Northwestern Law dean Hari Osofsky elected to American Law Institute

August 10, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — Dean Hari Osofsky, Myra and James Bradwell Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture (courtesy), has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The newly elected membership of…

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Pace Law Food and Farm Business Law Clinic staff attorney Jack Hornickel honored by Westchester Magazine

August 10, 2023

PACE LAW — Jack Hornickel, a Staff Attorney with the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, has been recognized with the 2023 Wunderkinds Award by Westchester Magazine’s 914INC. Hornickel joins an elite list of 24 business professionals under the age of 35 who were selected for generating…

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University of the Pacific McGeorge Law emeriti professors Brian Landsberg and Dorothy Landsberg establish scholarship for advancing racial justice

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE LAW — Brian Landsberg and Dorothy Landsberg both emeriti professors of McGeorge School of Law, have recently established a scholarship rooted in their longtime commitment to racial justice. Drawing upon their extensive experiences working in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and their teaching careers, the…

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University of San Diego Law professors Lisa Ramsey and Monica Sullivan speak at Comic Con legal panels

August 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO LAW — University of San Diego (USD) Professor of Law Lisa Ramsey and Adjunct Law Professor Monica Sullivan spoke on panels at the 2023 Comic Con International Convention.

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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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