University of Nebraska Law launches Housing Justice Program
NATIONAL JURIST — The University of Nebraska College of Law has added a new Housing Justice Programthis semester. The program aims to prevent homelessness by partnering with nonprofit organizations and other legal service providers.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law launches Housing Justice ProgramVermont Law adds new programs and rebrands as graduate and law school
INSIDE HIGHER ED — After years of declining enrollment and wobbly finances, Vermont Law School is rebranding and expanding its graduate degree offerings. Will the gambit pay off?
Read More about Vermont Law adds new programs and rebrands as graduate and law schoolGeorge Mason Scalia Law hosts pipeline program with Hampton University
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — A “once in a lifetime opportunity.” This is how one Hampton undergraduate student described the new pipeline program Scalia Law has developed with Hampton University. Hampton University, one of the Commonwealth’s historically black colleges and universities, and Scalia Law have collaborated on a new and unique pipeline program that provides talented and motivated…
Read More about George Mason Scalia Law hosts pipeline program with Hampton UniversityStanford’s Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab Work With Six States to Improve Court Access Using Readily Available Technology
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Professionand Legal Design Lab announced today a collaboration with court systems in six states – Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia – to simplify filings in civil cases affecting millions of Americans.
Read More about Stanford’s Rhode Center and Legal Design Lab Work With Six States to Improve Court Access Using Readily Available TechnologyBloomberg Law announces new Law School Innovation Program
CISION PR NEWSWIRE — Bloomberg Law today announced a new program to recognize law schools and their faculty and staff that have implemented and led innovative programs into their curricula that advance new methodologies and approaches to student instruction, legal technology implementation and usage, experiential learning, and other facets of legal education.
Read More about Bloomberg Law announces new Law School Innovation ProgramMercer Law launches corporate counsel externship program
THE NATIONAL JURIST — This fall, Mercer University-Walter F. George School of Law’s Corporate Counsel Externship Program will pair students with companies to do field work for six to nine hours a week, while also being mentored by an in-house lawyer. The new program meets a growing interest from students as well as a growing…
Read More about Mercer Law launches corporate counsel externship programSouthern Illinois University Law partners with Governors State University for ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD degree program
ENEWS PARK FOREST — In a historic move to create pathways to degree and advanced degree completion and to diversify the pipeline to the legal community, Governors State University (GSU) this week entered an agreement with Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) that will allow students to earn both bachelor’s and juris doctor (JD) degrees in six years.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law partners with Governors State University for ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD degree programWeil Legal Innovators Program offers scholarships in exchange for one year of public interest work before law school
REUTERS — When Leah Hebron, who is about start her first year at Georgetown University Law Center, looks ahead, she said she figures “I have my whole life to work as a lawyer.” So when she saw the chance to defer law school for a year, get paid $50,000 to work at Human Rights Watch…
Read More about Weil Legal Innovators Program offers scholarships in exchange for one year of public interest work before law schoolSouthern University Law partners with Black artist representation organization on summer immersion program for HBCU law students
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — Diverse Representation, the organization dedicated to supporting Black representatives (agents, attorneys, managers, publicists and financial advisors) in sports and entertainment, has launched a new program to expose law students to opportunities in Hollywood.
Read More about Southern University Law partners with Black artist representation organization on summer immersion program for HBCU law studentsA look at the Syracuse Law hybrid JD program
HIGHER ED DIVE — In May, Syracuse University’s law school graduated its first class of students earning a Juris Doctor degree through a hybrid program, called JDinteractive, or JDi. The 45 class members were part of almost 200 Syracuse students who received a J.D. this year, according to a university announcement.
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