JURIST - Paper Chase: Law schools brief ~ Law school veterans' group files brief supporting Solomon Amendment

Leading Tuesday's law school news, the Daily Bruin reports today on an amicus brief recently filed by the UCLAW Veterans Society in support of the controversial Solomon Amendment. The organization's brief, co-authored by counterpart organizations at the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law and the Washburn University School of Law, argues that the preservation of on-campus military recruiting is vital to both veteran students and the military. Oral arguments in the case for which the brief was filed will be heard by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal in May. Read Paper Chase's first report on the veterans' brief here.

In other law school news, Yale Law School announces today that Professor Bruce Ackerman has received the Insignia of Commander of the French Order of Merit from the Republic of France. The prestigious award, given at the discretion of the French President, honors Ackerman's prolific and preeminent scholarship in politics, history, and constitutional law. Yale's press release includes remarks [PDF] by Professor Ackerman upon his receipt of the award.

Finally, more from the moot court front. A team from Boston College Law School took first place at the J. Braxton Craven Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition on Saturday. In ripped-from-the-headlines fashion, the competition took as its topic the installment of a Ten Commandments display in a county courthouse. BC has more on its winning team here, and the Craven website offers briefs from all the participating teams here. Elsewhere this past weekend, a team from the Wake Forest University School of Law topped 23 others for top honors in the Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition [PDF]. Wake Forest has more on its winners here.

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