Podcast: Interview with Drake Law First-year Trial Practicum Program director Steven Foritano

February 28, 2023

DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW — Steve Foritano, Director of the First year Trial Practicum Program at Drake University discusses the details of the program which has been recognized as one of Bloomberg Law’s Law School Innovation Program finalists. He shares stories of not only student experiences but also his own as a Practitioner during one of

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George Washington Law professor Sean D. Murphy represents Armenia before International Court of Justice

February 28, 2023

GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — GW Law Professor Sean D. Murphy argued in oral proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, on behalf of the Republic of Armenia. The proceedings involved two cases between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, in which each side is asking for interim measures of protection

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Lewis & Clark Law professor Sarah Lora co-authors book on tax and immigration

February 28, 2023

LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Professor Sarah Lora, associate clinical professor and the director of the Lewis & Clark Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, co-authored a new book for the American Bar Association: Tax Issues for Immigrants: A Practical Guide to Understanding Tax Law for Immigrant Taxpayers. The book provides guidance for legal practitioners on tax

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Mitchell Hamline Law professor Thaddeus Pope named fellow at bioethics research institute

February 28, 2023

MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline Professor Thaddeus Pope has been named as one of 12 new fellows at the Hastings Center, a preeminent New-York based bioethics research institute and think tank. Founded in 1969, the center was instrumental in establishing the field of bioethics and is the oldest independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute of

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University of Montana Law names four finalists for dean

February 28, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA LAW — The second search attempt for a new dean at the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law produced three internal candidates and a former interim dean of a California law school as finalists.

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NYU Law professor Bryan Stevenson hosts lecture on the history of race and the legal system

February 28, 2023

NYU LAW — When Dean Troy McKenzie clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the justice encouraged McKenzie and his fellow clerks to pay particular attention to a handful of outstanding lawyers when they argued before the Court. One of the advocates Stevens singled out was Aronson Family Professor of Criminal Justice Bryan Stevenson,

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Northwestern Law to host Yale Law professor Oona Hathaway for discussion of Russia-Ukraine war

February 28, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — One year ago from this week, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, subjecting Ukrainian citizens to displacement, murder, sexual violence, kidnapping and torture. With no end to the Russia-Ukraine war in sight, legal scholars and policymakers worldwide debated how Russian instigators might be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. At an event

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University of Oregon Law professor Michael Moffitt to give lecture on indigenous communities

February 28, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LAW — Oregon Law professor and Philip H. Knight Chair Michael Moffitt has been invited to give the Beecroft Lecture at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Boyd School of Law. In his talk, “Truth. Regardless of Reconciliation?,” Professor Moffitt will discuss his research and teaching stemming from engagement with tribal

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Podcast: Rutgers law faculty discuss the school’s partnership with the New Jersey Innocence Project

February 28, 2023

RUTGERS LAW — Nyssa Taylor, Managing Staff Attorney at the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University, joins Co-Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor to discuss her work as a public defender and how that led her to head up this new project at Rutgers Law School.

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USC Gould Law professor Nomi Stolzenberg honored with National Jewish Book Award

February 28, 2023

USC GOULD LAW — Professor Nomi Stolzenberg’s 2022 book American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York, was recently named winner of the Celebrate 350 Award in the American Jewish Studies category of the 72nd annual National Jewish Book Awards. The award, given by the National Jewish Book Council,

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