Vermont Law students Vanessa Beane and Bailey Soderberg place in animal law writing competition
VERMONT LAW — The New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law published the latest Laws and Paws Newsletter announcing their student writing competition winners. Congratulations to VLGS students Vanessa Beane and Bailey Soderberg for their winning entries!
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Students at the University of Virginia Law School are helping people in the community, who are returning to life after being incarcerated, with a job fair re-entry program. The job fair has students surveying formerly incarcerated people in the area to learn about their biggest concerns about adapting to life…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — As an undergraduate, Julia Grant interned at the U.S. Supreme Court, spurring her interest in law school. By her third year at the University of Virginia School of Law, she was helping her team prepare to argue a case there. Set to graduate from the Law School on May 21,…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Syracuse University graduate student workers have successfully unionized. Syracuse Graduate Employees United, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, said in a news release that the vote was 728 to 36, with 90 contested ballots. The union will represent graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants paid via stipends, said Amanda…
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — They’re training more than lawyers at the University of Akron School of Law — and, as a result, the school’s research foundation is doing more than supporting professors with potential startups.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — Megan Parker had already made her mark at The University of Akron during her undergraduate days as Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, the Buchtelite. She has continued to add to her CV since she began law school in August 2020, despite being physically disabled from birth and dependent on a…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Arkansas entrepreneurs received free legal aid from more than 45 volunteer attorneys and U of A law students at a pro bono clinic last month hosted by the U of A School of Law and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. More than 20 startups were accepted for the event,…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law students aid startups at pop-up Pro Bono ClinicBaylor Law hosts awards ceremony to honor students for achievements in academics, service, and competitions
BAYLOR LAW — On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, Baylor Law presented over 100 awards and honors to an outstanding cohort of students. The esteemed John Williams and Florence Dean Minton Student Awards Ceremony and Lecture Series was the perfect stage to recognize these future Baylor Lawyers for their diverse impact and remarkable achievements in academics,…
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — Led by Qui’Essence Harris, who is also president of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the new student-run Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council will work to complement the law school administration’s DEI efforts. In addition to BLSA, the council includes representatives from groups for LGBTQ+ students, first-generation law students, international…
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UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — The Constitutional Law Quarterly Journal is one of nine journals at UC Law San Francisco that give law students a chance to hone their research and writing skills while gaining publishing experience and working as a team. Meet Zahra Perekh, co-executive editor of the journal, and hear in her own…
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