UCLA Law launches program on philanthropy and nonprofit organizations

September 13, 2021

UCLA LAW — With the philanthropy world on the precipice of revolutionary change, UCLA School of Law has established the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits, devoted to cutting-edge research, training, and policy in this dynamic and evolving area of the law and society.

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University of Georgia creates fund to help students from underserved communities

September 13, 2021

THE RED & BLACK — The University of Georgia School of Law has created a fund to support students who have overcome significant obstacles and intend to help rural or legally underserved communities, according to a UGA news release.

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University of Georgia Law introduces scholarship in honor of former state supreme court justice Robert Benham

September 13, 2021

WGAU — The University of Georgia and its School of Law have established a scholarship named in honor of retired Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham, who, a half-century ago, became the second black graduate of UGA’s Law School. The University says the scholarship will help law students from communities that are described as legally underserved.

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Georgia State University Law Professor Lisa Bliss discusses the clinical learning experience

September 13, 2021

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Clinical Professor Lisa Radtke Bliss makes an impact on hundreds of students each year as associate dean of Experiential Education and Clinical Programs at Georgia State College of Law, but her role in educating the next generation of lawyers can be attributed to a serendipitous opportunity that occurred while she was

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University of Miami Law launches transactional skills program

September 9, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law recently rolled out a Transactional Skills Program with Marcia Narine Weldon at the lead. The program enables students to leave law school with a solid background in how to review, draft, and negotiate documents from confidentiality agreements to due diligence memoranda to contracts

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West Virginia University Law students and graduates describe the importance of clinical programs

September 9, 2021

THE STATE JOURNAL —  Former and current WVU College of Law students say the clinical law program is an indispensable part of the curriculum.

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Adams and Reese law firm partners with Street Law to improve access to legal education in Alabama

August 26, 2021

ADAMS AND REESE LLP — Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that it has entered a partnership with Street Law, Inc., to bring the first Legal Diversity Pipeline program to Alabama. Through this program — designed to encourage the pursuit of legal careers by young people from groups that are currently underrepresented in the legal

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Arizona State University Law welcomes inaugural cohort of Advance Program students

August 25, 2021

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — The new Advance Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University welcomes its first cohort this fall including 20 students representing diverse backgrounds with nearly half of the group the first in their families to attend college.

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Chapman Law to host state and local government works-in-progress conference

August 25, 2021

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — When the annual State & Local Government Works-in-Progress Conference returns to the Fowler School of Law for its 10th anniversary this academic year, it will be made possible thanks to the conference’s co-founder, Kenneth Stahl, 2021 Kennedy Professor in Law and director of the law school’s Environmental, Land Use, and Real Estate Law

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Georgia State University Law announces endowment of health law scholarship for students

August 25, 2021

GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — The health law program at Georgia State University College of Law has consistently ranked top in the country, this year earning the No. 1 spot according to U.S. News & World Report. The program continues to expand, most recently by announcing the endowment of the Health Law Scholarship.

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