Sentences with phrase «law student applications»

I am reviewing law student applications for a summer internship / clerkship position at a large public law firm.

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The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

By sharp contrast, almost all law students (85 percent) make multiple applications; only 46 percent are attending their first - choice school; and 87 percent of those not attending first - choice schools say those schools did not accept them.

The Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey (where I work) is now accepting applications for six summer seminars, on topics ranging across ethics, politics, law, medicine, philosophy, and religion, for every age cohort from high school to post-baccalaureate students.

International students who want to move from graduate to postgraduate studies will also have to make a new visa application, but this is already necessary under the current law.

Google is calling for applications to its 2012 Google Policy Fellowships, which offer undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy «the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests.»

Well - functioning school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

An entire lesson taking students through powers of numbers and letters and the simple application of the three main power laws with positive integral powers.

* Demands that students present Social Security cards and birth certificates for their applications to be considered, even though such documents can not be required under federal law.

A central piece of Maryland's application is a new state law and regulations that require new teacher and principal evaluations, half of which will be based on growth in student achievement, said William Reinhard, the spokesman for the Maryland education department.

As another example, the Houston Independent School District developed and published the «Safety, Privacy and Security Rubric» to assess web applications for compliance with federal student privacy and security laws and to provide guidance for safe use in the classroom.

The applications for federal flexibility under the NCLB law, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, show 11 states aiming for vastly different student - achievement goals, with a jumble of strategies to improve low - performing schools.

And the state recently refused to include a teacher evaluation system based on student test scores in its application for a waiver from the mandates of No Child Left Behind laws.

All charter schools articulate in their applications how they will reduce economic and racial isolation for their student populations, as required by state law.

If the Board received more than 12 applications in a single year from qualified applicants, then the proposed law would require it to give priority to proposed charter schools or enrollment expansions in districts where student performance on statewide assessments is in the bottom 25 % of all districts in the previous two years and where demonstrated parent demand for additional public school options is greatest.

Great Hearts can not change the application grade for a student after the original application has been submitted due to AZ Charter laws.

Based on state law and state regulations, «The RSCO lottery is the computer - based method that places students who have submitted a complete and on - time application to available RSCO schools and programs.

* For readers who think that districts should be able to vote for charter school approvals, a position advocated for by Save Our Schools - NJ, imagine this scenario: an application is submitted for a charter school devoted to the needs of students of color in Lakewood and, per N.J.'s charter school funding law, Lakewood Public Schools would pay up to 90 % of tuition.

* Demands that students present Social Security cards and birth certificates for their applications to be considered, though such documents can not be required under federal law.

The state education board took the law one step further, pledged in its RttT application that it would pass a regulation requiring 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation to be based on student academic growth on tests.

The Office of the General Counsel welcomes applications from law students for various internships offered in our offices.

We will not accept applications directly from students who attend law schools where we interview on - campus.

While borrower defense applications typically require the borrower to specifically show that his or her school violated state law, the Everest and WyoTech findings qualify students enrolled in the covered programs and time periods to apply for a discharge of their federal Direct Loans through an expedited process using a simple attestation form.

A borrower defense forgiveness application is done when the school you attended is caught defrauding students or otherwise violating the law.

While the law stipulates that anyone under age 21 must have a co-signer on a credit card application, students and their parents need to be attentive when choosing a credit card.

In contrast, the interdisciplinary B.S.E. program is intended for those students interested in further education in the fields of medicine, business, and law (specifically patent law), and provides a curriculum with broader focus and emphasis on the application of engineering and science skills to other, related fields.

In my view, law school career services offices fundamentally fail because most focus not on building student skills in long - term career development and professionalism, but rather in short - term job application skills.

This competition between law students makes the traditional application - advising work of law school career services staff essentially a zero - sum game.

Similarly, the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC) reports that there were 1231 registered first year students in Ontario law schools in 2004 (who would comprise the 2007 graduating class), which grew to 1350 in 2009 (who would graduate in 2012) and then to 1549 in 2016.

The student newspaper there, The Daily Iowan, is reporting that the law school is having a major problem with students failing to disclose their arrest records on their law school applications.

The Law Commission of Ontario is seeking applications from law students for its summer 2018 research progrLaw Commission of Ontario is seeking applications from law students for its summer 2018 research progrlaw students for its summer 2018 research program.

And when a factual scenario presents novel or troublesome facts that seem not to fit established law, students are taught to engage in rule synthesis.207 In other words, the legal writing classroom is rich with opportunities to practice deduction and induction in ways that incorporate both theory and practical application.

International law firm Allens is teaming up with the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and software firm Neota Logic to create a program which will see law students create artificial intelligence (AI) applications that help people address legal problems onlilaw firm Allens is teaming up with the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and software firm Neota Logic to create a program which will see law students create artificial intelligence (AI) applications that help people address legal problems onliLaw at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and software firm Neota Logic to create a program which will see law students create artificial intelligence (AI) applications that help people address legal problems onlilaw students create artificial intelligence (AI) applications that help people address legal problems online.

It will grant 20 UTS Law students the opportunity to create intelligent web applications that promote access to justice and make tailored legal information more reachable.

Dean of Law Professor George Williams welcomed the partnership and said the course was an innovative way for students to learn about the application of technology to legal issues.

At the time, Pieters was there with fellow lawyer Brian Noble and law student Paul Waldron dealing with a Youth Criminal Justice Act application.

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The former high - flying law student's application was rejected last September after a hearing panel found he was not of good character by a 2 - 1 majority.

«It was a great opportunity to see the real world applications of what we're learning in law school,» said one satisfied student.

The changes will take place in mid-2018 and are intended to provide a more flexible testing schedule to benefit prospective law students, who will have more options if they have a conflict with a particular test date, and law schools, whose application cycles have shifted in recent years.

A near unanimous chorus of professors, Law Deans, and student groups urged the Federation of Law Societies to reject TWU's application on account of its homophobic «Community Covenant».

Now, rising second - year law students can begin researching clerkship openings on June 1, and can begin submitting applications on August 1.

Under the guiding hand of IRAC, our students have been taught that a legal argument ought to begin with the Issue, continue with the Relevant law, proceed to the Application of facts, and conclude with the Conclusion.

This motion requesting that the Cohens sign the passport application does not primarily concern a matter of international law, but it proved to be a useful vehicle for introducing students to the concept of international conventions, the means for finding them, and the ways to determine whether the relevant Convention is in effect in the other country.

She suggests emphasizing the role international and foreign law play within the domestic system, offering examples including asking the student to consider the application of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 44.1 to a foreign adoption, or to determine whether a foreign corporation can obtain a dismissal of a federal court action based on forum non conveniens.

To meet the very competitive standard for law school admission, a typical «pre-law» student must afford the real costs of high undergraduate tuition, enrichment activities, LSAT training, LSAT fees, law school application fees, and the opportunity costs of unpaid internships and volunteer activities that are increasingly vital to a law school application.

Applications for Burges Salmon's Insight Days for first year law students, non-law students and non-law graduates close on 30 March.

Law students across the country are speaking out against Trinity Western University's application for a law schoLaw students across the country are speaking out against Trinity Western University's application for a law scholaw school.

Ultimately it will be up to the students themselves to apply but the law schools will be approached as a way to encourage applications.

However, in this economy, law school applications are increasing exponentially, and I would be very curious to know what prospective students expect from law school.