University of St. Thomas Law interim dean Joel Nichols named American Bar Foundation Fellow

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS NEWSROOM — Interim law school Dean Joel Nichols has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). 

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University of South Carolina Law professor Bryant Walker Smith appointed to federal advisory committee on transportation

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA JOSEPH F. RICE SCHOOL OF LAW — In an increasingly digital world, the role of artificial intelligence in the 21st century is one of promise: accelerating innovation, increasing access, and empowering individuals.

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Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks co-creates course on college admissions after US Supreme Court affirmative action ban

January 29, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Many universities were left with questions after the U.S. Supreme Court upended nearly 60 years of precedent by overturning affirmative action last summer. Rather than wait for answers, Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) Professor Mitchell Stevens and Stanford Law School (SLS) Professor Ralph Richard Banks created a new policy practicum, entitled What’s Next? After Students for Fair…

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University of Utah Law faculty and students launch Great Salt Lake Project for conservation efforts

January 29, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law has launched the Great Salt Lake Project (GSL Project)—a new initiative analyzing legal pathways to address the critical environmental challenges facing the Great Salt Lake. 

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University of Utah Law professor Jensie Anderson discusses Post-Conviction Clinic

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW –Though she earned a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in theater performance from the University of Utah and spent five years pursuing acting in Houston and New York City before beginning law school, Professor Jensie Anderson hadn’t set foot on stage for nearly 30 years. That changed in fall…

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Southwestern Law professor Melissa Murray to give lecture on democracy and reproductive health

January 29, 2024

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — Southwestern Law School is proud to announce the 2024 Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Annual Lecture, featuring the distinguished legal scholar, Professor Melissa Murray of NYU School of Law.

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University at Buffalo Law professor Mark Bartholomew authors article on the rights of the deceased and artificial intelligence

January 29, 2024

UB NOW — The rise of artificial intelligence, with its ability to easily bring dead celebrities — such as actor Jimmy Stewart — and others back to life in ways nearly identical to their living presence is blurring the line between the living and the dead.

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Penn Carey Law professor Cary Coglianese authors article on regulating of artificial intelligence

January 29, 2024

PENN CAREY LAW — At The Regulatory Review, Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, explores the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing that regulators must be agile, flexible, and vigilant to address differences in machine-learning algorithms.

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UC Berkeley Law professor Khiara Bridges to give lecture on race and the US Supreme Court

January 24, 2024

THE CURRENT — At the highest level of legal opinion in the U.S., what “counts” as racism against people of color remains stuck in the past — and according to visiting scholar Khiara M. Bridges (pictured), it’s this position that produces Supreme Court rulings that are both impoverished and regressive.

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Jonathan Adler cited by DC Circuit court 

January 24, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On Dec. 19, 2023, in an important climate change case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit cited and quoted a law review article written by Jonathan H. Adler, the inaugural Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Coleman P. Burke Center…

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