Boston College Law details virtual orientation program for incoming students
BC LAW: IMPACT — The coronavirus has changed every facet of our lives, and being a law student is no different. For incoming students, the School’s typical in-person Orientation program is just not going to work (with about 250 new students on the way, think social distancing requirements and crowd size limits).
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LAWSITES — Here’s one that gets a bit meta. Back in November 2017, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi spoke at BYU Law School about a lawyer’s ethical duty to be technologically competent. The talk prompted the school to explore ways it could help students improve their technological abilities. What resulted was the school’s Legal Technology Initiative, a multi-pronged program…
Read More about Podcast: A look at the Legal Technology Initiative at BYU LawSMU Law creates student-run helpline providing pandemic related legal advice to the community
WFAA 8 ABC — SMU Dedman School of Law is offering free, coronavirus-related legal information through the school’s first ever “helpline.” The law school launched its COVID-19 legal helpline on June 1. Forty-five law students run the helpline under faculty supervision.
Read More about SMU Law creates student-run helpline providing pandemic related legal advice to the communityA look at Boston University Law’s In Real Law program providing mentorship to first-generation law students
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The In Real Law program connects first generation law students and law students of color to diverse, highly successful attorneys practicing in Boston.
Read More about A look at Boston University Law’s In Real Law program providing mentorship to first-generation law studentsBoston University Law professor David Rossman and students work to secure emergency release of inmates at risk of COVID-19
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — A pro bono effort spearheaded by Criminal Law Clinical Program Director David Rossman pairs BU Law students with local attorneys working to secure emergency release for inmates at risk of contracting the virus.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — A law school in New York is adapting to COVID-19 and wants to ensure that students are prepared for post-pandemic needs. Fordham University School of Law will be offering a new, online course in July that addresses privacy and technology Law.
Read More about Fordham Law offers online course on privacy and technology lawA look at the Liberty Law Honors Program
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Liberty University School of Law has always strived to create an educational environment where law students can unlock their full God-given potential by challenging themselves during their legal studies. Enhancing this academic environment, Liberty Law launched its Honors Program in 2018 under Professor Tory L. Lucas, who founded and directs the program.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Taught by Practice Professor of Law Kara Finck, Lecturer in Law Jennifer Nagda, and Clinical Supervisor of La Puerta Abierta Layla Ware de Luria, the Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic (ICAC) offers University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students the opportunity to help vulnerable young people navigate the legal system using holistic advocacy aimed…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Despite Philadelphia’s long and storied history of entrepreneurship — a group of immigrant entrepreneurs started a country here a couple hundred years ago — it remains very difficult to start and operate a small business in the city, according to Practice Professor of Law Praveen Kosuri, Director of the Entrepreneurship Legal…
Read More about A look at the Penn Law Entrepreneurship Legal ClinicHofstra and New York Law School launch summer programs to replace summer associate experience
THE NATIONAL JURIST — New York Law School offered an eight-week online program designed to give 120 law students a taste of a Big Law summer associate experience.
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