University of Richmond Law announces new programs in professional identity and legal innovation
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Two newly posted faculty positions at the University of Richmond School of Law are aimed at helping students adapt to a changing legal profession. The school plans to hire a Director of Legal Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Director of Professional Identity Formation starting with the 2020-2021 school year. The programs will include…
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) and the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) today announced that they will partner on new classroom and community-based training programs to benefit NYLS students, practicing lawyers, and the city’s diverse religious communities. The partnership capitalizes on ICNY’s two decades of work with grassroots and immigrant religious…
Read More about New York Law School adds religious training to diversity programSouthern Methodist University Law launches First Amendment Clinic
SMU LAW — SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a First Amendment Clinic in Fall 2020, thanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from the Stanton Foundation. The Clinic will focus on First Amendment issues including free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly and petition. This funding will cover the core operating…
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PR NEWSWIRE — Suffolk University Law School will be offering two courses this spring term as part of their six-course online, part-time Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate program. The two courses, The Business of Delivering Legal Services and Legal Technology Toolkit, will provide insight into how legal professionals and law firms can deliver legal services with…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is proud to announce its Tech, Law, Security Program (TLS), a new initiative that seeks to tackle challenges that emerge at the intersection of law and technology. The Program – founded by AUWCL Professor Jennifer Daskal, world-renown tech policy and national security…
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Law School announced the launch of an accelerated joint JD/MBA program enabling students to receive both degrees in just three years.The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Law School announced the launch of an accelerated joint JD/MBA program enabling students…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Fordham Ulster Conflict Resolution Program lives on in the law school’s most popular summer program, the Belfast-Dublin Program. It is the first American program to link educational institutions in Northern Ireland participants spend one week in Belfast, studying human rights and conflict resolution at Queen’s University, followed by a week…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW — Penn Law is launching the Future of the Profession Initiative. The Initiative will “Teach, Lead, and Transform” by examining new ways law schools can adopt a holistic vision for the formation of lawyers – both during law school and throughout their careers to create true Lifelong Learning for Penn Law lawyers.…
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PENN STATE — Dr. Joseph Wiedemer, director of the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine residency at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania, wondered how he could introduce young physicians to the legal system and help them understand how it might enhance their practice of medicine. Wiedemer pitched the idea of an interdisciplinary…
Read More about New Penn State Law course to explore intersection of legal system and medical professionWayne Law launches undergraduate minor in law
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State University Law School, in partnership with the Mike Ilitch School of Business, the School of Social Work, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is launching a minor in law program for undergraduate WSU students beginning in winter semester 2020. This program seeks to develop in students the skills…
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