ABA proposal to fully accredit online law schools receives mixed response
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.
Read More about ABA proposal to fully accredit online law schools receives mixed responseUC Berkeley Law students disrupt dinner hosted at dean’s home
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.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students disrupt dinner hosted at dean’s homeUC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement following protest at his home
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.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky releases statement following protest at his homeHarvard Law Library launches free legal database with more than seven million judicial decisions
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.
Read More about Harvard Law Library launches free legal database with more than seven million judicial decisionsJenny Roberts appointed dean of Hofstra Law
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.
Read More about Jenny Roberts appointed dean of Hofstra LawAlicia Ouellette selected as dean of Lewis and Clark Law
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — After an extensive national search, Lewis & Clark has appointed Alicia Ouellette as the next dean of Lewis & Clark Law School.
Read More about Alicia Ouellette selected as dean of Lewis and Clark LawJennifer Reynolds named interim dean of University of Oregon Law
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.
Read More about Jennifer Reynolds named interim dean of University of Oregon LawTwinette Johnson named dean of Saint Louis University Law
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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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.
Read More about ABA approves Charleston Law application for non-profit statusUC Law San Francisco student workers file to unionize
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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