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Syracuse University, Le Moyne College Announce New Academic Partnership, Will Build on Longstanding Relationship
Today, Syracuse University and Le Moyne College announced a new academic partnership that will build on a longstanding relationship. The new partnership will establish two new initiatives and will support the future development of existing academic relationships between Syracuse University…
SU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order
Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…
Syracuse Law Review Hosts Screening of ‘Unlocking the Cage,’ Visit by Animal Rights Lawyer Steven Wise
Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc., will speak Wednesday, March 1, at 11:50 a.m. in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall as guest of the Syracuse Law Review. A reception will follow at 12:45 p.m….
College of Law Welcomes Spring Cohort of LL.M. Students
The College of Law recently welcomed the spring cohort of the Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in American Law program. The cohort is composed of nine foreign-educated lawyers representing the legal systems of seven nations, including one Open Society Foundation Fellow…
College of Law Announces $20,000 Empire State Scholars Grant for NY State Residents Starting Fall 2017
The College of Law has introduced a $20,000 Empire State Scholars Grant for all admitted New York state residents, beginning with students entering the law school in Fall 2017. Eligible students may alternatively receive merit-based scholarships for which they qualify…
Spring 2017 Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series Begins with Dahlia Lithwick from Slate
The annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series begins Wednesday, Feb. 8, with guest lecturer Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court correspondent and host of the “Amicus” podcast for Slate.com. The series will also feature seven other distinguished lecturers, including Chief…
College of Law Launches New York City Externship Program
The College of Law has introduced the New York City Externship Program. Available to qualified second- and third-year College of Law students, the New York City Externship Program will provide legal placements across the spectrum of career paths, from traditional…
Syracuse Law Welcomes Fulbright Students from Eurasia
Jeyhun Haqverdiyev was inspired to come to the United States to pursue LL.M. studies while working with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2009. Haqverdiyev, a Fulbright student from Azerbaijan, had been working on a Rule of…
New York Times Reviews New Book by Professor Keith Bybee
How Civility Works, a new book by Keith Bybee, law professor at the Law College and political science professor at the Maxwell School, was reviewed by The New York Times for the article How to be Civil in an Uncivil World
Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction
United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…