William & Mary Law dean A. Benjamin Spencer promoted to major in Army Reserve JAG Corps

September 19, 2023

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Since he became dean of William & Mary Law School in July 2020, A. Benjamin Spencer has deftly juggled his considerable duties leading America’s first law school with his service as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate Generals (JAG) corps.

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Yale Law professor Hongju Koh honored by Duke Law for excellence in rule of law

September 18, 2023

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh, who has dedicated his career to defending human rights and promoting international law, will be honored as a champion of the rule of law by Duke Law School.

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Boston College Law professor Katharine Young and Cathleen Kaveny join pilot project on Global Ethics and Social Trust

September 18, 2023

BC LAW — BC Law professors Katharine Young (above right) and Cathleen Kaveny are representing Boston College Law School as members of a new international and multi-university pilot project on Global Ethics and Social Trust (GEST). 

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Campbell Law dean J. Rich Leonard travels to Bhutan as Fulbright Specialist Scholar

September 18, 2023

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY NEWS — Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Dean J. Rich Leonard was awarded the prestigious designation of a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in August 2020.

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Profiles on new Drake Law professors Christoph Henkel and Alexa Perez

September 18, 2023

THE TIMES DELPHIC — This year, Drake University hired two new law professors. Professor Christoph Henkel will teach upper level business courses, and Assistant Professor Alexa Perez will teach the courses related to civil procedure and evidence. 

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George Washington Law professor Robert Brauneis creates database on artificial intelligence litigation

September 18, 2023

GW TODAY — Perhaps no area of law is growing so quickly as that surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). It can be a challenge to keep up with recent developments in this field, but Robert Brauneis, the Michael J. McKeon Professor of Intellectual Property Law, is making it easier with a database dedicated to AI litigation.

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University of Maryland Law professor Mark Graber honored by American Political Science Association

September 15, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — Professor Mark Graber spent much of Labor Day weekend working, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. The celebrated constitutional law and politics scholar attended the 119th American Political Science Association (APSA) annual meeting in Los Angeles, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, where he was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from…

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Penn Carey Law professor Shelley Welton publishes article on carbon emissions and climate change

September 13, 2023

PENN CAREY LAW — In the Summer 2023 issue of The Journal, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s alumni magazine, Shelley Welton, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy, discusses how attributing carbon emissions and climate change solely to sovereign states misses an important class-based dynamic.

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Penn Carey Law professor Leo Katz publishes article on legal circumvention

September 13, 2023

PENN CAREY LAW — In “Circumvention of Law and the Hidden Logic Behind It,” published in the Journal of Legal Studies, Leo Katz, Frank Carano Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and Alvaro Sandroni of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management show that any reasonable legal system is extremely manipulable and that…

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Rutgers Law Legislative Advocacy Clinic advances two bills in New Jersey  

September 13, 2023

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY — Though law students are no strangers to research, it’s rare for their work to land on the floor of a governing body and lead to concrete legal change, all before they pass the bar. But that’s just what happened after Professor Ruth Anne Robbins reached out to members of the New Jersey Legislature and…

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