Samford University Cumberland Law recognizes professor Noelle Fleming Collins for outstanding teaching
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — Cumberland School of Law has announced the inaugural Outstanding Instructor Award for the school’s online master’s program. Noelle Fleming Collins, a Cumberland School of Law graduate from the class of 1998, has been named the first award recipient for the 2020-21 academic year. The award was established to recognize an…
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW –In the lead-up to her Supreme Court confirmation hearings—expected to begin March 23—U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jacksonreceived a boost of “enthusiastic support” from more than 100 Black male law professors and law deans. The support comes in the form of a letter addressed to members…
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SLS — After eight years as the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford Law School (SLS), Beth Van Schaack, ’91, will be leaving the law school to become the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and lead the office of that name in the U.S. State Department. Prior to coming to Stanford, she…
Read More about Stanford Law professor Beth Van Schaack appointed as ambassador-at-large for global criminal justiceUniversity of Virginia Law professor G. Edward White discusses research on soccer and American culture
UVA TODAY — Between 2012 and 2019, University of Virginia School of Law professor G. Edward White wrote three books on the relationship of law to American history, starting with the colonial years and ending with the close of the 20th century. The books, in White’s words, were “long, dense and largely intended for scholarly audiences.” “I enjoyed…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor G. Edward White discusses research on soccer and American cultureUniversity of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff testifies at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing
UVA TODAY — Risa Goluboff, dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, testified Thursday at Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Speaking as an expert on constitutional law and in her personal capacity, Goluboff told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Supreme Court and…
Read More about University of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff testifies at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearingYale Law professor Yair Listokin releases study showing lawyer well-being is comparable to other professions
BLOOMBERG LAW — If there’s ever a time for lawyers to go over the deep end, this might be the moment. Stressed, isolated, and overworked throughout the pandemic, lawyers are now facing the uncertainties of going back to the office. And looming in our collective consciousness is the prospect of a world at war. Certainly, there’s no…
Read More about Yale Law professor Yair Listokin releases study showing lawyer well-being is comparable to other professionsPodcast: University of Arkansas Law dean Alena Allen discusses balancing legal practice with teaching
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 and…
Read More about Podcast: University of Arkansas Law dean Alena Allen discusses balancing legal practice with teachingNorthern Kentucky University Law professor Michael Mannheimer to publish book on how the Fourth Amendment can improve policing
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — Professor Michael Mannheimer is a busy man at Salmon P. Chase College of Law: He teaches, he supervises a clinic-style program, he speaks at forums, and he writes – a lot. Along with being the author of more than two dozen law review articles, numerous scholarly papers and commentaries, he is the author…
Read More about Northern Kentucky University Law professor Michael Mannheimer to publish book on how the Fourth Amendment can improve policingFordham Law Parole Advocacy Initiative trains volunteer attorneys to appeal parole denials
FORDGAM LAW NEWS — Approximately 100 attorneys completed virtual training to provide volunteer legal aid to incarcerated people appealing parole denials, through Fordham Law School’s Parole Advocacy Initiative (PAI) on Feb. 16. The initiative is a collaboration between the Parole Preparation Project, a New York City-based nonprofit that has advocated for the release of those serving…
Read More about Fordham Law Parole Advocacy Initiative trains volunteer attorneys to appeal parole denialsUniversity of Baltimore Law Innocence Project director Erica J. Suter represents client from “Serial” podcast
THE BALTIMORE SUN — Clothing, shoes and other pieces of evidence collected in the infamous Baltimore murder case against Adnan Syed will be sent off to a California lab for new DNA analysis, a city judge has ordered. Together, Syed’s attorney and Baltimore prosecutors asked the court last week to consider new post-conviction DNA testing, arguing that…
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