Penn Law student Som-Mai Nguyen discusses summer internship experience at Advocates for Children of New York
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — A rising 2L from Houston, Texas, Som-Mai Nguyen is interested in the legal dimensions of health’s social determinants, especially in relation to educational equity, language access, citizenship status, and transportation justice.
Read More about Penn Law student Som-Mai Nguyen discusses summer internship experience at Advocates for Children of New YorkColumbia Law student Oluwatumise Asebiomo appointed editor-in-chief of Columbia Law Review
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Oluwatumise Asebiomo ’21, who was appointed editor in chief of the Columbia Law Review in February, is motivated by intellectual challenges. It’s the reason she enrolled at Columbia Law School and why she applied to join the influential journal at the end of her 1L year.
Read More about Columbia Law student Oluwatumise Asebiomo appointed editor-in-chief of Columbia Law ReviewLewis & Clark Law announces 2020 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award recipients
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The 2020 Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) International Law Writing Awards winners are Adriana Gomez and Brittaney Bones. Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the Lewis & Clark Law School award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written in the past year by a…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law announces 2020 Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award recipientsPenn Law student Jessica Rizzo wins Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts writing competition
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School student Jessica Rizzo L’21 has won the 2020 Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts (PMC) writing competition. The contest carried a prize of $5,000 and was sponsored by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.
Read More about Penn Law student Jessica Rizzo wins Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts writing competitionUniversity of Virginia Law student Christina Luk named editor-in-chief of Virginia Law Weekly
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Third-year law student Christina Luk was drawn to the University of Virginia School of Law because of how the student newspaper chronicled life on North Grounds. Now she’s the paper’s top editor.
Read More about University of Virginia Law student Christina Luk named editor-in-chief of Virginia Law WeeklyFlorida A&M Law student Shanice Cameron to receive law firm scholarship and internshi
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law student Shanice Cameron has been selected to receive the Holland & Knight Scholarship and Internship. As the 2020-2021 Holland & Knight Scholar, Cameron will receive full in-state tuition for the upcoming academic year and a virtual summer associate position with the law…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — ising 3L Rachel Wydra, who has been living in her hometown of Downers Grove, Illinois, since classes at the Law School went remote last March, was motivated to take action when news came of the brutal killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Working with other residents of the village, a…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law student Rachel Wydra works on police reform efforts in Downers Grove, ILWest Virginia University Law celebrates Public Interest Advocate fellows
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — West Virginia University College of Law students are working throughout the region this summer for legal organizations that help those in need. The students are Public Interest Advocates Summer Fellows. They work for 10 weeks in paid, full-time positions for organizations that provide legal services to low income clients, the elderly, children, victims…
Read More about West Virginia University Law celebrates Public Interest Advocate fellowsUniversity of Akron Law professor Rick Bales and student Morgan Schweighoefer co-author paper on sexual orientation anti-discriminatory laws in government
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — This spring University of Akron (UA) School of Law third-year student Morgan Schweighoefer joined the exclusive circle of law students who have co-authored a legal article with a UA professor. The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) semiannual newsletter Labor and Employment News recently accepted an article by Schweighoefer and Akron Law…
Read More about University of Akron Law professor Rick Bales and student Morgan Schweighoefer co-author paper on sexual orientation anti-discriminatory laws in governmentChicago-Kent Law student Amy Cortez awarded 2020 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Amy Cortez ’20 is the recipient of the 2020 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize. The prize was established in 2009 at Chicago-Kent College of Law by the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP to honor the memory of Sandra P. Zemm, who died in September 2008 after a lengthy battle…
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