West 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…
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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…
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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…
Read More about Chicago-Kent Law student Amy Cortez awarded 2020 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law PrizeCleveland-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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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