Fordham Law debuts online compliance master’s program
YAHOO! FINANCE — Fordham Law School announced that it has launched an online version of its Master of Studies in Law (MSL) in Corporate Compliance program. Fordham was one of the first law schools to offer a master’s in corporate compliance when it began the program in 2016 and is one of the top-ranked law…
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GPB-NPR RADIO NEWS — This fall, Georgia State College of Law University is offering “The Legal Life of Ludacris” — a course examining the strategic legal decisions and contracts that supported his career as a rapper, actor, philanthropist and restaurateur. It’s the brainchild of GSU entertainment law professor, Moraima “Mo” Ivory, who’s the head of…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School has launched their new Animal Law & Policy Clinic. The Animal Law & Policy Clinic will provide students with direct hands-on experience in litigation, legislation, administrative practice, and policymaking, both in the U.S. and internationally. The clinic will work on a broad range of issues affecting farmed animals,…
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NEWS AT IU BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched a program that trains students interested in working for family offices and firms with family office service practices. The law school will be the first in the United States with a program focused specifically on this growing area.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN — In fall 2018, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business and College of Law collaborated to offer the business and law undergraduate minor.
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NOLA.COM — Tulane University Law will open a new First Amendment law clinic with a $1 million gift from the Stanton Foundation. The First Amendment Clinic will dedicate itself to defending residents’ consitutional rights such as free speech and freedom of assembly.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — A new initiative, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School will launch during the 2019–2020 academic year as an interdisciplinary “think and do tank.” The program is dedicated to developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts, and to drawing attention to the questions…
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DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — George Mason University and the Legal Aid Justice Center collaborated to launch the new Immigration Litigation Clinic at George Mason Law, open this fall. The program is a year-long and is designed to give six students an in-depth, hands-on experience where they’ll represent clients facing deportation.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — The University of Georgia School of Law has created the Robinson Scholars Program, which will benefit underrepresented student populations with ties to Georgia. The program is named in memory of 1974 alumnus Robert E. “Robbie” Robinson, a civil and human rights attorney who was tragically killed in 1989 by politically…
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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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