American University Washington College of Law receives funding to launch New Global Toxics and Human Rights Project
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law is pleased to announce the start of its newest initiative, the Global Toxics and Human Rights Project. The Project will advance a rights-based approach to the sound management of toxics, while leveraging its partnerships with a broad coalition of stakeholders to…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law receives funding to launch New Global Toxics and Human Rights ProjectA look at the Penn Carey Law Master of Law program
PENN LAW — Over the first five years of its existence, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Master in Law (ML)Program graduated 66 scholars, faculty, and staff from throughout the University of Pennsylvania. Now, at the start of its eighth year, the ML Program is comprised of an impressive 117 alumnae and 118 degree candidates…
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NATURAL JURIST — St. Mary’s University School of Law will become the first law school accredited by the American Bar Association to offer a J.D. program completely online. The program will kickoff in Fall of 2022, with a limit of 25 students, the school announced recently. None of the schools currently offering such programs are ABA accredited.…
Read More about St. Mary’s to break new ground with fully online J.D. programFordham Law online MSL Corporate Compliance program features in-person colloquium to build community
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — A key component of Fordham Law’s online Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) in Corporate Compliance is the in-person Compliance Colloquium, which brings students together for an intensive three-day program that mixes practical group exercises with networking sessions and presentations from compliance thought leaders. It is the only in-person component of the…
Read More about Fordham Law online MSL Corporate Compliance program features in-person colloquium to build communityUniversity of Kansas Law partners with Wichita State University on accelerated 3+3 bachelor’s/JD program
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — Students at Wichita State University will have an opportunity to accelerate their legal education and save a year of tuition, thanks to an expansion of the Legal Education Accelerated Degree (LEAD) program at the University of Kansas.
Read More about University of Kansas Law partners with Wichita State University on accelerated 3+3 bachelor’s/JD programGift to Southwestern Law supports civil justice fellowships for first-year law students
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — Walter M. Yoka ’80 and Brian Panish ’84 combined their passions for civil justice and Southwestern Law School by creating the Yoka-Panish Civil Justice Fellowship. Both attorneys are at the top of their game and are committed to mentoring, supporting, and guiding future Southwestern alumni to successful careers.
Read More about Gift to Southwestern Law supports civil justice fellowships for first-year law studentsPace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiatives
PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Pace University’s School of Education have been awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) as part of their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (“REU”) program. The award, “Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration of a Keystone Species in New York Harbor…
Read More about Pace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiativesWest Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reforms
WVU Today — Consumers in West Virginia and nationally are concerned about their digital data privacy, and there are few and often inconsistent laws to protect them—these are the findings of new research funded by the Center for Consumer Law and Education, a joint program between the West Virginia UniversityCollege of Law and Marshall University.
Read More about West Virginia University Law consumer law center calls for data privacy reformsUC Davis relaunches Law First Generation Advocates program
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — UC Davis Law’s groundbreaking First Generation Advocates program has returned for the 2021-22 academic year. Now directed by the law school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fellow, Alexis Elston, the program aims to provide incoming first-generation students with support, guidance and a sense of community as they transition to law school.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law is excited to welcome Hallie Jay Pope as a visiting associate professor. Pope will develop the Creative Advocacy Lab, a cross-disciplinary clinic dedicated to promoting access to justice and democratizing legal information. Also, this fall, Innovation…
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