Cardozo Law opens Center for Legal Justice
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…
Read More about Florida A&M University Law hosts workshop for small and minority-owned businessesGift to Florida State University Law will create cultural diversity programs and scholarships for Black law students
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…
Read More about Gift to Florida State University Law will create cultural diversity programs and scholarships for Black law studentsA look at George Washington Law’s Animal Legal Education Initiative
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…
Read More about A look at George Washington Law’s Animal Legal Education InitiativeGeorgetown Law launches fellowship to improve public access to courts online
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…
Read More about Georgetown Law launches fellowship to improve public access to courts onlineStanford Law launches center for the rule of law
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…
Read More about Stanford Law launches center for the rule of lawA look at the development of the Willamette Law Immigration Law Clinic
WILLIAMETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — During the first two years of law school, students learn to think like a lawyer. Willamette’s Clinical Law Program teaches them to be a lawyer, offering the chance to gain practical skills while taking ownership of real legal cases. Launched in Summer 2022, the Immigration Law Clinic works to…
Read More about A look at the development of the Willamette Law Immigration Law ClinicGift to Stanford Law helps launch rule of law center
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School has announced the launch of a new rule of law center, thanks to a “significant gift” from former ABA President William “Bill” Neukom and his wife, Sally Neukom. The Sally B. and William H. Neukom Center for the Rule of Law will support faculty and student work on…
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