University of Florida Law professor Blake Hudson named dean of Samford University Cumberland Law

April 22, 2022

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY — Following a nationwide search, Blake Hudson has been named dean of Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, Provost J. Michael Hardin announced today. The appointment is effective July 1, 2022.

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Indiana University McKinney Law professor Nicolas Terry creates course on ‘the law of COVID’

April 22, 2022

IU ROBERT MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The global COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to legal and policy issues that will likely be discussed in law school courses for decades to come, but students at IU McKinney are already taking an in-depth look.

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University of Michigan Law professor Michael Barr nominated to position in the Federal Reserve

April 22, 2022

THE HILL — President Biden on Friday announced that he would nominate Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator, making a second attempt to fill the role after his first nominee did not have the votes to be confirmed in the Senate.

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Podcast: Mitchell Hamline Law dean Anthony Niedwiecki discusses unique programs at the school

April 22, 2022

ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education

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Northwestern Law professor Kimberly Yuracko named a Guggenheim fellow

April 22, 2022

NORTHWESTERN NOW — Northwestern University faculty members Shana Kelley, Jeffrey Masten and Kimberly Yuracko are among the 2022 Guggenheim Fellows recently named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

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Penn Law hosts discussion on cryptocurrency with Duke Law professor Lawrence Baxter

April 22, 2022

PENN LAW — As part of Penn’s Energy Week , the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Penn Program on Regulation(PPR) co-hosted a discussion on cryptocurrencies and their far-reaching environmental impacts with Duke Law’s Lawrence Baxter. Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, moderated the event, which was organized

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Penn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal profession

April 22, 2022

PENN LAW — In the most recent bulletin published by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Maureen Reilly, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Career Strategy, reviewed Great Minds Think Differently: Neurodiversity for Lawyers and Other Professionals by Haley Moss. In her review, Reilly amplifies the importance of understanding neurodiversity in the legal

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University of Utah Law professor Leslie Francis honored with distinguished mentor award

April 21, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2022 Distinguished Mentor Award recipients. The award honors their considerable efforts and provides a token of appreciation for all they do.

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Widener University Delaware Law professor Rodney Smolla named next president of Vermont Law School

April 21, 2022

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The Vermont Law School (VLS) Board of Trustees today announced that it has named Rodney A. Smolla incoming VLS president. The higher education leader and legal educator, litigator, scholar, and author will become the school’s president on July 1.

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University of Virginia Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson discusses her lifelong friendship with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

April 21, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — After the U.S. Senate voted Thursday afternoon to confirm judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, Kimberly Jenkins Robinson, a University of Virginia law professor, tried to call her friend, but Jackson’s voice mailbox was full. Robinson, who met Jackson when they were students at

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