Mitchell 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.
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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…
Read More about University of Detroit Mercy Law student Victoria Robinson reflects on diversity clerkship programFlorida International University Law student Briana Harris receives inaugural H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship
MIAMI’S COMMUNITY NEWS — As law firms across the country put added emphasis on minority hiring and diversity in the legal profession, South Florida’s preeminent litigation firm Kluger Kaplan Silverman Katzen & Levine has awarded Briana Harris with the firm’s inaugural H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — Neda Ismail was determined to advance her career in government service. In 2015, she left her home country of Afghanistan, leaving behind a job with an American agency that she had worked with extensively, to pursue public service in the United States. It took her more than five years, but the current…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law LLM student from Afghanistan details experience in programPenn State Dickinson Law students train to become court-appointed advocates in new class
PENN STATE NEWS — Penn State Dickinson Law second-year law students Aranda Stathers, Aria Plants and Ezza Ahmed were sworn in as court-appointed special advocates (CASA) on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Cumberland County Courthouse. The three students inaugurated a new collaboration with CASA offering second-year Dickinson Law students a one-credit experiential learning course called Introduction…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law students train to become court-appointed advocates in new classQuinnipiac Law student Brian Conaster continues studies while serving in the US Navy in Qatar
QUINNIPAC UNIVERSITY — For one Quinnipiac law student, learning doesn’t stop when duty calls. Navy Lieutenant Commander Brian Conatser, JD ‘21 balances his studies with military service as he performs active duty in Qatar, where he’s been stationed since mid-June.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law student Brian Conaster continues studies while serving in the US Navy in QatarFive University of Virginia Law students named Karsh-Dillard Scholars for excellence in leadership
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — First-year students Jacob Baltzegar, Kayla Duperrouzel, Ricardo Hughes, Zain Imam and Lauralei Singsank are among this year’s class of Karsh-Dillard Scholars at the University of Virginia School of Law. The full-tuition awards, given to top J.D. candidates with demonstrated leadership qualities, are funded as part of a historic gift by…
Read More about Five University of Virginia Law students named Karsh-Dillard Scholars for excellence in leadershipUniversity of Virginia Law students Sam Long and Aleja Rocha named Tillman Scholars
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Virginia School of Law students Sam Long ’22 and Aleja Rocha LL.M. ’22 have been named 2021 Tillman Scholars. Named for the NFL player killed in Afghanistan after he enlisted in the Army following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Pat Tillman Foundation benefits military service members, veterans…
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