Northeastern Law Community Business Clinic assists local businesses with pandemic legal aid
ITEMLIVE.COM — Jared Nicholson, a clinical professor of law at Northeastern University and member of the Lynn School Committee, has started a “Legal Help Desk for Lynn Small Businesses,” which consists of Northeastern law students providing free legal advice to city businesses.
Read More about Northeastern Law Community Business Clinic assists local businesses with pandemic legal aidPenn Law Institute for Law and Economics hosts virtual Corporate Roundtable
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Each roundtable takes up current issues that emerge from the research and teaching of the Institute and provides a forum for lively discussion. This spring’s Roundtable, “Securities Intermediation and Technological Changes: Loaning, Owning, & Voting,” was no exception, despite ILE’s moving it to a virtual format.
Read More about Penn Law Institute for Law and Economics hosts virtual Corporate RoundtablePenn Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic compiles COVID-19 related resources and information for small businesses
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC), led by Practice Professor of Law and Dean of Clinical Education Praveen Kosuri, is aiming to fill that gap with a carefully crafted series of frequently asked questions and answershttps://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/10078-entrepreneurship-legal-clinic-compiles-faq-page that matter most to small business owners and entrepreneurs during the pandemic.
Read More about Penn Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic compiles COVID-19 related resources and information for small businessesUniversity of St. Thomas Law Appellate Clinic advocates for prisoners’ rights before U.S. Court of Appeals
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — Third-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued a prisoner civil rights case involving attorney-client confidentiality before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 22.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law Appellate Clinic advocates for prisoners’ rights before U.S. Court of AppealsTexas A&M Law Immigration Rights Clinic petitions for release of medically at-risk detainees
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Texas A&M Immigrant Rights Clinic filed a petition in federal court last Friday demanding that ICE immediately release eleven medically-vulnerable immigrants from the Prairieland Detention Center, where 45 detained individuals have tested positive for COVID-19.
Read More about Texas A&M Law Immigration Rights Clinic petitions for release of medically at-risk detaineesHarvard Law makes ‘Zero-L’ program for incoming students available to all law schools this summer
HARVARD LAW TODAY – Several years ago, Harvard Law School (HLS) administrators observed that the profile of incoming law school students was very different than it was even a decade ago. Students coming to HLS now reflected many different backgrounds and lived experiences, with many more having majored in a STEM field in college, spent four…
Read More about Harvard Law makes ‘Zero-L’ program for incoming students available to all law schools this summerLaw schools announce COVID-19 related courses
LAW.COM – This week’s Ahead of the Curve looks at a wave of new law school courses centered on COVID-19, plus legal academics are finding some levity amid the pandemic.
Read More about Law schools announce COVID-19 related coursesUIC John Marshall Law launches Summer Associate Training Academy amid pandemic
THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL – When law firms and other legal organizations started shortening, canceling and moving their summer programs online, Darby Dickerson, Dean and Professor of Law at UIC John Marshall Law School, and the current president of the Association of American Law Schools, zoomed into action to help students by designing a 10-week…
Read More about UIC John Marshall Law launches Summer Associate Training Academy amid pandemicLoyola Law School, Los Angeles launches online summer tax course amid pandemic
THE NATIONAL JURIST – Law schools’ move to online learning is continuing into summer. For instance, the Graduate Tax Program at LMU Loyola Law School is launching an online version of its Summer Tax Intensive In response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The program offer classes custom-designed for online instruction. Classes start on May 26. More information is available at www.lls.edu/summertax.
Read More about Loyola Law School, Los Angeles launches online summer tax course amid pandemicPenn Law associate dean John F. Hollway develops course to support early-career lawyers
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL – A Harvard Business Review study recently declared law “the loneliest profession,” but a new course at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is working to change that distinction. “Thriving in the Law,” designed and taught by Law School Associate Dean John F. Hollwayexplores the tools and strategies necessary…
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