All editors leave scientific journal after the journal refused to lower article publishing charges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — One of the world’s largest scientific publishers refused to reduce its $3,450 fee to publish in NeuroImage. All the editors left to start their own journal. On Monday, every editor at NeuroImage and the NeuroImage: Reports companion journal—over 40 people—resigned. “It’s a pretty big exodus,” said Cindy Lustig, a University of Michigan at Ann Arbor psychology professor…
Read More about All editors leave scientific journal after the journal refused to lower article publishing chargesAn interview with UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky
UC BERKELEY LAW — Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law since 2017, has been at the forefront of free speech advocacy for the past four decades. From previously serving as the dean of the UC Irvine School of Law and holding appointments at the law schools of Duke University, the University of Southern California and…
Read More about An interview with UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin ChemerinskyUniversity of Chicago Law professor Emily Buss teaches incarcerated high schoolers about constitutional law
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — In a new University of Chicago Law School seminar, Professor Emily Buss (U. Chicago Law) and ten law students co-taught incarcerated high school students about the constitutional rights of minors. Host Andrew Zeller, Professor Buss, and Heidi Mueller, director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, discuss the rewarding and…
Read More about University of Chicago Law professor Emily Buss teaches incarcerated high schoolers about constitutional lawElon Law professor Henry Gabriel elected visiting fellow at Cambridge University
ELON LAW — Professor Henry Gabriel will spend three months this spring as a distinguished visitor with Cambridge University’s Wolfson College where he will research comparative commercial law at the Center for Corporate and Commercial Law.
Read More about Elon Law professor Henry Gabriel elected visiting fellow at Cambridge UniversityPodcast: Legal Director of the ACLU in DC and Harvard Law lecturer Scott Michelman discusses his legal career
HARVARD LAW — Legal Director of the ACLU in D.C. and Shikes Fellow on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, Scott Michelman talks about his experience at the ACLU from his start as an intern to what he is currently working on. He speaks on the story behind…
Read More about Podcast: Legal Director of the ACLU in DC and Harvard Law lecturer Scott Michelman discusses his legal careerA look at ABA faculty diversity accreditation standards
ABA JOURNAL — It’s been almost a month since ABA notice was posted that the University of Oregon School of Law was out of compliance for a diversity accreditation standard, and Marcilynn Burke, the dean, still hasn’t figured out why. She’s in the process of finding out, and in the meantime, is getting a report ready to…
Read More about A look at ABA faculty diversity accreditation standardsUniversity of Hawai’i Law adjunct professor represents the Republic of Vanuatu in climate justice case
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I LAW — A lecturer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law who represented the Republic of Vanuatu for the past three years, has helped the country secure a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) requesting an advisory opinion on climate change from the International…
Read More about University of Hawai’i Law adjunct professor represents the Republic of Vanuatu in climate justice caseUniversity of Houston Law Center former dean and professor Stephen Zamora memorialized in book of essays
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Family, friends, faculty, and students of University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Stephen Zamora gathered to launch a new book, “Essays in Honor of Professor Stephen T. Zamora: A Life Between Mexico and the United States.” The book is a collection of 19 essays written by colleagues and…
Read More about University of Houston Law Center former dean and professor Stephen Zamora memorialized in book of essaysUniversity of New Mexico Law professors Sojeong Nam and Veronica Gonzales-Zamora recognized for excellence in legal education
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW — Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) recently recognized two outstanding faculty members at The University of New Mexico with signature awards at its annual Faculty of Color Awards (FOCA) ceremony. Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color is a student-led program working to retain students of color…
Read More about University of New Mexico Law professors Sojeong Nam and Veronica Gonzales-Zamora recognized for excellence in legal educationNYU Law professor Melissa Murray honored by ABA for professional excellence
NYU LAW — The American Bar Association has announced the recipients of the 2023 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award including a Hawaii Supreme Court justice, a New York University law professor, and Sidley Austin’s management committee chair.
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