Boston College Law students Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera selected for immigration law fellowship
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW — BC Law graduates Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera have been selected by the Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) as 2023 justice fellows. IJC works to address the critical need for legal representation in immigration by providing free, high-quality legal services. They recruit and train the fellows and then connect them with…
Read More about Boston College Law students Elizabeth Harrington and James Lopez Olvera selected for immigration law fellowshipUC Berkeley Law student Marah Ajilat discusses summer work helping victims of human rights violations
UC BERKELEY LAW — The annual Student Summer Series presents first-person reflections from a few Berkeley Law students who are engaged in intriguing summer work across a wide swath of practice areas. While only a sampling of the valuable job experience and skill development students gain all over the legal landscape, we hope the series…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law student Marah Ajilat discusses summer work helping victims of human rights violationsUC Law San Francisco student Jorryn Tovera discusses summer work helping immigrant children
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — UC Law SF student Jorryn Tovera is spending this summer working with Legal Services for Children (LSC), a San Francisco-based organization that provides free legal and social services to youths with immigration, education, foster care, or guardianship issues. Tovera, who has been helping young people get access to legal benefits…
Read More about UC Law San Francisco student Jorryn Tovera discusses summer work helping immigrant childrenPodcast: University of Dayton Law student Sarah Covington discusses hybrid law school experience
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have Sarah Covington, one of the authors of Digitally Remastered: Modern Law School, with us to talk about the book and the online law school experience.
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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW — To write the book on what to expect as an online law student, you have to start somewhere. As with any written work, you could start with a single letter. For Jessica Carmichael, Bethany Carr and Sarah Covington that letter was “C.” You could also start with the creation of…
Read More about University of Dayton Law students write book on experiences in hybrid JD programElon Law student John Ferebee wins North Carolina Supreme Court moot court competition
ELON LAW — John Ferebee prevailed in a competition for summer interns with the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the North Carolina Court of Appeals that featured a real case out of Kentucky involving questions of the Fourth Amendment.
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FORDHAM LAW — The Center on Asian Americans and the Law held its Second Annual Summer Scholarship Conference on July 13. The day-long event was co-sponsored by the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), as part of the Center’s continuing effort to promote Asian American legal studies.
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — The 2022-23 advocacy season was a great success with the School of Law capturing three national titles – the Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, the LL.M. International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot Competition and the Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition (for the second year in a row).…
Read More about University of Georgia Law moot court and mock trial teams celebrate national successUniversity of Georgia Law student Gordon Wayne walks to school to raise awareness for homelessness
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LAW — Caroline County native Gordon Wayne last week completed his second hundred-plus-mile walk to raise money for and awareness of the country’s homeless population. Wayne walked 569 miles on foot from Caroline to Athens, Georgia, home of the University of Georgia, where he will start law school next week. He left…
Read More about University of Georgia Law student Gordon Wayne walks to school to raise awareness for homelessnessGolden Gate Law students discuss their future at the school
GOLDEN GATE LAW — In June 2023, the San Francisco Standard reported that the future of the law school was at risk due to the university’s inability to sustain its operating deficit. The university’s real estate devaluation and the need to meet American Bar Association (ABA) standards were described as a “perfect storm” in a…
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