Jenny Roberts appointed dean of Hofstra Law

April 17, 2024

NEWS @ HOSTRA — Hofstra University is pleased to announce the appointment of  Jenny Roberts, professor of law and co-director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), as dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law. 

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Alicia Ouellette selected as dean of Lewis and Clark Law

April 17, 2024

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — After an extensive national search, Lewis & Clark has appointed Alicia Ouellette as the next dean of Lewis & Clark Law School.

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Jennifer Reynolds named interim dean of University of Oregon Law

April 17, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON — I am pleased to announce that Jennifer Reynolds, the Orlando John and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law, has agreed to serve as interim dean of the University of Oregon School of Law starting April 15 as Dean Marcilynn Burke prepares to depart at the end of the academic year.

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Cooley Law professor Mark Cooney co-authors legal-writing casebook

April 16, 2024

COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — Professor Mark Cooney, chair of Cooley Law School’s Research and Writing Department, and University of Arizona College of Law Professor Diana Simon, a prolific author and veteran writing professor, have coauthored a legal-writing casebook titled “The Case for Effective Legal Writing: Court Opinions, Commentary, and Exercises.”

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Harvard Law professor Sharon Block delivers lecture encouraging students to follow their passion

April 16, 2024

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Choose a career that you care deeply about, and although you are sure to encounter setbacks and disappointments — like everyone else — you won’t lament your decision, said Sharon Block, a professor of practice at Harvard Law School during an event last Wednesday.

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Harvard Law professor Elizabeth P. Kamali gives lecture on the history of English Felony Law

April 16, 2024

THE HARVARD CRIMSON — Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth P. Kamali ’97 lectured on the development of 13th century English felony law through the lens of historical artifacts during her Chair Lecture on Tuesday.

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University of Houston Law Center professor Meredith J. Duncan honored for teaching excellence

April 16, 2024

SOUTH TEXAS RECORD — The Houston Lawyers Association has named University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) Professor Meredith J. Duncan (J.D. ‘93) as the recipient of the 2024 Roberson L. King Excellence in Education Award.

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Northeastern Law professor Martha Davis works on amicus brief submitted to US Supreme Court

April 16, 2024

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Martha Davis, an internationally recognized expert on economic and social rights, has joined with a group of leading law professors to submit an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, a case that will determine whether, under the U.S. Constitution,

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Notre Dame Law hosts Georgetown Law professor Robert P. Thompson for lecture on securities law

April 16, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Professor Robert B. Thompson, the Peter P. Weidenbruch, Jr. Professor of Business Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, gave the Patricia O’Hara Distinguished Lecture in Law & Business on Wednesday, April 3.

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Pitt Law faculty and students discuss the traits they would want in a new dean

April 15, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — Historically, law schools often have had the luxury of existing in their own siloed worlds, removed somewhat from the churn of the larger university and its challenges within the higher education realm, allowing it to focus intently on practical matters like student bar-passage rates and employment prospects.

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