Fordham Law professors Bennett Capers, Benjamin Zipursky and Harvard Law professor John C.P. Goldberg publish article on local police reform

September 3, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professors Bennett Capers and Benjamin Zipursky, along with Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on how states can implement police reform without changes to federal laws.

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University of Louisville law launches class on Breonna Taylor’s Louisville

September 3, 2020

COURIER JOURNAL — The University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law has introduced a new class, and it’s named after Breonna Taylor.

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University of Maryland Law hosts virtual discussion on the role of legal community in racial justice and policing

September 3, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — Anger, grief, hurt, and helplessness are just some of the feelings members of the Maryland Carey Law community expressed during the web event, A Conversation on Race, Criminalization and Policing, organized in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.

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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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