LAW SCHOOL:
Northeastern University School of Law
STUDENT NAME: Alex Cherup
STATUS: Recent Graduate (class of 2014)
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE/MAJOR: BA Communication and BA Philosophy
UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.
HOME CITY/STATE: Troy, Michigan
You need to know two things about Alex Cherup: Before he entered law school, he performed as a stand-up comedian, and he worked as an advocate in the disability community in Nevada. Continue reading
Columbia University law school awarded more than 400 juris doctorate degrees at its May 2014 commencement ceremony, above. The size of first-year classes at law schools across the U.S. has dropped for three straight years and may reach a fifth straight decline, based on the number of LSAT takers in June.
Declines in U.S. law school enrollment are poised to stretch into a fifth straight year after the number of people taking the Law School Admissions Test, a gauge of applicant interest, dropped during the first 2014-15 session. Continue reading
Ronald Weich learned to navigate myriad, and often competing agendas, from two of the art’s best-known practitioners: the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy and current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Continue reading
Law School: Boston University School of Law
Student Name: Bridgette Pighin
Status: Rising 3L
Undergraduate degree/major: Political Science (Major), Global Studies (Minor)
Undergraduate institution: University of California-Los Angeles
Home city, state: Santa Rosa, California
Bridgette Pighin had a career path firmly in mind when she entered law school, but her experiences there have prompted her to remap it somewhat. Her original goal: assistant general counsel in a corporation. Then came classes in corporations and civil procedure, mentoring and a reality check on jumping right into that role. She realized beginning her career at a law firm would give her a stronger base, and an externship with a federal judge has prompted her to consider pursuing a clerkship as well. Continue reading
Don’t confuse the bachelor’s degree in law that the University of Arizona will offer this fall with the bachelor of laws degree that was the early 20th-century standard for attorneys in training in the United States.
The names sound alike, but that’s where the similarity ends. The bachelor of laws, or LL.B., was the ancestor of today’s juris doctorate degree and provided entry to the practice of law. Arizona’s program, designed for undergraduates, prepares students for some law-related jobs but doesn’t qualify them to become licensed attorneys. Continue reading
STUDENT NAME: Wilda J. Rodriguez
LAW SCHOOL: New York Law School
STATUS: 4L Evening
UNDERGRADUATE: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
HOME CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY: New York, NY
Wilda J. Rodriguez is one of many aspiring attorneys who have found a financially sustainable way through law school by attending part-time and working during the day. For Rodriguez, a 4L at New York Law School, the part-time path has also become a road map to a career in immigration law and public policy. Continue reading
When Vincent Rougeau became dean of Boston College Law School in 2011 it was, perhaps, the capstone testament to his commitment to Catholic social teaching and the law. Continue reading
What, exactly, is a person? That’s the question at the crux of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling exempting some for-profit corporations from complying with a federal mandate to provide health insurance for birth control because of owners’ religious objections. Continue reading
STUDENT NAME: Brittany Elias
LAW SCHOOL: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
STATUS: Rising 3L
UNDERGRADUATE: University of California-Irvine, B.A. Art History; minor, Women’s Studies
HOME CITY/STATE OR COUNTRY: Los Angeles, California
Understanding Brittany Elias means knowing how deeply connected she is to her Argentinean heritage, which she works to fuse with her American upbringing, and how passionate she is about the arts, the result of being raised in a family that encouraged creative thought. (It didn’t hurt that her father was a director for 40 years.) The intertwining of these two strands was manifest in 2009 when Elias, an undergraduate at the University of California-Irvine, established Museum of the Souls (Museo de las Almas) as a business. Five years later, the company still focuses on Hispanic and Latino artists, providing a platform to exhibit and auction their work, and for the up-and-comers, an introduction to the art market. Continue reading
A federal judge has agreed to the voluntary dismissal of a former Northwestern Law student’s suit claiming he was wrongfully kicked out when the school learned of his felony conviction for pretending to be a lawyer.
Mauricio R. Celis, Northwestern Law and Instituto de Empresa, the school’s Spanish partner in the executive master’s in law program, sought the dismissal about a month after the case was referred to a federal magistrate for settlement talks. Their joint request, filed on June 18, makes no mention of any settlement agreement. Continue reading
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