Albany Law partners with College of Saint Rose for MBA and government affairs and advocacy advanced degree pathway
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The College of Saint Rose and Albany Law School have partnered on a new MBA+Gov pathway. The pathway, an ideal collaboration for two institutions located in the capital of New York State, allows students to pursue the Saint Rose Flex MBA while also earning an advanced certificate in Government Affairs and…
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THE MINNESOTA DAILY — New this semester, the University of Minnesota Law School’s Racial Equity and Justice (REJ) Milestone Program offers context on the relationship between racial injustice and the American legal system. Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the school Ra’Shya Ghee said the first three modules of the self-paced, 10-module online…
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BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, created with a $15 million donation from Isaac and Laura Perlmutter and the Perlmutter Foundation, opened at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on Oct. 27. The center, announced on Oct. 31, will be comprised of two divisions,…
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — A new clinic at the UConn School of Law will assist low-income tenants facing eviction. The Housing and Eviction Defense Clinic, created with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, has accepted its first case and enrolled its first…
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY THOMAS R. KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law has launched a Bachelor of Arts in Law, becoming only the fourth law school in the nation to offer an undergraduate degree in Law. Undergraduate Law students will learn about the role of law in society (including questions…
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FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law hosted an Economic Justice for All panel discussion and workshop on Wednesday, November 16th, at 7pm. The workshop, was held at 201 FAMU Law Lane, room 240, in Orlando, introducing the new Economic Justice Clinic, which will help small and minority-owned…
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Salesia V. Smith-Gordon has made history yet again at the Florida State University College of Law. Her recent pledge of $200,000 to endow the Salesia V. Smith-Gordon Endowment Fund makes her the first Black alumna to make a gift of this magnitude and the first to have her…
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GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Animal lawyer Kathy Hessler, now director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative, which launched at George Washington University’s law school in March, has made spreading knowledge her mission—particularly as it relates to animal-welfare laws. While animal law is not widely offered by schools, the Animal Legal Education Initiative aims…
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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — The Georgetown University Law Center plans to embed technology experts in state, local and tribal courts in September 2023 through a fellowship program intended to help improve court processes and public access to justice. The Judicial Innovation Fellowship program has two goals: to create replicable software and to “seed culture…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School (SLS) announced the launch of the Sally B. and William H. Neukom Center for the Rule of Law in late October, an endeavor funded by donations from SLS alum William Neukom and his wife Sally Neukom. The Center will begin academic research and teaching in 2023 about issues…
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