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Law Student Elected to ABA’s Board of Governors
Christopher Jennison, a second year law student at the College of Law, has been elected as the Law Student at-Large for the American Bar Association’s Board of Governors. In this role, Jennison will not only have full voting rights on…
College of Law Helps Launch ‘Seven Days for Syria’
The “Arab Spring,” a wave of unrest that began with the Tunisian revolution in 2010, reached Syria on March 15, 2011, when residents of a small southern city took to the streets to protest the torture of students who had…
Diversity Law Day at Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse University College of Law and the Law School Admission Council will be co-sponsoring Diversity Law Day on Thursday, Feb. 26. This program is part of the DiscoverLaw.org initiative targeting students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the legal…
Law Professor LaVonda Reed Named Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today announced that LaVonda N. Reed, professor in the College of Law, will join the Office of the Provost as associate provost for faculty affairs. In her new capacity, Reed will be a…
Raising the Bar: College of Law Revises Standards to Improve Student Success
A rigorous two-day test of legal knowledge, the bar exam is the final hurdle for those studying law to be admitted as practicing attorneys. To ensure that new graduates taking the bar exam had academic assistance, the College of Law initiated a revised set of academic standards several years ago.
College of Law Opens First Comprehensive Veterans Legal Clinic in New York State
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College of Law Community Mourns Loss of Professor Jeremy Blumenthal
Professor Jeremy Blumenthal, who joined the College of Law as an assistant professor in August 2005, died on Dec. 18. He was featured as an outstanding professor in the National Jurist (March 2011), where he is identified as being one…
Syracuse Law Advances to Finals in National Appellate Moot Court
The College of Law’s National Appellate Moot Court Team has advanced to the national final rounds after the regional competition in Boston over the weekend. They will compete in New York City during the finals in February. Team member Kevin…
Human Rights Lawyer to Speak on U.N. Disability Treaty Nov. 4
Janet Lord, senior vice president for human rights and inclusive development at the Burton Blatt Institute and senior researcher for the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Her…
SU Law’s Conference on Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in Legal Education
Addressing Critical Needs: Cultivating Alliances and Committing to a Culture of Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in Legal Education Friday, Oct. 17 A one-day conference examining and discussing the obstacles to racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in legal education and…