Penn Carey Law Master of Law program
PENN LAW — Over the first five years of its existence, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Master in Law (ML)Program graduated 66 scholars, faculty, and staff from throughout the University of Pennsylvania. Now, at the start of its eighth year, the ML Program is comprised of an impressive 117 alumnae and 118 degree candidates…
Read More about A look at the Penn Carey Law Master of Law programSMU Dedman Law Professor Carla L. Reyes appointed to Texas Work Group on Blockchain Matters
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — SMU Dedman School of Law Professor Carla L. Reyes was appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott as one of two academic members on the Texas Work Group on Blockchain Matters, and will serve as the Work Group’s chair. The work group will develop a master plan for the expansion of…
Read More about SMU Dedman Law Professor Carla L. Reyes appointed to Texas Work Group on Blockchain MattersSouth Texas College of Law Houston provides guidance to area residents facing eviction
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Eric Kwartler, Public Interest Attorney in South Texas College of Law Houston’s Randall O. Sorrells Legal Clinics, and several of his law students will be providing guidance to area residents to help them avoid being evicted during a Keep Harris Housed outreach event Thursday, Sept. 30, in Alief. Any tenant…
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