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Daniel Rodriguez may have gotten his wish this year. The president of The Association of American Law Schools said he encourages women, people of color and other minorities to seek work as deans.
Quite a few have been doing just that: Of the 15 new deans at law schools accredited by the American Bar Association, eight are women and almost half are minorities. Continue reading
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The Murphy family didn’t make a habit of traveling to the same place twice. So when Gonzaga Law Professor Ann Murphy applied for a second Fulbright teaching scholarship in China, she knew it would be a break with tradition.
Her logic was that China’s rank as the world’s fourth-largest country by area and its diverse population of 1.4 billion make each visit unique.
“I told my brothers and sisters I can’t believe I’m applying for China again because that’s not the Murphy way,” she said in a telephone interview about the most recent grant, which will take her to Shanghai for a year. “But it’s such a huge country, it counts as something different.”
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Prepping law students to be practice-ready when they graduate isn’t necessarily a matter of balancing practical experiences with traditional classroom instruction, in Peggy Maisel’s opinion. Instead, what works best is fusing the two strategies.
“A big piece is, ‘How do you integrate the two so that in every course, students are learning to be lawyers and to be real problem-solvers in whatever career they decide to embrace,’” said Maisel, who was recently appointed the associate dean for experiential education at Boston University School of Law. “Too often, people are thinking, ‘We’ve had this type of curriculum in law schools that has taught our students to think like lawyers and now we’re going to experiential, and that there’s something different.’” Continue reading
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Student Name: Tyler A. Rube
Law School: Gonzaga University Law School
Status: Rising 3L
Undergraduate: U.S. Air Force Academy (Legal Studies)
Other Degrees: Masters, Webster University (International Relations)
Home City/State: Phoenix, Arizona
Tyler Rube, a rising 3L and current Gonzaga Law Student Bar Association vice-president, was born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz., and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 17. After a few years, Rube was accepted into the U.S. Air Force Academy and subsequently graduated as Class President in 2007. He then worked as a Special Agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, where he conducted felony-level criminal and counterintelligence investigations. Continue reading
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Jeremy Paul knew shortly after starting Harvard Law School that he wanted to teach. He began doing so as soon as he graduated in 1981, holding positions that included professor in residence for the U.S. Department of Justice, and he was named dean of Northeastern University School of Law 31 years later. Continue reading
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A federal judge has approved a $7.73 million settlement in a U.S. government lawsuit claiming the nonprofit that administers the Law School Admissions Test discriminated against test-takers with disabilities. Continue reading
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Student Name: Christine Doelling
Law School: University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Status: Rising 2L
Focus: Media, Entertainment and Intellectual Property
Undergraduate Degree/Institution: BA American Studies (2008), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
Graduate Degree/Institution: Masters – Media, Communications and Critical Practice (2012), University of the Arts, London College of Communications
Home city/state or country: Berkeley, Calif.
Christine Doelling, a rising 2L, is immersed in the music industry, where she aspires to work. She has created and led multi-channel marketing initiatives for world-renowned artists, musicians, museums and media companies. Doelling founded Lunchbox Theory, a music promotion company in Washington, D.C., and has served as a music promotion consultant for National Geographic Live.
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Infilaw, the company planning to buy the Charleston School of Law, temporarily withdrew its application for a license the day before a state commission was scheduled to vote on it. Continue reading
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John Broderick, the dean who oversaw the former Franklin Pierce Law Center’s integration into the University of New Hampshire, is stepping down at the end of June to head the school’s Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy.
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