Law students from across the country will be in Morgantown March 16-18 for the seventh annual National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition hosted by the West Virginia University College of Law. Students in the competition will argue a legal problem involving a state’s effort to subsidize electricity generators using particular fuel sources, such as coal, in order to produce local economic benefits.
With coal mining revenues declining, more state budget cuts looming and the predicted domino effect that often hits rural communities especially hard, smaller utilities in West Virginia will need to manage their resources more efficiently than ever.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia will convene at the West Virginia University College of Law on February 28 to hear arguments in three cases. The session begins at 10 a.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom. Admission is free and open to the public. Seating begins at 9 a.m.
Student inventors and entrepreneurs in the state will soon benefit from a $105,000 grant to a law clinic at West Virginia University. The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation awarded the grant to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Clinic at the WVU College of Law.
While West Virginia University remains financially stable, it faces future challenges with continued reductions in state revenue, limited ability and desire to increase tuition and competition from other institutions, the Board of Governors was told Friday (Feb. 10).
A $300,000 grant from the Maier Foundation will help students who were hit hard by last summer’s flooding attend West Virginia University.
Health care legal scholar Mary Crossley will deliver the annual John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine at the West Virginia University College of Law Friday (Feb. 10) at noon in the college’s Event Hall.
A clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law has received $843,500 to support affordable housing and community revitalization efforts in the state.
Criminal justice system expert Ann Jacobs will deliver the 24th annual Charles L. Ihlenfeld Lecture on Public Policy and Ethics at noon Friday (Feb. 3) in the Marilyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the West Virginia University College of Law.
The National Jurist has given special recognition to the West Virginia University College of Law for its work in public service.