Yale Law dean Heather Gerken discusses the benefits of eliminating tuition for students in need
ABC NEWS — As students prepare to return to school in the fall, one Ivy League law school has a new scholarship aimed at broadening access to legal education by eliminating tuition for students with financial needs. Yale Law School’s Hurst Horizon Scholarship will erase tuition and pay for college fees and health care costs for law…
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CISION PR NEWSWIRE — After a comprehensive national search that attracted distinguished candidates from all over the world, Jacksonville University today announced the selection of its College of Law founding Dean, Nicholas W. Allard, Esq., along with an administrative leadership team for the College.
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BC LAW — Boston College has named Odette Lienau, professor of law and former associate dean for faculty research and intellectual life at Cornell University Law School, the inaugural Marianne D. Short, Esq., Dean at Boston College Law School, effective January 2023.
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UCLA NEWSROOM — Taking on one of the most urgent issues in American political and legal life, UCLA School of Law Professor Richard Hasen has launched the Safeguarding Democracy Project to focus on ensuring that elections in the U.S. remain free and fair.
Read More about UCLA Law professor Richard Hasen launches Safeguarding Democracy ProjectCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf aids in efforts to prosecute Russian war criminals
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and prosecute those responsible.
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DUKE LAW NEWS — Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law Laurence R. Helfer has been elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Committee for the 2023-2026 term.
Read More about Duke Law professor Laurence Halfer elected to UN Human Rights CommitteeNew UIC Law dean Nicky Boothe discusses plans for the school
UIC TODAY — Nicky Boothe, a legal academic, experienced litigator and leader in legal education, officially started as dean of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law June 16.
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NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — Following a one year hiatus after teaching as a visiting professor at Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Professor Tan Boston is returning to the faculty lineup as a tenure-track professor of law – and bringing with her leadership positions in two national sports law associations.
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PENN LAW — The Editorial Board of Volumes 170 and 171 of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review has announced that beginning with the 2023 cycle, the annual Public Interest Essay Competition will be known as the “Dorothy E. Roberts Public Interest Essay Competition” in honor of Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Daniel Ho, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Associate Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and Director of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab), worked with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in a collaboration that was awarded the Innovative Practice Gold…
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