Lewis & Clark launches first Animal Law LL.M.
Lewis & Clark Law School is launching the world’s first graduate law program in animal law, the Portland, Ore. school recently announced.
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University of North Texas moves forward with Dallas law school plans
Forget the fact that the American Bar Association has tightened the reins on accreditation, the University of North Texas is moving forward with its own new law school.
The state university recently announced that U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson will be the founding dean of its Dallas College of Law — but not until the school opens in August 2014.
Denver to edit Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is the new home for the international Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, a product of the International Bar Association. Law students will now oversee the editing and publication of the leading refereed journal in the field of energy and natural resources law.
Emory Law Launches Juris Master’s Degree
To provide a broader legal education to both lawyers and non-lawyers, Emory University School of Law launched a new Juris Master degree program for professionals, graduate students and select undergraduates.
Students can wrap up the 24-credit master's degree in one year or on a part-time basis in no more than four years.
John Marshall grows a green law certificate
In response to the push to go green, John Marshall Law School in Chicago launched a new certificate in sustainability law.
Offered through its center for real estate law, the new program allows J.D. students to center their sights on the hot topic of sustainability and its increasing importance in real estate, transactional and regulatory work.
NYLS expands mental disability law with joint degree
New York Law School students will soon be able to get a joint degree in law and a master's in mental disability law studies in four years, instead of five.
In May 2010, NYLS teamed up with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a college within the City University of New York located nearly five miles north in Manhattan. Starting next fall, the schools will offer the joint degree together.
Indiana U-Indianapolis adds joint law and medical degree
The Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis wants to test its students to the limit by adding a joint law and medical degree program to its curriculum this semester.
Offered by the law school in partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine, the degree can be wrapped up in just six years, as opposed to the common seven-year time frame.
While some schools across the U.S. require the student to start medical school first, Indiana is giving the students the option of matriculating into the program by either starting law school or medical school first.
Loyola Chicago launches new rule of law LLM in Rome
Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law launched a new LLM program overseas that gives students the skills to build the rule of law in developing countries around the world.
The one-year academic program, located at its John Felice Rome Center in Italy, currently consists of 25 students who mostly hail from economically unstable countries. Some are recent law school graduates interested in public service and human rights, while others have an extensive resume in rule of law initiatives from their respective countries.
Georgia law debuts Washington semester program
The University of Georgia School of Law is letting a group of its students live and work in the nation’s capitol for a semester.
The Athens, Ga. school will debut the real world program to a group of 15 students this spring. UGA is following other law schools, like Albany Law School of New York, that take advantage of D.C.’s countless learning opportunities by offering students the chance to study there for a semester.
Joint programs at UNH, MSL and NCCU
The University of New Hampshire School of Law is offering a joint JD/MBA degree with the Whittemore School of Business & Economics at University of New Hampshire. It is the first of several planned dual degree programs that will be available to students as a result of the 2010 affiliation agreement through which Franklin Pierce Law Center became the UNH School of Law.