How UC Law San Francisco moot court experience prepares students for careers in prosecution
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — As members of UC Law San Francisco’s Moot Court Team, students learn how to write briefs, perform oral arguments, and work as a team. These skills have helped the team rank number one in the nation four of the last five semesters. Those skills also helped propel four recent graduates…
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CAMPBELL LAW — The Campbell Law School Pro Bono Council and the Blanchard Community Law Clinic (BCLC) partnered with the Pro Bono Program at Duke Law School and Pisgah Legal Services to host a criminal record expunction clinic in Western North Carolina over the law school’s Spring Break. A total of 18 law students —…
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COLUMBIA LAW — Columbia Law School’s Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowship, sponsored by the Indian government, supports LL.M. candidates specializing in international trade, trade law, public interest, and/or human rights. This year’s fellows, Kinshuk Jha and Shreyansh Singh, are using their time at Columbia Law to expand their knowledge and explore interdisciplinary aspects of their chosen fields…
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW — Morgan LaRosa, a third-year law student at UofL, has participated in the Trager-Brandeis Elder Law Clinic since its inception in spring of 2022. A partnership of the University of Louisville Trager Institute and the Brandeis School of Law, the clinic provides free estate planning services to underserved clients. Staffed by…
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FIU LAW — FIU College of Law co-hosted the seminar, “Innovation, Regulation & Litigation: The Role of Courts in a Public Health Crisis,” with Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. on Feb. 3 in Miami. The seminar, which was held at the FIU College of Law, featured four panels covering various public health topics presented…
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HARVARD LAW — The ‘Future Leaders in Law’ program aims to encourage and prepare students from first-gen and lower-income backgrounds to apply to law schools around the nation
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Federal Bar Association awarded University of Houston Law Center Deborah Billy Gillis-Harry the $15,000 Diversity in the Legal Profession 2023 Scholarship. In her scholarship essay, Billy Gillis-Harry depicted the financial and emotional turmoil caused by battling the U.S. immigration system as she struggled to maintain her legal status.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW — The University of Illinois College of Law’s Trial Team won the 15th National Ethics Trial Competition (NETC) on March 26, 2023. The competition, which took place March 24-26, was hosted by the McGeorge School of Law at the Robert Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns, two student attorneys from Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), spoke at a symposium at Maine Medical Center’s Dana Center Auditorium on Tuesday, March 28 about the pressing need for collaboration between medical professionals and attorneys in asylum law. Omer and Bruns presented…
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PEPPERDINE LAW — Pepperdine Caruso School of Law students Matt Hand and Taylor Jennings earned a first-place finish at the Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Graduate Case Study Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 24. The competition was part of a multi-day conference commemorating 50 years of Title IX in college athletics.
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