Mitchell Hamline Law professor Jason Marisam cited in briefs on US Supreme Court case

December 12, 2022

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The authors of three briefs in an important election-related Supreme Court case have cited a forthcoming law review article by Mitchell Hamline Associate Professor Jason Marisam. Oral arguments in the case, Moore v. Harper, was heard this week on December 7. Marisam’s forthcoming article focuses on the crux of…

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Penn Carey Law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff submits amicus brief for US Supreme Court case

December 12, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Tobias Barrington Wolff, Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, has submitted an amicus curiae in support of the respondents in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the case, the Court will decide whether…

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Penn Carey Law professor Allison K. Hoffman authors DePaul Law Review article on the issues with employer-based health insurance

December 12, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — In an article published in the DePaul Law Review, Allison K. Hoffman, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, describes problems that arise with a U.S. health insurance system overwhelmingly comprised of job-based coverage. In “How A Pandemic Plus Recession Foretell the Post-Job-Based Horizon of Health Insurance,” Hoffman…

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USC Gould Law professor Elyn Saks receives patient advocacy award from American Psychiatric Association

December 12, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — For her commitment to protecting the rights of those with mental illness and substance use disorders, the American Psychiatric Association awarded the 2022 Patient Advocacy Award to Professor Elyn Saks, founder and faculty director of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at…

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USC Gould Law professors Erik Hovenkamp and D. Daniel Sokol win antitrust writing awards

December 12, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — In competition with more than 350 academic article nominations, USC Gould School of Law Professors Erik Hovenkamp and D. Daniel Sokol were winners earlier this year of the 2022 Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. The Antitrust Writing Awards aim to promote competition scholarship and competition advocacy. Hovenkamp’s…

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Texas A&M Law dean Robert B. Ahdieh named vice president for Professional Schools and Programs

December 12, 2022

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Robert B. Ahdieh has been named Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs by Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks. He will serve in this new position concurrently with his appointment as Dean of the School of Law and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean’s Chair. The…

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University of Akron Law professor Joann Sahl recognized with professionalism award

December 5, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — A clinical professor of law and director of the Akron Law Reentry and Civil Practice clinics, Joann Sahl focuses on training students to provide legal services to underserved residents, while supervising the school’s participation in Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s Expedited Pardon Project. Her efforts at the law school…

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West Virginia University Law professor Nicole McConlogue elected to position in Maryland attorney general’s office

December 5, 2022

WEST VIRIGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Nicole McConlogue, associate professor and clinic director at the College of Law, has been appointed by Maryland Attorney General-elect Anthony Brown to serve on his transition team. McConlogue is tasked with advising Brown on consumer protection issues — a specific area of her expertise.

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Yale Law professor Abbe Gluck on shortlist to become Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

December 5, 2022

YALE LAW SCHOOL — New York Governor Kathy Hochul D-NY listed Abbe Gluck, the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at Yale Law School, as one of seven candidates for Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Gluck has been listed as the 11th-most-cited public law scholar in the country since 2013, and…

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Albany Law dean Alicia Ouellette named as potential New York chief judge nominee

December 5, 2022

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — The dean of Albany Law School is among seven nominees under consideration by Gov. Kathy Hochul to be New York’s next chief judge. New York’s Commission on Judicial Nomination, a screening panel, released a report Wednesday which named the law school’s president and dean, Alicia Ouellette, as well as four existing…

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