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New York Law Journal

Albany Law, University Move Toward Partnership

Albany Law School and the University at Albany announced they are finalizing an agreement to affiliate. "It is clear to us that our students and faculties have much to gain from a stronger affiliation between our two schools," a letter from the two schools' deans states.
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National Law Journal

Paid Law Student Externships Top ABA Council's Agenda

Should law schools grant students academic credit for externships that pay student participants? The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has debated that question for more than a year, and will take it up once again this week in Minneapolis.
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National Law Journal

Legal Defense Fund Boosts Grants in Law Student Scholarship Program

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. David Coar, a former judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois. Those are just a few of the leaders who benefited by various NAACP Legal Defense Fund scholarships during the past 50 years. Now the organization is overhauling its law student scholarship program, increasing the amount of grants and providing substantive civil rights training.
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National Law Journal

$1M Gift to Northwestern Law Benefits Health Initiative

Northwestern University School of Law will expand its global Access to Health Project with a $1 million donation from university alumnus Chris Combe and his wife Courtney.
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National Law Journal

D.C. Bar Members Elect President in Closest Vote Ever

In an election separated by a mere 35 votes, Annamaria Steward, a law school associate dean, won the District of Columbia Bar presidency over media lawyer Laura Possessky, the bar said Monday. "It absolutely is the closest race in our history," D.C. Bar spokeswoman Cynthia Kuhn said.
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Texas Lawyer

SCOTUS Denies Hearing in Case Against Baylor

"End of the road," concedes 57-year-old plaintiff Michael Kamps. He had argued that his 1970s GPA was not directly comparable with scores of younger applicants who earned theirs in the post-grade-inflation decades.
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Daily Report Online

Emory Law and UnitedLex Offer Apprenticeships in Legal Process Outsourcing

Emory University law graduates have a new job option: learning how to manage legal services outsourcing.
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The Recorder

Jury Researcher Bernard Chao

The University of Denver law professor used online mock juries to test common trial strategies.
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Daily Business Review

UM Law School Teams With UnitedLex to Find Jobs for Grads

University of Miami School of Law graduates can pursue a two-year residency working for UnitedLex, a global legal services firm.
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National Law Journal

A New Career Path — Legal Residencies

UnitedLex's legal residency program is a collaboration between the legal services firm and four law schools. Graduates get two years of hands-on training in litigation management, discovery, cybersecurity, intellectual property and more.
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