Northwestern Law professors Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster discuss how they teach ethics and professional responsibility
NORTHWESTERN LAW — Since coming to the Law School over 20 years ago, Wendy Muchman and Mary Foster have been able to completely change the way students interact with the subject of ethics and professional responsibility. The longtime friends and colleagues have created a curriculum so distinct that law professors around the country have advocated…
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USC GOULD LAW — New USC research exploring the pandemic experiences of the Navajo Nation and the Klamath Tribes underscores the need for the U.S. to honor tribal water rights that have been legally recognized — but never delivered on — for over a century.
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Robin Craig publishes research on pandemic experiences of Navajo and KlamathUSC Gould Law dean Andrew Guzman appointed USC provost and senior vice president for academic affairs
USC GOULD LAW — Andrew T. Guzman, noted scholar of international law and economics and current dean of the USC Gould School of Law, has been named USC’s next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, USC President Carol L. Folt announced Tuesday. As provost, Guzman will become USC’s second highest-ranking official and the…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — Tracey Meares, who was unfairly denied the title of valedictorian at Springfield High School nearly 40 years (an incident discussed in last year’s documentary “No Title for Tracey”), has returned to the school for induction into the SHS Hall of Fame. Afterwards, she spoke live with WMAY’s Jim Leach about the…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When Turnitin was launched in 1998, the early ed-tech start-up promised a solution to one of the most pressing threats to academic integrity in the nascent internet era: easy plagiarism from online sources. Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying…
Read More about College faculty voice concerns over using AI-detection software to uncover cheatingMore thoughts on the ideological divide on free speech
(PrawfsBlawg) by Howard Wasserman — Professor Wasserman (FIU Law) shares his thoughts on the recent history of free speech issues in colleges and law schools and how those with different ideologies view the issues.
Read More about More thoughts on the ideological divide on free speechUniversity at Buffalo Law professor Samantha Barbas publishes book on threats to freedom of press
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO LAW — UB law school professor Samantha Barbas sends a clear message for factions out there who want to weaken press freedoms granted by the Supreme Court’s landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case: Just leave it alone.
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UC IRVINE LAW — UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and the Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, secured the release of one of its clients, Don Cunningham, who had been serving a sentence of 277 years to life, and was incarcerated in California state prison for 26 years.…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic help release client from prisonDuke Law professor Nita Farahany publishes book on the pros and cons of neurotechnology
DUKE LAW — Nita Farahany, the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke University and the founding director of the Duke Initiative for Science and Society, says most people know their cholesterol levels and heart rate, but most people don’t know what’s happening in their own brain.
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FORDHAM LAW — Jordana Confino, Assistant Dean of Professionalism, teaches Peer Mentoring and Leadership, and Positive Lawyering at Fordham University. In our latest podcast, Jordana shares the importance of positive psychology with examples of discussions she has had with her students to demonstrate how important it is for law students and lawyers to implement it…
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