Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Project seek posthumous pardon for wrongfully convicted man
NORTHEASTERN LAW — The Center on Wrongful Convictions and Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project in Boston have filed a petition for executive clemency on behalf of Joe James, an early 20th-century Black man convicted by a racially charged white jury, according to the Associated Press.
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UC BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law has received a commitment of an initial $3.6 million to create the Thomas David and Judith Swope Clark Chair in Constitutional Law, with an estate plan for an additional significant gift. Besides providing endowed support for a tenured professor, the chair holder — who will be named later —…
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FORDHAM LAW — Fordham Law School and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom today announced the launch of the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at Fordham Law, which brings together members of the worldwide legal community and academia to discuss and address significant global legal and regulatory issues. The Institute, conceptualized by the late Scott Simpson,…
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CAMPBELL LAW — A dearth of young attorneys choosing bankruptcy law is the impetus behind Campbell Law School’s new Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowships, says Dean J. Rich Leonard, a former U.S. Bankruptcy judge.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce the formation of the first-ever Athlete Data Lab in partnership with alumni-founded Sports Data Labs, Inc. (SD Labs). The newly-created lab will aim to bring clarity to the global complexities associated with the collection, processing, and monetization of an…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — At one of about a dozen tables, students from the University of Virginia School of Law were meeting with the recently decarcerated, surveying them about their most pressing needs to identify ways the students in the school’s Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic could help them tackle the issues that can…
Read More about A look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration ClinicGift to Albany Law will provide scholarships for students giving back to their community
ALBANY LAW — After nearly 40 years of volunteer fire service, Christopher Steadman wanted to help students at his alma mater. The former Albany-area attorney now living in New Hampshire specifically aimed to support volunteer or on-call firefighters and medical responders and/or non-traditional Albany Law School students since, beyond battling blazes, he pursued his law…
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UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine has opened a new campus center that will provide timely and policy-relevant labor research, will educate the next generation of labor and community leaders, and will advance labor and workers’ rights initiatives. Modeled after existing centers at UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC Merced, the UCI Labor…
Read More about UC Irvine Law opens center for labor researchWashington & Lee Law commits funds to Path to Public Interest Program
WASHINGTON & LEE LAW — W&L Law has announced the creation of a program to guarantee financial support for current students and graduates interested or serving in public interest and government careers. The Path to Public Interest Program (PPIP) will supply over $330,000 in funds annually toward employment in public service positions.
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UIC LAW — The UIC Law Office of Professionalism & Engagement, in conjunction with the Office of the Dean, launched the Strategic Agenda of the Illinois Judicial Branch by hosting their program: “Charting the Course: Innovations and Transformations within the Illinois Judicial Branch.” UIC Law is the first law school in the State of Illinois…
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