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Meet our 2024 PILC Grant Recipients Working in Government — Part Three
Southwestern's Public Interest Law Committee (PILC) is a student-run organization that sponsors several events each year to raise student awareness and involvement in providing legal services for underrepresented communities and is dedicated to facilitating public interest law careers by supporting students in public interest work through fundraising efforts for the school's Public Interest Law Summer Grant Program. -
Southwestern’s Inaugural Online J.D. Cohort Attracts Over 1,500 Applicants
Southwestern Law School’s Online J.D. program, the first of its kind to offer both full-time and part-time tracks in a primarily asynchronous online format, drew more than 1,500 applicants in its inaugural year. -
Meet our 2024 PILC Grant Recipients Working in Government — Part Two
Southwestern's Public Interest Law Committee (PILC) is a student-run organization that sponsors several events each year to raise student awareness and involvement in providing legal services for underrepresented communities and is dedicated to facilitating public interest law careers by supporting students in public interest work through fundraising efforts for the school's Public Interest Law Summer Grant Program. -
Meet our 2024 PILC Grant Recipients Working in Civil Legal Aid and Nonprofits — Part Two
Southwestern's Public Interest Law Committee (PILC) is a student-run organization that sponsors several events each year to raise student awareness and involvement in providing legal services for underrepresented communities and is dedicated to facilitating public interest law careers by supporting students in public interest work through fundraising efforts for the school's Public Interest Law Summer Grant Program. -
Southwestern Law School Welcomes Accomplished and Diverse J.D. Class for 2024-25
Southwestern Law School began the 2024-25 academic year by welcoming 428 new J.D. students during a series of orientation events held in July and August. -
Southwestern Law School Joins with Lawyers for America to Expand Legal Training and Public Service
Southwestern Law School has joined Lawyers for America (LfA), becoming only the second law school in the nation to participate in the Lawyers for America Fellowship Program®. -
Southwestern Law School celebrates Pride Month!
June is a time of celebration, reflection, and unity for the LGBTQIA+ community. -
April Rivera '23 Wins Grand Prize at Beverly Hills Bar Foundation Competition
April Rivera '23, an Annual Attorney at the Supreme Court of California, was awarded the grand prize in the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation’s Rule of Law Competition. Rivera’s entry. -
Future Leaders in Law: Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Fellows Prepare for Impactful Summer Roles
As Southwestern students embark on their summer placements, our Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Fellows eagerly anticipate the hands-on experiences that will shape their future legal careers. -
The 15th Annual Public-Service Program Award Luncheon — April 18, 2024
Through Southwestern’s Public-Service Program Award Luncheon, the Public-Interest Law Faculty Committee honors those students from each year’s graduating class with a demonstrated dedication to public-interest law activities or career practice. -
Professor Hila Keren of Southwestern Law School Wins Award for LGBTQ+ Scholarship and Advocacy
Hila Keren, the Paul E. Treusch Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Southwestern Law School, has won The Stu Walter Prize for her article "Separating Church and Market: The Duty to Secure Market Citizenship for All," originally published in the U.C. Irvine Law Review. -
Professor Melissa Murray Delivers the 2024 Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Annual Lecture
"Dobbs arrives in the wake of a series of high Court decisions ... -
From Clinic Advocate to Public Defender: Meet Brendan Nafarrate '21
Brendan Nafarrate ’21 was raised by immigrant grandparents from Mexico and Guatemala, whose struggles inspired him to advocate for his community. Before law school, he was a paralegal assisting non-citizens in their family law and immigration matters. -
Southwestern Leaders Named Among Most Influential People in Legal Education
Southwestern Law School's President and Dean Darby Dickerson and Professor Meera E. Deo have been recognized among the top 10 in the National Jurist’s list of the 20 “Most Influential People in Legal Education.” -
Southwestern Law School Alumni Dominate 2024 Lawdragon 500 Litigators List
Southwestern Law School proudly announces the inclusion of ten alumni in the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America list. -
Legal Clinic Leaders Series — Briana Cabrera
I chose to participate in the Children's Rights Clinic because I wanted to learn how the law protects children and their families in special education and school discipline-related matters. -
Southwestern Law's Michael B. Dorff Explores Benefit Corporations in His Latest Book
A new book by Michael B. Dorff, Michael & Jessica Downer Endowed Chair and Professor of Law at Southwestern, offers an in-depth exploration of benefit corporations in the United States. -
Answer the Summons for Student Success on Giving Tuesday, November 28!
Just like a legal summons calls individuals to action, we're rallying our community to act on behalf of our students’ dreams and aspirations. -
Prof. Meera E. Deo Leads Pioneering LSSSE Report on First-Generation Law Students' Experiences
Meera E. Deo, J.D., Ph.D., Director of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) and faculty member at Southwestern Law School, has spearheaded a detailed study examining the experiences and obstacles faced by first-generation law students.