The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
What, Like It’s Hard? | Let’s get personal

What, Like It’s Hard? | Let’s get personal

By Livia LaMarca, Contributing Editor • October 6, 2024
After completing her own personal statement, contributing editor Livia LaMarca details what the personal statement is, its effects on a law school application and gives some tips that helped her identify the topic she wrote about.
What, Like It’s Hard? | Choosing where to apply and avoiding pressure

What, Like It’s Hard? | Choosing where to apply and avoiding pressure

By Livia LaMarca, Contributing Editor • September 20, 2024
Contributing editor Livia LaMarca encourages law school applicants to apply to schools where they think they will thrive and ignore the naysayers
Opinion | Everything I wish I knew about law school applications before applying

Opinion | Everything I wish I knew about law school applications before applying

By Talia Spillerman, Senior Staff Columnist • February 1, 2023
Advice to help students through preparing a law school application.
Victoria Nourse, Ralph Whitworth Professor in Law at Georgetown spoke Tuesday about separation of powers and the current state of politics.

Georgetown law professor talks Constitution at annual lecture

By Madison Brewer, For The Pitt News • September 17, 2019
Each year since the passage of a 2004 federal amendment, Constitution Day is celebrated on September 17, commemorating the day 230 years ago when delegates from the original 13 states ratified the Constitution, giving life and law to our republic.
(From left) Rocio Alers, David Canino and Sofía Mendoza Matos traveled from Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh to continue their education through Pitt's law school after Hurricane Maria struck the island in September. (Photos by Issi Glatts | Staff Photographer)

Hurricane brings Puerto Rican law students to Pitt

By Laura Howe | Staff Writer • December 4, 2017

When Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico in September, it left almost the entire island without electricity, and residents had limited access to food and water. David Canino was thankful for...

A former Pitt Law student sued the University for allegedly mishandling a Title IX complaint. (Photo by John Hamilton / Managing Editor)

Law student sues Pitt, claiming Title IX complaint was mistreated

By The Pitt News Staff • November 13, 2017

  A former Pitt law student has sued the University, claiming Pitt employees mistreated her when they responded to a Title IX complaint she filed. Hannah Rullo filed a lawsuit Oct. 25 in the...

Lois Shepherd, a law professor at the University of Virginia, gave a talk titled “How Reproductive Rights Have Failed Women and What to Do About It” in the Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom in Pitt’s Barco Law Building. (Photo courtesy of Laura Howe)

Law professor underscores reproductive rights

By Laura Howe | For The Pitt News • November 10, 2017

An older man in the audience of a reproductive rights lecture looked around the room and commented on the lack of people like him. “You know, I think Rep. [Tim] Murphy summed up the whole problem,...

Pitt Law Dean William Carter will step down after the 2017-2018 academic year. (Pitt News File Photo)

Pitt Law dean Carter to step down, leaving Pitt a second dean position to fill

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief • June 30, 2017

The dean of Pitt’s law school, William M. Carter Jr., is stepping down to return to teaching full-time, becoming the second Pitt dean ending their tenure next spring. Carter's decision comes soon...

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