ABA proposal to fully accredit online law schools receives mixed response

April 17, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A group of law school deans are pushing back against a proposal from the American Bar Association’s accrediting arm that would allow fully online law schools to apply for accreditation, the ABA Journalreported last week.

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UC Berkeley Law students disrupt dinner hosted at dean’s home

April 17, 2024

LA TIMES — What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner at a dean’s home for graduating UC Berkeley law students on Tuesday turned into an angry confrontation over the Israel-Hamas war, free speech and accusations of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish hatred.

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UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement following protest at his home

April 17, 2024

BERKELEY LAW — I write this with profound sadness. Since becoming a dean, my wife and I have invited the first-year students to our home for dinner. 

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Harvard Law Library launches free legal database with more than seven million judicial decisions

April 17, 2024

HARVARD MAGAZINE — Generally, librarians are tasked with protecting books. But over the past decade, Harvard Law School (HLS) librarians have sent tens of thousands of books to the literary guillotine, severing their spines and running their pages through scanners. 

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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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Twinette Johnson named dean of Saint Louis University Law

April 17, 2024

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Twinette Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., dean and professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law), has been selected as the next permanent dean of Saint Louis University School of Law. 

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ABA approves Charleston Law application for non-profit status

April 17, 2024

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The American Bar Association agreed to the next step in the Charleston School of Law’s quest to move from a private enterprise to a nonprofit school.

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UC Law San Francisco student workers file to unionize

April 17, 2024

KQED — A group of approximately 200 graduate student workers at UC Law San Francisco on Tuesday filed to form a union, according to organizers.

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