Willamette Law partners with four colleges on ‘4+3’ direct admission program
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Willamette Law is offering new 4+3 Direct Admission Programs benefiting students from the University of Alaska Southeast, the University of Alaska Anchorage, Portland State University and Willamette University. The programs admit undergraduates and alumni to the College of Law based on certain academic credentials. UAS, UAA and PSU’s programs include four years of undergraduate study…
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REUTERS — Could hiring lawyers before they even enroll in law school be part of the next wave of law firm diversity efforts? Two Ohio firms are giving it a try, partnering with the University of Dayton School of Law to recruit J.D. students with a promise of tuition and living expenses, mentoring, and a full-time job…
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DAILY HERALD — A handful of lucky Brigham Young University law students are going to be the first to embark on overseas studies that will parallel internships in legal and financial institutions in Europe. On Wednesday, BYU announced two new programs focused on preparing the next generation of leaders in the legal practice. BYU will offer Law…
Read More about BYU Law announces seminars in Geneva and LondonFordham Law student Cristel Taveras named to Ruth Bader Ginsburg-inspired scholarship project
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Cristel Taveras FCLC ’14, LAW ’25 has been named a member of the inaugural class of scholars in the When There Are Nine Scholarship Project. The project was named in memory of the response that the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave in 2015 when people asked her when…
Read More about Fordham Law student Cristel Taveras named to Ruth Bader Ginsburg-inspired scholarship projectNorthwestern Law clinic launches online program to help mortgage fraud victims
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Last Fall, the Foundation of Federal Bar Association (FBA) awarded the association’s Chicago Chapter a grant for the “Legal Education in the Community: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Family Home” program, which was presented to the Bluhm Legal Clinic and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors Juliet Sorensen and…
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THE CHRONICLE — This fall, Duke will officially become home to a chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, a national law and pre-law fraternity. Co-founders Chinmay Amin and Max Wyatt, both sophomores, recognized the lack of a strong and active pre-law organization at Duke and hoped to form a community for their pre-law peers. “Nobody knows the struggles of…
Read More about Duke University pre-law fraternity offers resources and community to aspiring law studentsLawyer Derek Bolka reflects on ABA internship for law students with disabilities
ABA JOURNAL — Lawyer Derek Bolka credits an American Bar Association internship for kick-starting his career at Accenture, an information technology services company, where he is now an inaugural fellow of a legal program for lawyers with disabilities. Bolka, 37, was attending the Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology when he applied to…
Read More about Lawyer Derek Bolka reflects on ABA internship for law students with disabilitiesUniversity at Buffalo Law ‘Discover Law’ program mentors prospective law students from underrepresented backgrounds
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Johnniel Morales has a clear, powerful statement about how UB’s Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program, an immersive summer program for promising underrepresented students, changed his life. It’s about “admiring the value of my potential and the diversity that surrounds me as an opportunity to reflect and rebuild over the…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern University School of Law—one of the most prestigious law schools to offer an innovative part-time hybrid JD program—welcomed its inaugural FlexJD class on September 1. With an emphasis on access and social justice, Northeastern Law developed this blended legal experience to provide an opportunity for those who prefer or need…
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VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY MEDIA ROOM — Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, today announced a $13 million gift from Charles Widger, Esq., ’73 JD and Barbara Widger that will propel the Charles Widger School of Law to the forefront of professional development and leadership programming in legal education. In 2016, the Law School…
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