Ohio State University Law professor Dakota S. Rudesill analyzes the history of qualified immunity

September 3, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — Teach what you know. That piece of wisdom came to mind when schools closed due to the coronavirus global pandemic in mid-March, and I suddenly had a new job: second grade home-schooler.

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Penn State Dickinson Law faculty and staff raise funds for educational equity scholarship

September 3, 2020

PENN STATE NEWS — When Penn State Dickinson Law Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services Jeffrey A. Dodge heard about the generous gift made to the Dickinson Law Future Fund and Penn State Student Care and Advocacy Emergency Fund by Dickinson Law Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law Danielle Conway, he was

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Big Ten Law schools to host virtual speaker series on law and racial equality

September 3, 2020

INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEWS — The nation’s Big Ten law schools will host a 12-week series of lectures relating to race, law, equality and other relevant issues starting Sept. 1. Spanning a wide range of topics, including abolition of the police force and mass incarceration, the series brings together — virtually — the nation’s leading scholars

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College professors plan strike and public teach-in for racial justice

September 3, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Three headline-making images from the past week sparked an upcoming strike for racial justice — what could be the biggest collective action by academics in recent memory.

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University of Maryland Law professor Russell McClain publishes book for students on thriving in law school

September 2, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — The Guide to Belonging in Law School, a new book by Prof. Russell McClain, was published by West Academic Press in July.

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University of Virginia Law welcomes class of 2023

September 2, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Class of 2023 is setting new records for gender and racial diversity at the University of Virginia School of Law. Women make up a majority of the first-year class for the first time in the school’s history, and the students are the most racially diverse in a

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Yale Law professor William Eskridge publishes book examining marriage equality

September 2, 2020

YALE LAW SCHOOL — For decades, John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence William Eskridge ’78 has advocated for LGBTQ rights through his scholarship and as a national expert on sexuality, gender, and the law.

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Law Firm Antiracism Alliance establishes nonprofit organization to tackle systemic racism in the law

September 1, 2020

REUTERS — Backers of a nationwide initiative by law firms, launched in the wake of George Floyd’s death, to tackle systemic racism in the law are drafting paperwork to formalize it into an industry-funded nonprofit.

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University of Baltimore Law professor Sonya Ziaja discusses public participation in the regulatory process to combat structural racism

September 1, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — In a recent comment in the Yale Journal on Regulation, UB Law Prof. Sonya Ziaja calls for changes to administrative law procedures to combat structural racism.

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