Law school

A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction.

Law degrees

Brazil

In Brazil, law is studied as an undergraduate program. Students who succesfully complete such programs are awarded a Bachelor of Law and are allowed to take the bar examination, which is held twice a year on a nation-wide basis. Candidates who pass the examination are then allowed to work as attorneys.

Canada

The oldest civil law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1848 at McGill University in Montreal, and the oldest common law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1883 at Dalhousie University in Halifax. The typical law degree required to practice law in Canada is now the Juris Doctor, which requires previous university coursework and is similar to the first law degree in the United States. There is some scholarly content in the coursework (such as an academic research paper required in most schools). The programs consist of three years, and have similar content in their mandatory first year courses. Beyond first year and the minimum requirements for graduation, course selection is elective with various concentrations such as business law, international law, natural resources law, criminal law, Aboriginal law, etc. Some schools, however, have not switched from LL.B. to the J.D. – one notable university that still awards the LL.B is McGill University.

Wayne State University

Wayne State University (WSU) is an American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District and Wayne State University Buildings Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 380 programs to nearly 28,000 graduate and undergraduate students. It is currently Michigan's third-largest university and one of the 100 largest universities in the United States.

The WSU main campus encompasses 203 acres (822,000 m²) linking more than 100 education and research buildings in the heart of Detroit. It also has six extension centers in the metro Detroit area providing access to a limited selection of courses. The institution is a notable engine in metro Detroit's educational, cultural and economic landscape, as manifested through efforts such as its thriving research and technology park and hosting of the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival.

Historical background

State university system

A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, or a similar entity such as the District of Columbia. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country. Each state supports at least one such system.

State university systems should not be confused with federally funded colleges and universities, at which attendance is limited to military personnel and government employees. Members of foreign militaries and governments also attend some schools. These schools include the United States military academies, Naval Postgraduate School, and military staff colleges.

A state university system normally means a single legal entity and administration, but may consist of several institutions, each with its own identity as a university. Some states—such as California and Texas—support more than one such system.

State universities get subsidies from their states. The amount of the subsidy varies from university to university and state to state, but the effect is to lower tuition costs below that of private universities for students from that state or district. As more and more Americans attend college, and private tuition rates increase well beyond the rate of inflation, admission to state universities is becoming more and more competitive.

Wayne State University Success Documentary Clip...

Hillary Clinton in Wayne state University...

Hillary Clinton Voter Registration Rally @ Wayne S...

Hillary Clinton Voter Registration Rally At Wayne ...

FULL EVENT Hillary Clinton Rally in Detroit Michig...

Protester in Bill Clinton ‘RAPE’ Shirt disrupts Hi...

Man Yells Bill Clinton is a Rapist During Hillary ...

Meeting Hillary Clinton | Detroit, Michigan | Wayn...

Hillary Clinton at Wayne State...

Full Event | Hillary Clinton Rally in Detroit, Mic...

photo: Public Domain

[VIDEO]: Discovery Of Ancient Sea Monster Skeleton Has Paleontologists Excited

Edit WorldNews.com 16 Oct 2016

Using modern fossil extraction methods, the bones of the sea monster was able to be removed from hard rock ... “There’s over 100 bones there, so a whole bunch of the skeleton, and now we get to get down to the fun business of actually studying it, figuring out what it is,” said Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh. Scientists know the sea monster is more than 4 meters long ... ....

photo: AP / Julio Cortez

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on a large screen as he speaks during a charity event hosted by the Republican Hindu Coalition, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in Edison, New Jersey.

Donald Trump Claims Election Will Be Rigged at Polling Sites

Edit Time Magazine 16 Oct 2016

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2016 ... “Our democracy relies on confidence in election results, and the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity,” Ryan spokesperson AshLee Strong said ... “I’m sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans,” Giuliani said on CNN’s State of the Union....

photo: US DoS

File - Russian President Vladimir Putin, watched by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, and U.S. Ambasador to Russia John Tefft, urges his guests to take their seat at the Bocherov Ruche - a government villa - in Sochi, Russia, before a bilateral meeting on May 12, 2015.

Putin Hopeful Russia-U.S. Ties Can Be Restored After Elections

Edit Bloomberg 16 Oct 2016

He spoke after meeting with leaders of Brazil, China, India and South Africa at a summit in the Indian state of Goa ... “If our partners in the United States intend to work with us, we will,” Putin said. “I hope that when the debate is over, this difficult period in the United State’s internal political life is over, there’ll be a ......

photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed

Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.

Battling horror of ISIS: Iraq's bloody crisis up close

Edit CNN 16 Oct 2016

(CNN)Thousands dead. Millions more driven from their homes. A future far from certain. This is the situation in Iraq today. The deep-rooted sectarian divide that resurfaced amid the chaos of Saddam Hussein's downfall created a security vacuum that ultimately allowed extremist militant groups like ISIS to flourish. READ MORE. High stakes for Iraq's future ... Read More. CNN looks at Iraq's bloody crisis up close.. THE CRISIS IN NUMBERS ... Replay....

photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech/UCLA

File - This image shows the Pleiades cluster of stars as seen through the eyes of WISE, or NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.

Moving beyond the solar system to exoplanets

Edit The Hindu 16 Oct 2016

Ever since the first exoplanet (51 Pegasi b) was discovered in 1995 by Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz, there has been renewed activity and interest in this field. The Kepler and K2 missions of NASA have identified thousands of planet candidates. Now there are nearly 5,000 planet candidates, and of these, some 3,397 have been confirmed as planets, according to the NASA exoplanet archive ... This unit began taking data in 2012 ... ....

search tools

You can search using any combination of the items listed below.

Language:

Sort type:

Arrived Within:

Search Type: