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2008 Commencement Information

mfrey — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:34 -0500

Information regarding the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's 2008 Commencement is available here.

Pitt Law announces Loan Repayment Assistance Program

mfrey — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:37 -0400

Every year, a number of University of Pittsburgh School of Law graduates dream of a career serving those who receive inadequate or no legal assistance, by pursuing advocacy work in the public’s interest or serving the people through public sector employment. But these new lawyers face a substantial challenge. It is especially difficult for new law graduates with substantial student loan debt to take lower-paying jobs that would enable them to pursue their dream. The Law School recognizes that the legal community has a responsibility to serve others and seeks to support its students in pursuing a broad range of career choices. This pilot program has been adopted in the hope that it may begin to remove obstacles to graduates interested in choosing a career of service and will serve as the foundation of a sustainable, permanent program of loan repayment assistance. According to a 2002 joint report by Equal Justice Works, the National Association for Law Placement and Partnership for Public Service, "survey results suggest that some of the best solutions to the educational debt crisis are loan repayment assistance programs and other similar programs." Under the Pitt Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), participating graduates receive an annual sum of money, in the form of a forgivable loan, to pay a percentage of their monthly student loan payment.

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JURIST nominated for "best Law website of 2008" Webby

administrator — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:46:57 -0400

JURIST's status as a nominee in the Law category means that it is eligible for both the Webby Award (the judges' prize) and the Webby People's Voice Award (the popular vote award previously won by JURIST in the Law category in 2006). Voting is open until May 1, with the award winners announced in all categories May 6.

For more information, see this Newsburst on JURIST.

To place your vote for JURIST as best law website of 2008, register and vote here.

Master of Studies in Law Program Offers New Concentration in Sports and Entertainment Law

mfrey — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:42:29 -0400

The Master of Studies in Law Program has added a new concentration in Sports and Entertainment Law to its existing roster of almost two dozen concentrations. This program is designed for people who use law in their work or who work with lawyers and want to learn about a particular field of law but not practice it.

Students in this concentration have the opportunity to study subjects including intellectual property, media law, copyright law, intellectual property licensing, telecommunications law, trademark law, antitrust, and business planning, entrepreneurship and technology

To view all the areas of concentration offered by the MSL program (including the Sports and Entertainment concentration) go to http://www.law.pitt.edu/academics/msl/concentrations.

"Bringing Human Rights Home" - 2008 Rubash Lecture

mfrey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:19:46 -0400

Deborah LaBelle, attorney, professor, writer, and advocate, will
deliver the annual Norman J. and Alice Chapman Rubash Distinguished Lecture
in Law and Social Work from noon to 2 p.m. April 10 in the Barco Law
Building's Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Labelle's
talk is titled " Bringing Human Rights Home."

The free public lecture includes a responding panel discussion. Panelists
include Marsha V. Hinton, chair of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review
Board; Gary L. Lancaster, U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District
of Pennsylvania; and Jules Lobel, professor of law-constitutional and
international law and civil and human rights-in Pitt's School of Law.
Jeffrey Shook, assistant professor in Pitt's School of Social Work will
moderate.

For more information, read the full University Press Release here.

CLE Information

Cost for CLE credit: $25.00
This course has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for Two (2) hours of Substantive credit. For CLE credit pay at the Door with check for $25.00 made payable to “University of Pittsburgh School of Law”. For further CLE information, please call (412) 648-1305 or email steffy@pitt.edu - Please REGISTER attendance to University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work 412-624-6902.

Legal Ethics for Counselors and Litigators: Hot Topics, Current Controversies

mfrey — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:16:59 -0500

Complimentary Reception to Follow

About the Speaker

Professor George M. Cohen will engage attendees in a dialogue about some of the most challenging ethics issues facing the legal profession today.

George M. Cohen is the Brokaw Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Cohen began his teaching career at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he taught from 1988 - 1993 before going to the University of Virginia. He teaches and writes in the areas of Professional Responsibility, Contracts, and Agency and Partnership.

A 1982 Yale University Graduate with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Professor Cohen also studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a J.D. in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Economics in 1992. His notable accomplishments include clerking for the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit during 1987-88. He is a co-author of the widely-used casebook, The Law and Ethics of Lawyering (4th ed. 2005)(with Hazard, Koniak, and Cramton), as well as Foundations of The Law and Ethics of Lawyering (2004)(with Koniak). Professor Cohen has served as an expert in a number of legal ethics matters.

About the Program

The Edgar M. Snyder Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program was created in 2006 by Edgar's wife, Sandy, in honor of Attorney Snyder's 40 years of service to the legal profession.

Th program was established to invite legal practitioners and scholars to visit the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and address topics of benefit to law students and faculty. These scholars present ethical aspects of the legal profession or their field of expertise, with a goal to enrich knowledge and understanding of these issues.

http://www.edgarsnyder.com

CLE Information

Cost for CLE credit: $25.00

This course has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for One (1.0) Hour of Ethics credit. No Pre-Registration for CLE credit. Pay at the door with a check for $25.00 made payable to “University of Pittsburgh School of Law”. For further information, please call (412) 648-1305 or email steffy@pitt.edu.