Penn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle M. Conway recognized for commitment to promoting diversity

January 22, 2024

PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW —  Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, will receive the Dauphin County Bar Association’s (DCBA) Honorable Clarence C. Morrison Award at the DCBA annual membership meeting scheduled for January 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, PA.

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Penn State Law professor Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. publishes legal treatise on corporate valuation

January 22, 2024

PENN STATE LAW — From a deep-dive into Elon Musk’s acquisition of X/Twitter, to a free model that can be used by lawyers to value a company, Penn State Law Professor Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.’s latest publication is packed with practical and useful information for professionals in the business law field.

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Santa Clara Law professor Patricia Cain honored with AALS Section on Taxation lifetime achievement award

January 22, 2024

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Earlier this month, Santa Clara Law’s own Professor Patricia “Pat” Cain received the inaugural Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Award!

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A profile on Villanova Law professor Ana Santos Rutschman

January 22, 2024

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — When the FDA approves a new medicine, vaccine, or medical device, there’s a tendency to assume it gets released into the marketplace and reaches those who need it. Professor of Law Ana Santos Rutschman works to illuminate the gap between what should happen and what actually does happen—because, as she notes,

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A profile on Washington & Lee Law advancement professional Elizabeth Branner

January 22, 2024

THE COLUMNS — Elizabeth Outland Branner currently serves as the Senior Advisor of Law School Advancement and has worked at W&L Law since July 1999.

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Wayne State Law professor Stephen Calkins provides cultural opportunities to first-year students

January 22, 2024

TODAY @ WAYNE — Growing up in a musical family, Stephen Calkins, J.D., enjoyed playing trumpet in a band with his eight siblings back home in Buffalo, New York. But now, the law professor is beating a drum to provide cultural opportunities to his students through the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) Soundcard Student Membership program.

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Washington & Lee Law dean Melanie Wilson becomes AALS President

January 19, 2024

THE COLUMNS — Melanie D. Wilson, Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, has been named to the National Jurist’s 2024 list of the 20 Most Influential People in Legal Education. Wilson is number 14.

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University of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff joins AALS Executive Committee

January 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Risa Goluboff of the University of Virginia School of Law has been elected to the Association of American Law Schools Executive Committee and named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation trustee. 

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Brooklyn Law faculty present at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting

January 19, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law faculty continued to lead peers in discussions of thought-provoking topics at AALS this week, including today when a trio of our legal writing professors are speaking at a session on the upcoming “NextGen Bar Exam,” which is set to make its debut in July 2026. 

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Brooklyn Law highlights faculty honored with awards at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting

January 19, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law School stood out at the 2024 annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in Washington, D.C., today as two faculty members, Assistant Professor Sarah Lorr and Professor of Law Emerita Janet Sinder, received awards for their legal education work before an audience of peers from around the country.  

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