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Students interested in becoming Supreme Court advocates have always been well trained at Harvard, Yale and DC-area law schools. However, a new analysis of the lawyers whose appellate petitions are most often accepted for review puts Stanford on top.
Drake Law School in Des Moines has selected Jerry Anderson, a longtime faculty member as its next dean, the law school has announced. He replaces noted Iowa lawyer and Drake alum Ben Ullum, who led the school for two years.
Villanova Law School has become one of nearly 30 law schools to change its name to honor a major donor. Charles Widger, the founder of Brinker Capital and a 1973 graduate of the school, recently pledged $25M.
Brigham Young University Law School is under investigation for discrimination against LGBT students and professors, according to a report in The Salt Lake City Tribune. The school, owned by the Church of Latter Day Saints, is accused of expelling students who live in same-sex relationships or who leave the Mormon faith.
Students, academics and lawyers at Golden Gate law school’s Second Annual Veterans Law Conference quickly learned what the veterans in attendance knew too well: The legal system can do more to help remedy the homelessness, unemployment, addiction and mental health issues that plague many of the 19.6 million men and women who served in the U.S. armed forces.
In the litigation trenches, John Keker, founder of San Francisco’s Keker & Van Nest, is known as the toughest lawyer around. But he recently came to the Golden Gate University School of Law Second Annual Veterans Conference counseling students, academics and leaders of the bar to offer legal services to veterans with understanding, compassion and, yes, love.