Mitchell Hamline Law announces new online/in-person JD offering
MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline School of Law announced Sept. 5 that it will launch a new blended-learning enrollment option for next fall. The new offering integrates Mitchell Hamline’s Hybrid JD program and its Executive and Weekend JD options into a sinlge party online, partly on-campus option. This opportunity will allow students to customize…
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Students of South Texas College of Law Houston have launched a new mentorship program to transition and support LGBT students throughout their law school experience. The student group is recruiting LBGT student mentors and mentees to join the program and offer encouragement, provide networking events, and extend an…
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THE CRIMSON WHITE — The University of Alabama Law hosted the Susan B. Livingston Boot Camp for Success, which is an initiative to provide incoming law students from diverse backgrounds the preparation they need for law school.
Read More about University of Alabama Law hosts boot camp to prepare incoming students for successAmerican University Washington College of Law details work of initiative to combat gender-based violence in Syria
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON LAW — American University Washington Law launched the Syrian Initiative to Combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. The Initiative works in partnership with Syrian civil society organizations based in and around Syria, combining a local focus with the technical capabilities and legal expertise needed to provide survivors and their communities with tools to…
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UNIV. OF CINCINNATI LAW — The University of Cincinnati College of Law and Mount St. Joseph University (MSJ) have partnered to create an accelerated dual degree option for highly motivated and highly qualified students seeking to earn their undergraduate and juris doctor degrees in less time.
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LSAC — A student-developed online tool to help increase access to justice for immigrant domestic violence survivors has won first place in the Law School Admission Council’s inaugural Justice Innovation Challenge, which focuses on addressing community legal needs. Pocket VAWA Self-Petitions, a project by Columbia Law School student Emilie Schwarz, received the honor, along with…
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY ONLINE — Drexel University will now offer an online Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Compliance through its Thomas R. Kline School of Law. The new online program will begin admitting students in Spring 2020. The online Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Compliance provides students with the legal,…
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THE RED & BLACK — The New Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion program was initially a larger scale, university-wide initiative announced by UGA President Jere Morehead in spring 2019. The funds encouraged schools within UGA to “recruit and retain historically underrepresented groups,” which resulted in the law school’s Benham Scholars program, which is dedicated to increasing…
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PENNSTATE DICKINSON LAW — Lucy Johnston-Walsh, director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, was a key player in advocating for the creation of a program to offer support, resources and guidance to foster youths at the University. The result is the Fostering Lions program, which proactively works with county agencies that work…
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PENNSTATE NEWS — The National Security Agency (NSA), recognizing an urgent need for nationwide education about cyber technology, policy and law, has worked with a trio of Penn State professors to develop a comprehensive, online, and nationally offered cyber law and policy course.
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