Cleveland-Marshall Law student Anthony Alto receives award for commitment to justice
CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — Anthony Alto ’20 graduated from Cleveland State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and put his degree to use as an Election Recruitment Official with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. His impact during his time in law school was so pronounced that he was recently selected as…
Read More about Cleveland-Marshall Law student Anthony Alto receives award for commitment to justicePenn Law student Jonathan Hoffman receives award for service to student life
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Recent University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduate Jonathan Hoffman L’20 has been selected to receive the Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award for Outstanding Service to Graduate and Professional Student Life.
Read More about Penn Law student Jonathan Hoffman receives award for service to student lifeNorthwestern Law first-year student Jamie Hwang shares experience learning online during the pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — The first year of law school is an unforgettable rite of passage to becoming a lawyer. I get that. But this year, it’s more “unforgettable” than usual. No one in my class at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law expected to finish it this way: attending Zoom classes, taking untimed finals and shooting…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri L’20, sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been awarded the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate fellowships in the country. Giwa-Ojuri, who was a Toll Public Interest Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will be a fellow at Community Legal…
Read More about Penn Law student Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri awarded 2020 Equal Justice Works FellowshipTexas A&M Law students create legal tool box for entities building water desalination and water recycling facilities
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Authors Seth J. Boettcher, Courtney Gately, Alexandra L. Lizano, Alexis S. Long and Alexis Yelvington participated in the EENRSLP Spring 2020 Capstone. Their reports are designed to help regulators, utilities, and the private sector navigate the legal and regulatory framework, and they identify required federal and local permits and other compliance criteria.
Read More about Texas A&M Law students create legal tool box for entities building water desalination and water recycling facilitiesUniversity of Alabama Law graduate Seth Harding set to become youngest lawyer in state at 19
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION – Seth Harding is working as a law clerk at the Beasley Allen Law Firm in its Montgomery, Alabama, office and studying for the state bar. Harding is only 19 years old. If he passes, he will be the youngest lawyer in modern Alabama history, WSFA reports.
Read More about University of Alabama Law graduate Seth Harding set to become youngest lawyer in state at 19UCLA Law students Andrew Barondess and Charlotte Leszinske help launch international moot court initiative
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — Andrew Barondess ’20 and Charlotte Leszinske ’20 launched UCLA Law’s Vis International Moot Organization (VIMO) in 2019 to bolster the law school’s efforts in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the leading student competition for international arbitration. The Vis moot court involves a series of international events that culminate in…
Read More about UCLA Law students Andrew Barondess and Charlotte Leszinske help launch international moot court initiativeUniversity of North Carolina Law student Alyssa Leader creates service to connect pro bono attorneys with law student volunteers
LAW 360 — Leader set up two online forms — one for attorneys in need of assistance and one for law students and paralegals to sign up for a group email list. Every day, she sends new volunteer opportunities to the email list. She vets the first people who raise their hands, to ensure they are…
Read More about University of North Carolina Law student Alyssa Leader creates service to connect pro bono attorneys with law student volunteersUniversity of Tennessee Law student Allen Heaston honored with Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer Award
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — The Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer Award recognizes a student or group for promoting cultural diversity and enrichment on campus.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law student Allen Heaston honored with Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer AwardUniversity of Akron Law student Briana Vamosi creates website to connect elderly and vulnerable residents to food services
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL — Vamosi said she heard about an effort created by classmates at Cincinnati that links volunteers with those unable to venture out of their homes to get groceries or run other errands. With a little help from them, Vamosi set up a similar webpage for the Akron-Canton area at https://akronmatch.wixsite.com/mysite.
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