Duke Law first-year students secure JAG Corps summer internships
DUKE LAW — Four first-year Duke Law students have been accepted to competitive summer programs in the Navy and Air Force Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. Madison Cash ’24 will work with the Navy JAG Corps this summer, and Madison Dunbar ’24, Riley Flewelling JD/LLM ’24, and Katie Retzbach ’24 will work with the Air Force JAG Corps. It is unusual…
Read More about Duke Law first-year students secure JAG Corps summer internshipsUniversity of North Dakota Law student Brooke Bergeron wins scholarship aimed at improving legal representation in North Dakota
CROOKSTON TIMES — Brink Lawyers PA recently announced that Brooke Bergeron of Crookston is the winner of the Spring 2022 Brink Laywers University of North Dakota Law Scholarship. Bergeron is a second-year law student at the UND School of Law and currently serves as President of the Rural Practice Association, Treasurer of the Law Women’s Caucus,…
Read More about University of North Dakota Law student Brooke Bergeron wins scholarship aimed at improving legal representation in North DakotaHofstra Law students Nicholas Tramposch and Rachel November honored for academic achievement
ABL ADVISOR — The Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has named Nicholas Tramposch as the recipient of the 2021-2022 Moritt Hock & Hamroff Business Law Honors Fellowship and Rachel November as the recipient of the 2021-2022 Marc L. Hamroff Annual Scholarship. The Fellowship is awarded to an incoming law student who has…
Read More about Hofstra Law students Nicholas Tramposch and Rachel November honored for academic achievementLewis & Clark Law names 2022 Wyss Scholars
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Casey Bage ’23 and Glenda Valdez ’23 have been named as the 2022 Wyss Scholars. Funded by the Wyss Foundation, a private, charitable foundation dedicated to land conservation, the Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and support a new generation of leaders focused on land conservation issues. Lewis & Clark Law School…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law names 2022 Wyss ScholarsUniversity of Cincinnati Law student Travis Hardee discusses the representation gap in the legal profession
UCINCINNATI — Travis Hardee is a first-year UC Law student from South Carolina pursuing both his JD and MA in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of UC’s dual degree program. He spoke with us about why closing the representation gap in the legal field—one of the least diverse industries—is important to him, and…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law student Travis Hardee discusses the representation gap in the legal professionTexas Tech Law student Xenna Davis discusses what inspired her to pursue a law degree
DAIL TOREADOR — Growing up advocating for others despite feeling powerless, law school was the perfect option for Xenna Davis, a third-year law student from Dell City. Despite being a minority in a predominantly white field, she said she has learned to step up and use her platform to leave a mark on Texas Tech. “I think being…
Read More about Texas Tech Law student Xenna Davis discusses what inspired her to pursue a law degreeUniversity of Virginia Law Review names student Scott Chamberlain as new editor-in-chief
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Scott Chamberlain, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been named as the new editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. The review, now in its 109th year of publication, is one of the nation’s most prestigious law journals. Chamberlain answered a few questions about himself,…
Read More about University of Virginia Law Review names student Scott Chamberlain as new editor-in-chiefColumbia Law student Damonta D. Morgan discusses his path to the law
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Damonta Morgan TC ’19, LAW ’22 grew up in a small town in Mississippi; success stories, he says, were few and far between, but it often meant you either became a doctor or a lawyer. After graduating from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in history and political science, he moved to New…
Read More about Columbia Law student Damonta D. Morgan discusses his path to the lawUniversity of Iowa Law student Kabi Palaniappan discusses how he found community at law school
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — The best words to describe Iowa Law are “friendly” and “familial,” according to second-year student, Kabi Palaniappan. These characteristics were especially important to Palaniappan. Three weeks before he started his first semester of law school, his mother passed away from stage 4 cancer. Earlier, before he was about to graduate…
Read More about University of Iowa Law student Kabi Palaniappan discusses how he found community at law schoolUniversity of South Carolina student Glynnis Hagins receives Skadden fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — When Glynnis Hagins made the switch from high school teacher in her hometown of Hamlet, North Carolina, to law school student at the University of South Carolina, the transition was part of her career plan since childhood – sort of. “I come from a family of educators, so becoming a teacher was…
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