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A Higher Education Dual System of Separate and Unequal Schools?: Maryland HBCUs Sue the Maryland Higher Education Commission


The state’s four historically black colleges and universities (Morgan State, Coppin State, Bowie State, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore) allege that Maryland continues to operate a dual and unequal system of separate colleges and universities in violation of federal … Continue reading


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Some JDs Just Want to Be Librarians


Sometimes the idea emerges as a law student learns the lawyering skill of legal research and loves it. Sometimes it almost seems to be  what Paulo Coelho describes as a Personal Legend path. After  the inspiration, what next?   Yes, … Continue reading


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3 Top Tens in Law School Ranking for the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law


The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL), one of the oldest public interest law schools in the country, is recognized this year by Princeton Review with three top ten schools’ “best” rankings:   … Continue reading


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Experiment Coming Soon – Food in the Library!


Beginning December 3 (Saturday), we will allow food in the library on a trial basis.  If this trial is a success, food privileges MAY be extended into the spring semester during evening hours and weekends. The key term here is food … Continue reading


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Welcome Class of 2014-2015!


All of us at the Mason Law Library would like to welcome the incoming class of 2014-2015 to the David A. Clarke School of Law. This is the 3rd year of our part-time program and we are all very excited … Continue reading


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Law Library Recognized


The law library is proud to announce that it will be presenting a paper, Embedded Law Librarians: Teaching Legal Research as a Lawyering Skill, at the annual meetings of AALS and AALL.


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