Profile on University of Utah Law professor Brig Daniels

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LAW — After working one year as a visiting faculty member, Professor Brig Daniels has officially joined the S.J. Quinney College of Law, specifically the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment. With 15 years of legal academic experience and as a Salt Lake County native and University of Utah

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University of Virginia Law professor Ruth Mason receives fellowship to study taxation and social policy

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — A law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law has been awarded a multiyear fellowship by the German-based Max Planck Society, earning the society’s highest honor to scholars outside of the society and becoming one of five current fellows in the world. The university announced earlier this month

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University of Virginia Law professor Lana Swartz recognized for excellence in tech writing

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Online publication The Verge recently ranked a 2020 book by University of Virginia media studies associate professor Lana Swartz, “New Money: How Payment Became Social Media,” as No. 12 on its list of the 40 “greatest tech books of all time.” The publication considered nonfiction books published in English that

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Washington & Lee Law professor Karen Woody publishes article in American University Law Review

August 10, 2023

WASHINGTON & LEE LAW — Washington and Lee law professor Karen Woody, along with coauthor Angela Aneiros of Gonzaga Law School, has published an article in the American University Law Review. The article, “Caremark’s Butterfly Effect,” explores the landmark Caremark decision, which held that corporate board directors would not face liability for a breach of

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University of Wyoming Law dean Klint W. Alexander to step down in 2024

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING LAW — Klint W. Alexander, who has been dean at the University of Wyoming College of Law—the only law school in the state—for eight years, will be stepping down next year. He will return to the faculty in June, a UW College of Law professor told Law.com earlier this week.

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Podcast: TSU Thurgood Marshall Law professors Martin Levy and Craig Jackson discuss founding of the school and constitutional law casebook

August 8, 2023

ASPEN LEADING EDGE — Martin Levy and Craig Jackson, both of Thurgood Marshall School of Law, share what sets their book, Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, apart from the other Constitutional Law textbooks.

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Law professors react to sample questions from the NextGen Bar Exam

July 27, 2023

REUTERS — The public got its first glimpse of the new bar exam set to debut in July 2026 when the organization designing it released a selection last week of sample questions—and some legal educators aren’t impressed with what they saw.

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Lisa Crooms-Robinson named interim dean of Howard Law

July 27, 2023

THE DIG — Howard University is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa A. Crooms-Robinson, J.D., as interim dean of the Howard University School of Law. Crooms-Robinson is an internationally respected expert on constitutional law and human rights and has served as a faculty member of the School of Law since 1993.

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law dean Theresa Beiner discusses the school’s programs

July 27, 2023

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE — Over my years as a faculty member and dean of the University of Arkansas Little Rock Bowen School of Law, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has occasionally provided negative press about the school’s internal personnel matters.

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Boston College Law professor Thomas W. Mitchell featured in documentary on Black farmland owners

July 27, 2023

BC LAW — Thomas W. Mitchell, BC Law Drinan Professor and director of the Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights (ILHPR), attended the June 12 premiere of Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land, a new documentary film from Al Roker Entertainment, Inc., and Emmy-nominated director Eternal Polk. 

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