Michigan State University Law professor Justin Simard creates project highlighting the impact of slavery on American law
THE STATE NEWS — Michigan State University College of Law Professor Justin Simard started the “Citing Slavery Project” in 2020 after researching sources for a project and stumbling upon citations of slave cases by modern judges.
Read More about Michigan State University Law professor Justin Simard creates project highlighting the impact of slavery on American lawPenn Carey Law professor Osagie Imasogie to serve on White House African Diaspora Engagement Council
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN — Penn Carey Law professor Osagie Imasogie has been named an inaugural member of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States.
Read More about Penn Carey Law professor Osagie Imasogie to serve on White House African Diaspora Engagement CouncilQuinnipiac Law professor Sarah Russell nominated to federal bench
CTMIRROR — President Joe Biden will nominate Quinnipiac University law professor Sarah Russell, who previously served as a federal public defender, to sit on the U.S. District Court in Connecticut.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law professor Sarah Russell nominated to federal benchUniversity at Utah Law professor Heather Tanana testifies before US Senate on water access in Native American communities
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Yesterday the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing on tribal access to water—a neglected issue that is increasingly recognized but still unaddressed. During the hearing, “Water as a Trust Resource: Examining Access in Native Communities,” neither the witnesses nor the Senators minced words as to the severity of…
Read More about University at Utah Law professor Heather Tanana testifies before US Senate on water access in Native American communitiesUC Berkeley Law professor Dylan Penningroth publishes book on the history of the civil rights movement
BERKELEY LAW — A seed planted by old family lore led Berkeley Law Professor Dylan Penningrothto hours in the records rooms of county courthouses across the South, teasing out how Black people used the levers of the law to advance their interests from the last decades of slavery through the 1970s.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law professor Dylan Penningroth publishes book on the history of the civil rights movementVideo: UC Davis Law dean Kevin Johnson discusses his vision for the school
UC DAVIS — Since joining the UC Davis Law faculty in 1989, Dean Kevin Johnsonhas centered his work around those ideals of the King Hall’s namesame, Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Being a law school devoted to social justice and social change, and the diversity of our faculty and our student body helps us to pursue those…
Read More about Video: UC Davis Law dean Kevin Johnson discusses his vision for the schoolUC Davis Law professor Cruz Reynoso honored with courthouse named after him
UC DAVIS LAW — California’s Judicial Council voted on Tuesday to name courthouses after two trailblazing jurists – the retired Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil- Sakauye ’84, and the late state Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis Law Professor Cruz Reynoso.
Read More about UC Davis Law professor Cruz Reynoso honored with courthouse named after himUC Davis Law First Generation Advocates Program supports students’ transition to law school
UC DAVIS LAW — Entering her 1L year at UC Davis Law, Kimberly Martinez ’25 anticipated having “a lot of questions that I wouldn’t necessarily know who to ask,” she said. But Martinez found an immediate support system in First Generation Advocates, a 7-year-old UC Davis Law program that matches first-generation 1L students with faculty and…
Read More about UC Davis Law First Generation Advocates Program supports students’ transition to law schoolUC Davis Law professor emeritus Ed Imwinkelried invited to Judicial Conference Committee Special Meeting
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — The Federal Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee of the Judicial Conference is responsible for proposing amendments to the Evidence Rules. In late October, the committee will host a special meeting.
Read More about UC Davis Law professor emeritus Ed Imwinkelried invited to Judicial Conference Committee Special MeetingUC Irvine Law professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow honored by California Lawyers Association
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that UCI Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor of Law Carrie Menkel-Meadow won the California Lawyers Association (CLA) – Litigation Section’s 2023 ADR Hall of Fame Award.
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow honored by California Lawyers Association