Penn State Law professor Samuel C. Thompson Jr. Releases treatise on mergers and acquisitions
PENN STATE LAW — Samuel C. Thompson Jr., Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar and professor of law at Penn State Law in University Park, recently released the second edition of his treatise on the entire mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process, “Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers: Law and Strategies – Corporate, Securities, Taxation, Antitrust, Cross-Border” (Practising…
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SOUTWESTERN LAW — Southwestern’s Vice Dean Anahid Gharakhanian and Associate Dean for Academic Innovation and Administration Natalie Rodriguez ’12 have a vision for a more equitable and inclusive law school admissions process. On January 13, 2023, they presented that vision to members of the legal academy at USC Gould School of Law and RISE Alliance’s…
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WILLAMETTE LAW — Inspired by an event in her own personal life, Professor Susan Cook began her interest in elder law and estate law. In 2012, she began teaching in the Trusts and Estates Clinic. After years of teaching in addition to her practice, she became a full-time member of the faculty in 2021. She…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW — On July 1, 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, national economic uncertainty and the Black Lives Matter movement that called for a stand against police brutality and racial injustice, A. Benjamin Spencer began his role as dean of the College of William and Mary Law School. After…
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — The new year is getting off to a great start for Stacy Leeds. On Feb. 1, she becomes the first Native American female dean of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. And on Feb. 9, the renowned legal scholar will be sworn in as ASU Regents Professor…
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DREXEL LAW — Wendy Greene, professor of law and director of the Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law, addressed the United Nations’ First Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent held December 5-8 in Geneva, Switzerland. Her message was simple but powerful: “Free the…
Read More about Drexel Law professor Wendy Greene speaks at the United Nations’ forum on people of African descentHofstra Law professor Norman Silber publishes two books on the life of Yale Law professor Guido Calabresi
HOFSTRA LAW — Professor Norman I. Silber has published Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi (Oxford University Press 2023). The two-volume work, which chronicles the life of Guido Calabresi, was published on January 24, 2023. The book is the result of a project initiated at the invitation of Yale Law School.
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HOFSTRA LAW — Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, announced today that she will step down from her position as dean on June 30, 2023. Since being named Hofstra Law’s tenth dean in May 2017, Dean Prudenti has had a transformative impact on the Law…
Read More about Hofstra Law dean Gail Prudenti to step down at end of academic yearUniversity of Maryland Law professor Leigh Goodmark publishes book on the criminalization of survivors
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW — In her new book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, Maryland Carey Law Professor Leigh Goodmark argues for dismantling the U.S.’s carceral system and reimagining how justice is achieved. This is the only way, she asserts, to protect criminalized survivors of gender-based violence who are incarcerated—brutalized…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — Cristina Rodríguez, J.D., will present, “Partisan Polarization, the Supreme Court, and Prospects for Reform” at The University of New Mexico School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 23. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be completed on…
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