Northwestern Law students Tommy Hoyt, Jennifer Aronsohn, and Lauren Peterson receive national recognition for scholarship
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Being a law student is challenging. Your days are full of lectures, your nights are full of studying, but for some students, one of the most crucial aspects are the student research papers. Many hope that the long hours put into structuring, writing and presenting their papers will culminate in…
Read More about Northwestern Law students Tommy Hoyt, Jennifer Aronsohn, and Lauren Peterson receive national recognition for scholarshipFordham Law Latin American Law Students Association celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As Fordham Law School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, we spoke with Dayana Ledezma ’22 and Zane Mitchell ’22—president and vice president, respectively, of Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)—about the group’s goals for the 2021-22 academic year and the fun events that will be held in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
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VOA NEWS — Like many others, Azra Ozdemir’s parents sent her off on the first day of school with the usual sage advice about doing well so she could get into a good college. That was her first day of kindergarten. “I knew three words in English: Yes. No,” and the letter P to indicate the need to…
Read More about UNLV Law student Azra Ozdemir discusses her experience in the school’s misdemeanor clinicClimate activist honored with Stanford Law Bright Award
STANDARD LAW SCHOOL — India Logan-Riley is the winner of the 2021 Bright Award, recognizing their work as co-founder of Te Ara Whatu, a group of Māori and Pasifika youth who are working for climate change solutions and Indigenous sovereignty. When asked when their journey as a climate activist began, India Logan-Riley responds that they were “born…
Read More about Climate activist honored with Stanford Law Bright AwardUniversity of Arizona Law students participate in mentorship program for aspiring Latina lawyers
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS — “They just always thought that I was a really logical thinker, and that when I have a belief, I’m going to fight for it,” said Urias, a Marana, Arizona, native and a senior in the Bachelor of Arts in Law program, offered by the James E. Rogers College of Law…
Read More about University of Arizona Law students participate in mentorship program for aspiring Latina lawyersUMass Law student Emily Dillan advocates for survivors of domestic violence
ABA JOURNAL — Emily Dillan went to the University of Massachusetts School of Law hoping to help survivors of domestic violence in her community, but through a new opportunity with the ABA, she could soon extend her advocacy across the country. The 2L serves as the Law Student Division liaison to the Commission on Domestic & Sexual…
Read More about UMass Law student Emily Dillan advocates for survivors of domestic violenceMitchell Hamline Law student Angela Levasseur plans to use law degree to aid Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW –Angela Levasseur is certain people would wonder why she applied to law school at age 41. The enrolled member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, who lives on her reservation in northern Manitoba, Canada, has been an educator for the past two decades. But this mother of five, whose children range in…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law student Angela Levasseur plans to use law degree to aid Nisichawayasihk Cree NationPenn Carey Law professor Paul H. Robinson and student Lindsay Holcomb publish article in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal on moral credibility
PENN LAW — In an article forthcoming in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Colin S. Diver Professor of Law Paul H. Robinson and Lindsay Holcomb L’21 explain why criminal law must maximize its moral credibility while also addressing and answering objections to the concept.
Read More about Penn Carey Law professor Paul H. Robinson and student Lindsay Holcomb publish article in the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal on moral credibilityUniversity of Virginia Law honors student Avery Rasmussen for academic excellence
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Avery Rasmussen has earned the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence by graduating with the highest GPA in the Class of 2021. Rasmussen, of Pensacola, Florida, is currently clerking for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She will clerk for U.S. District Judge…
Read More about University of Virginia Law honors student Avery Rasmussen for academic excellenceUniversity of Detroit Mercy Law student Victoria Robinson reflects on diversity clerkship program
LEGALNEWS.COM — Victoria Robinson says she was drawn to study law because she wants to live in a civilized society. “The rule of law is what separates civilized society from chaos,” she says. “Being a lawyer, to me, means that I can help restore order when laws are broken and help people resolve disputes, and both…
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