The first cohort of students have completed the Minority Student Program (MSP) Pre-Law Summer Academy and celebrated with a graduation on July 27. With support from Ballard Spahr LLP, its chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, Virginia Essandoh, and the Law School Admission Council, the Pre-Law Academy offered eight weeks of LSAT preparation through 7Sage along with two proctored practice tests. However, the Academy’s support extended well beyond test preparation.
After four years of hard-fought litigation, Rutgers Law Associates (RLA) recently won a jury trial on behalf of an eighty-year-old client who had been deceived into signing over his home’s deed.
New additions for the fall 2024 semester will enrich the pathway for students interested in patent law, further strengthening the school’s already outstanding reputation in this field.
Nicole Ryu ’24 and Francis G. Tiongson ’24 are the latest recipients of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic Award, which recognizes their exceptional proficiency in the clinical practice of intellectual property law and acknowledges their excellent leadership and teamwork with fellow clinic students.
Lawfirm.com asked a panel of experts to weigh in on how to navigate bankruptcy. Rutgers Law Professor Chrystin Ondersma, author of Dignity, Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice, shared her perspective on some of the most pressing bankruptcy questions.
Rutgers Law part-time student Jibri Douglas will receive the 2024 National LGBTQ+ Bar Student Leadership Award.
The Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic achieved a significant victory in the New Jersey Supreme Court on July 1, when the Court held that youth placed on the sex offender registry have the right to be removed at any time, as long as they can prove they are not likely to pose a threat to the safety of others.
Dr. Amy Miller has recently been appointed associate dean of student affairs at Rutgers Law School in Camden, where she’ll oversee counseling and academic advising, academic integrity matters, hallmark events like Orientation and Commencement, and more.
Eva Hanks, a distinguished figure in legal education, a pioneer for women in academia, and Rutgers Law School’s first woman law professor, passed away on June 12, 2024 at the age of 95. Her career spanned over five decades, leaving an indelible mark on Rutgers Law School and the broader legal profession.
More than 200 alumni from the classes of 1974, 1979, 1984, 1994, 2004, and 2014 returned to Rutgers Law School Newark for the all-day annual reunion in June 2024.
President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday, May 28, announced his intention to nominate Mark A. Angelson to be the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. The nomination is expected to be formally submitted to the United States Senate in the coming days and requires the advice and consent of the Senate.
