University of Virginia Law honors student Avery Rasmussen for academic excellence
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Avery Rasmussen has earned the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence by graduating with the highest GPA in the Class of 2021. Rasmussen, of Pensacola, Florida, is currently clerking for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She will clerk for U.S. District Judge…
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BUSINESS WEST — Western New England University School of Law Dean Sudha Setty has been named 2021 Human Relations Award winner by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), a human-relations organization whose mission is to champion social justice for all; fight bias, bigotry, and racism in all forms; and work toward building strong and…
Read More about Western New England Law dean Sudha Setty honored by National Conference for Community and JusticeWilliam & Mary Law holds annual Supreme Court Preview
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law (IBRL) held its 34th annual Supreme Court Preview on September 10-11, 2021. The event brought distinguished experts from around the nation to the Law School to discuss the Court’s upcoming term, and was the first Preview to be both…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — As the world watched Kabul fall, the William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic sprang into action. Founded in Fall 2019, the Immigration Clinic represents immigrants across Hampton Roads in a variety of immigration cases, especially those immigrants who are survivors of trauma, crime, and persecution. Since then, the Immigration…
Read More about William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic assists Afghan refugeesVisiting assistant professor Robin Maril contributes human rights experience to Willamette Law classrooms
WILLIAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Visiting Assistant Professor Robin Maril has joined Willamette Law for the 2021-22 academic year, teaching Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Family Law. Maril previously worked for the Human Rights Campaign, where she served as the associate legal director for the past five years. Her work at the HRC focused on federal programs, administrative policies…
Read More about Visiting assistant professor Robin Maril contributes human rights experience to Willamette Law classroomsState Bar of California board considers ‘paraprofessional’ program allowing nonlawyers to give legal advice in some areas
REUTERS — California is on track to become the largest state to let specially trained nonlawyers offer legal advice in limited settings, such as employment and consumer debt. The State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees on Thursday gave its preliminary blessing to a proposed “paraprofessional” program by voting to gather public comment on the plan. The…
Read More about State Bar of California board considers ‘paraprofessional’ program allowing nonlawyers to give legal advice in some areasAlbany Law Health Law Clinic receives grant to provide legal services to individuals with HIV/AIDS
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The Health Law Clinic within the Justice Center at Albany Law School is part of a trio of organizations that has received nearly $1 million from the New York State Department of Health to provide legal services for individuals and families grappling with HIV/AIDS and the treatments needed to combat the disease. Led…
Read More about Albany Law Health Law Clinic receives grant to provide legal services to individuals with HIV/AIDSFlorida International University Law student Briana Harris receives inaugural H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship
MIAMI’S COMMUNITY NEWS — As law firms across the country put added emphasis on minority hiring and diversity in the legal profession, South Florida’s preeminent litigation firm Kluger Kaplan Silverman Katzen & Levine has awarded Briana Harris with the firm’s inaugural H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year.
Read More about Florida International University Law student Briana Harris receives inaugural H.T. Smith Legal Studies ScholarshipNYU Law professor Lily Batchelder confirmed for top US Treasury tax position
THE HILL — The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm President Biden’s nominee Lily Batchelder to serve as assistant secretary for tax policy in the Treasury Department. The upper chamber voted 64-34 to confirm Batchelder, a law professor at New York University and a former Obama administration official, on Wednesday afternoon. In the key role, Batchelder will serve as senior advisor…
Read More about NYU Law professor Lily Batchelder confirmed for top US Treasury tax positionMitchell Hamline Law professor Colette Routel appointed to judgeship
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Mitchell Hamline Professor Colette Routel has been named to the bench in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The appointment, announced Thursday by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, was one of two made to fill vacancies in the Fourth Judicial District that will occur with the retirements of Judges Margaret Daly…
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