University of New Mexico Law professor Cliff Villa selected for EPA post
UNM NEWSROOM — UNM School of Law Professor Cliff Villa has been asked by the President Joe Biden Administration to serve as a political appointee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a senior advisor to the EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, Villa’s expertise will come into play around the use of…
Read More about University of New Mexico Law professor Cliff Villa selected for EPA postNortheastern Law professor Daniel Medwed collaborates prosecutor accountability project in New York
NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — A Northeastern law professor scored a major legal win in federal court in New York this summer as part of a years-long effort to hold criminal prosecutors to a greater standard of accountability for their wrongdoing. Professor Daniel Medwed is one of six law professors who, as part of a project called “Accountability…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Daniel Medwed collaborates prosecutor accountability project in New YorkNorthwestern Law professor Robin Walker Sterling elected to American Law Institute
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Robin Walker Sterling, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, and director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve…
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Robin Walker Sterling elected to American Law InstituteA look at University of Tennessee Law dean Lonnie Brown’s first month
KNOX NEWS — Lonnie Brown, the new dean of the University of Tennessee Law School, has been on the job since July 1. He receives very positive reviews. One student, Megan Cambre of Atlanta, said, “He is an incredible teacher and really cares about his students. He is strict … Georgia is losing one hell of a…
Read More about A look at University of Tennessee Law dean Lonnie Brown’s first monthUniversity of Virginia Law professor Anne Coughlin co-directs new Sound Justice Lab
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — For Professor Anne Coughlin, the law is about much more than rules and doctrines — the law is a discourse that relies on storytelling for its descriptive claims and prescriptive guidance. For example, she pointed out, the holdings of cases are like “punchlines whose meanings emerge from the…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor Anne Coughlin co-directs new Sound Justice LabLewis & Clark Law Professor Serves as ALI Reporter for Copyright Restatement
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — In 2015, the American Law Institute (ALI) appointed the Henry J. Casey Professor of Law Lydia Pallas Loren to serve as one of five Reporters on the Restatement of Copyright. Once completed, the Restatement of Copyright will be a resource for those working in, or affected by, the copyright…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law Professor Serves as ALI Reporter for Copyright RestatementHigher Education Has A Morale Problem, Opposing Higher Pay Will Make It Worse
FORBES — Staff at colleges and universities are struggling and have been struggling with low morale for two years. Staff and faculty have had to constantly change and adapt for two years in higher education. They are burned out, and, it seems, disillusioned with higher education as a calling. Pandemic fatigue comes on top of…
Read More about Higher Education Has A Morale Problem, Opposing Higher Pay Will Make It WorseUC Irvine Law professor Bryant Garth appointed interim director of the American Bar Foundation
AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION — Bryant Garth, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California-Irvine School of Law, will become the Interim Director of the American Bar Foundation (ABF), effective September 1, 2022.
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Bryant Garth appointed interim director of the American Bar FoundationInaugural Jacksonville University Law dean Nicholas Allard discusses his plans for the school
JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD — Nicholas Allard is in Jacksonville to take advantage of what he calls a rare opportunity. The former dean and president of Brooklyn Law School in New York City is the founding dean at the Jacksonville University College of Law.
Read More about Inaugural Jacksonville University Law dean Nicholas Allard discusses his plans for the schoolGift to UCLA Law will fund endowed faculty chairs in Native American law
INDIAN GAMING — Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria have donated $4.265 million to UCLA Law creating two new endowed faculty chairs in Native American law.
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