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Business Journal Ranks UNH Law Amongst Top Schools for Employment in the Northeast
Boston Business Journal just published a list of "15 Northeast law schools, ranked by graduate employment rate" in which UNH Law joins an impressive list of law schools, appearing right behind Cornell and Boston College and just ahead of Boston University and Northeastern. Columbia, NYU, Yale, and Harvard are in the top four spots in the survey, which reviewed the employment rates of the class of 2011 nine months after graduation. For a fuller look at UNH Law's employment statistics for the … -
Sandra Fluke Speaks to UNH Law Students
On Wednesday, UNH Law hosted Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University Law Center grad who was called sexually derogatory names by talk show host Rush Limbaugh after Fluke testified to House Democrats in support of mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives. Fluke, who graduated from Georgetown in the spring and who has been traveling the country in support of President Obama, spoke to students about why she decided to testify, how she handled the backlash, what it was like being thrust in the … -
2 UNH Law Students Earn Prestigious National Service Fellowships
Second-year University of New Hampshire School of Law students Lina Shayo and Scott Whitaker are part of a competitive group of students in the nation’s top health and human service schools who have been named Schweitzer Fellows. The fellowships, which are given through The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, aim to develop leaders in service in the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and physician of the same name. Schweitzer Fellows partner with community-based organizations to identify an unmet need, then design … -
UNH Law Professor Leads Advocacy Workshops in Middle East
Cory Smith, an adjunct professor at UNH Law and a noted human rights advocate, recently traveled to Israel and the West Bank to conduct a series of workshops for Israelis, Palestinians, and Bedouins on advocacy with US government and policymakers. Smith, who teaches Intro to Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery at UNH Law, also met with key stakeholders in the region on human trafficking and refugee protection. Smith has long worked to protect human rights, immigrant rights, civil rights and …