Duke Law students participate in Salzburg Culter Fellows Program on international law
DUKE LAW — Four Duke Law students were among 56 from the nation’s leading law schools to explore the future of public and private international law through the Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program, held Feb. 20 to 22 in Washington, D.C.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Third-year law student Hannah Gordon was recently named a 2020 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award winner. Gordon, who serves as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Law Review, was one of 15 law students from around the country to receive this prestigious award, and the fourth Miami Law student to…
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UCLA NEWSROOM — Created during the Centennial Campaign for UCLA with $4.2 million in generous donations from alumni and friends of the school, UCLA Law’s Achievement Fellowship program provides full-tuition scholarships to students who have overcome significant obstacles to get to law school.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — The fellows are pursuing projects that are as innovative as they are relevant to society and the world—from protecting financially vulnerable consumers from exploitation and predatory practices to educating a new generation of LGBTQ lawyers in India. Now in its second year, the Davis Polk Leadership Fellowship program provides leadership training, mentorship, and…
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THE WASHINGTON POST — The event in part celebrated the statistical improbability of an all-female sweep of elections at the leading publications of legal scholarship at schools including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, Columbia and Duke universities. The editors in chief collaborated for the first time to publish a Women & Law journal with a series of…
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UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce Angela Shen, a law student at the school, has been selected to receive one of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) Volunteer Recognition Awards. She will be recognized at the 6th annual Pro Bono Advisory Council…
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW — On February 12, the Student Scholar Series continued with its second lecture of the year. The lecture, presented by Rebecca Schisler (3L), was titled “Shortcomings of the Clean Water Act and Potential for Progress in the Chesapeake Bay.” Schisler’s research centered on waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and the effectiveness of…
Read More about Catholic University Law student Rebecca Schisler presents lecture in Student Scholar SeriesChicago-Kent Law faculty win Illinois Tech Team Excellence Award
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Three members of the Chicago-Kent College of Law staff won an Illinois Institute of Technology 2019 Team Excellence Award in December for “Innovative Contribution to Support Excellence in Teaching and Research.”
Read More about Chicago-Kent Law faculty win Illinois Tech Team Excellence AwardChicago-Kent Law students Joey Carrillo and Ada Sandobal selected for Public Interest Law Initiative Fellowships
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — Chicago-Kent College of Law students Joey Carrillo ’21 and Ada Sandoval ’20 have been selected for Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) internships for spring 2020. PILI interns receive a stipend and work at Illinois nonprofits under the supervision of experienced attorneys.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — “This guy” was Chase Whittaker, a fellow 1L student hailing from San Diego. After a 2017 trip to Livingstone, Zambia as an undergraduate student majoring in public policy at San Diego State University, Whittaker returned to the states knowing that his work in Zambia wasn’t done. After researching internal revenue code,…
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