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Loyola’s Journalist Law School

By immigrationprof

Since 2006, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles has offered journalists a summer crash-course in the law. The Journalist Law School fellowship is the sum of many parts: 4 days, 6 judges, 35 journalist fellows, 40 law professors, 12 practitioners, 38 sessions on the law, 1 city, $0 tuition, 350 journalist alumni. Join their ranks: Apply for the competitive fellowship, to be held June 8-11 on Loyola’s downtown LA campus, by Wednesday, Feb. 24 at www.journalistlawschool.org. Questions? Please contact me.

About the Journalist Law School at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

The Civil Justice Program at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles will host its 11th-annual Journalist Law School from Wednesday, June 8-Saturday, June 11, 2016 on Loyola’s Frank Gehry-designed campus in downtown Los Angeles. The application and other details are available at www.journalistlawschool.org.

The fellowship condenses core law-school subjects like Constitutional Law and Criminal Law along with break-out topics ripped from the headlines into a long weekend filled with courses taught by Loyola Law School faculty, practicing attorneys and judges. Recent sessions have included Demands for Public Company Spending Disclosures, Drone Strikes & Targeted Killing, Supervising the Police and Understanding the Supreme Court.

Journalist fellows, who are competitively selected, are invited to weigh in on programming choices in advance of the fellowship. receive a certificate of completion at the end of the four-day program. Journalists with at least three years of experience who cover the law in some fashion are encouraged to apply by Wednesday, Feb. 24. JLS alumni include more than 350 reporters, editors and producers from a wide range of local, national and international news organizations.

There is no cost to journalists to attend the fellowship. Instruction, lodging and most meals are included. And the Journalist Law School will cover half of travel expenses up to $300. Fellows will be housed at the nearby Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.

Click here for more information and to apply. If you have questions about the program, please let me know.

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