Schooling Colleges on Student Loan Repayment

April 21, 2022

INSIDE HIGHER ED — When President Biden extended the pause on student loan repayment again last week, it renewed the debate about the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, in addition to complaints about inefficiencies in how PSLF is administered and inadequate efforts to inform those eligible for it.

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

April 20, 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 and co-sponsored by the

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Penn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal profession

April 20, 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.

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Pitt Law professor Kevin Ashley honored for furthering technology in the legal profession

April 20, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW —  The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announced the recipients of its second annual CodeX Prize at this year’s CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference. CodeX FutureLaw brings together researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, and policymakers worldwide to focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself

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

April 20, 2022

@THEU — The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2022 Distinguished Mentor Award recipients. This year’s awardees demonstrate exceptional commitment to the mentorship of graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and others across campus and beyond. All of our awardees go above and beyond to foster an inclusive and welcoming community and to instill a culture

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

April 20, 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 19, 2022

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 Harvard Law

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AALS study looks at the career pathways, responsibilities, and challenges facing law school deans

April 14, 2022

LEGAL NEWS — The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the focus of law school deans according to the American Law School Dean Study, released recently by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) based on a survey by NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Black law deans discuss how Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation will inspire students

April 14, 2022

REUTERS — The expected confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court could prompt a greater number of diverse students — particularly Black women — to pursue a law degree, legal educators predicted this week.

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University of Virginia Law professors Molly Bishop Shadel and J.H. Verkerke co-author paper on law school classroom participation

April 14, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Numerous studies have shown that when classroom participation depends on volunteers, male students speak more often. The solution, three University of Virginia professors explain in a new paper focused on law school classes — is to call on students systematically, and with care.

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