University at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps transgender clients with legal name change process
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — What’s in a name? It’s a reflection of one’s identity. Yet for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals, changing their legal name to align with their identity is often a difficult and intimidating process. A new initiative by UB School of Law’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic, led by Associate Professor…
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PENN CAREY LAW — The five-day, in-person U.S. Corporate Law and Strategy Executive Education Certificate Program is designed to help practitioners meet the unique challenges of doing business in the United States.
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USC GOULD LAW — Responding to market demand for specialized skills in economics and regulation, the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Department of Economics and the USC Gould School of Law will launch a joint degree program, the Master of Science in Innovation Economics, Law and Regulation (MIELR), in…
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LAW — Deno Himonas, who retired in 2022 as a justice on the Utah Supreme Court, is currently Innovator-in-Residence at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he encourages students to examine the regulatory status-quo that governs lawyers in America. His first order of business: Create a course called “Disrupting Regulation,” co-taught…
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LAW — This Earth Day, Iowa Law celebrates the expansion of environmental law opportunities for students, alumni, and the larger community in Iowa and beyond. With the launch of the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative (HELI) in 2022, the College of Law has continued to build upon its solid reputation for teaching and…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — A new course at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law allowed students to gain experience in courtroom procedure. The course, titled Criminal Prosecution Practicum, was offered for the first time this spring semester. Through the course, students engaged in both course instruction and hands-on learning in…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA LAW — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, in partnership with Catholic Charities of Sioux City and Immigration Attorney Revathi Vongsiprasom, held the Immigration Clinic in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, in late March. The Immigration Clinic, led by Joy Moore, visiting instructor of legal writing, is an initiative…
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STANFORD LAW — The Stanford Law Global Quarter launched in 2022 with 22 second- and third-year students taking advantage of a unique cross-border program designed to train the next generation of globally minded lawyers. Funded by the Franke Global Business Law Fellowship, the Stanford Law School (SLS) Global Quarter allows an intimate cohort of students…
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WILLAMETTE LAW — As bar exam pass rates have declined nationally against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Willamette Law faculty and staff began to wonder if bar passage rates would increase for examinees studying with and being accountable to their peers. An idea began to emerge from the success of 1L students’ cohort structure…
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WILLAMETTE LAW — Zach Forrester had a chance encounter that ultimately led to him joining Willamette Law and taking part in the inaugural immersion externship in Alaska. When he began at the law school, Forrester was interested in a number of different areas of law, and most specifically civil rights, the working of the court…
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