Drake Law and Coe College announce ‘3+3’ accelerated degree program
DRAKE LAW — Students at Coe College in Cedar Rapids now have an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree and a law degree in six years thanks to a new partnership with Drake University Law School. This agreement creates another opportunity for Kohawks to reduce costs by expediting their legal education. Coe already has an…
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — The Certificate in Public Interest and Social Justice is the newest certificate program available to students at the University of Maine School of Law. Maine Law also offers certificate programs in Environmental and Oceans Law, Information Privacy Law, and Business and Transactional Law. These four programs offer students the opportunity…
Read More about University of Maine Law announces certificate in public interest and social justiceBYU Law partners with law firms to expand Spring Academies program
BYU LAW — Intensive simulation-based opportunity helps students integrate real-world practice of law with academic legal training in the U.S. and abroad. BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced the addition of five new boot camp-style Academies for spring 2023, providing more opportunities for first-year BYU…
Read More about BYU Law partners with law firms to expand Spring Academies programGeorge Washington Law announces fellowship program to bring public interest lawyers to the school
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — Are you a mid-career lawyer working for a public interest organization or a government agency who would relish the opportunity to guide the career paths of current law students? Do you have a deep passion for your work that you would love to share with others? Would you like to spend…
Read More about George Washington Law announces fellowship program to bring public interest lawyers to the schoolNortheastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Project seek posthumous pardon for wrongfully convicted man
NORTHEASTERN LAW — The Center on Wrongful Convictions and Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project in Boston have filed a petition for executive clemency on behalf of Joe James, an early 20th-century Black man convicted by a racially charged white jury, according to the Associated Press.
Read More about Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Project seek posthumous pardon for wrongfully convicted manGift to UC Berkeley Law to support annual conference on constitutional interpretation
UC BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law has received a commitment of an initial $3.6 million to create the Thomas David and Judith Swope Clark Chair in Constitutional Law, with an estate plan for an additional significant gift. Besides providing endowed support for a tenured professor, the chair holder — who will be named later —…
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FORDHAM LAW — Fordham Law School and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom today announced the launch of the Scott Simpson Cross-Border Institute at Fordham Law, which brings together members of the worldwide legal community and academia to discuss and address significant global legal and regulatory issues. The Institute, conceptualized by the late Scott Simpson,…
Read More about Fordham Law co-launches Cross-Border InstituteCampbell Law announces new class of bankruptcy fellows
CAMPBELL LAW — A dearth of young attorneys choosing bankruptcy law is the impetus behind Campbell Law School’s new Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowships, says Dean J. Rich Leonard, a former U.S. Bankruptcy judge.
Read More about Campbell Law announces new class of bankruptcy fellowsCase Western Reserve Law co-founds lab focused on legalities of collecting and using athlete data
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce the formation of the first-ever Athlete Data Lab in partnership with alumni-founded Sports Data Labs, Inc. (SD Labs). The newly-created lab will aim to bring clarity to the global complexities associated with the collection, processing, and monetization of an…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-founds lab focused on legalities of collecting and using athlete dataA look at University of Virginia Law Decarceration Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — At one of about a dozen tables, students from the University of Virginia School of Law were meeting with the recently decarcerated, surveying them about their most pressing needs to identify ways the students in the school’s Decarceration and Community Reentry Clinic could help them tackle the issues that can…
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