UNLV Law selects Leah Chan Grinvald as dean
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS — UNLV has named Leah Chan Grinvald as the next dean for the William S. Boyd School of Law, effective July 1, 2022. Grinvald, who was selected following a national search for the position, is currently associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at Suffolk University Law School in…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Ari Ezra Waldman, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), has been awarded two research grants by the Anti-Monopoly Fund of the Economic Security Project (ESP). Waldman’s projects were among only 26 proposals selected to receive investment from the fund, which ESP launched in…
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NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Bradford McGann thinks being the first Black Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review is both an honor and an opportunity. His goal as Editor-in-Chief is not only to open doors for those to come, but to broaden the legal dialogue and drive the law towards more equitable outcomes for…
Read More about Video: Northwestern University Law Review editor-in-chief Bradford McGann plans to use his position to open doors for othersPodcast: University of South Dakota Knudson Law dean Neil Fulton discusses the school’s commitment to fostering public service leaders
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing explosive 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 explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
Read More about Podcast: University of South Dakota Knudson Law dean Neil Fulton discusses the school’s commitment to fostering public service leadersUSC Gould Law professor Nomi Stolzenberg co-authors book on the paradoxes of American law
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A new book by Professor Nomi Stolzenberg and co-author David N. Myers, a professor of history at UCLA, illustrates paradoxes of American law via an in-depth portrait of an upstate New York town of Hasidic Jews that rejects the values of mainstream America while utilizing secular American law and politics…
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BAYLOR LARIAT — The first day of the 2022 Reconciliation Symposium began at 3:30 p.m. on Monday in Cashion 506 with a panel titled “The Plight of the American Criminal Justice System.” The symposium was sponsored by the Baylor Department of Journalism and the Baylor National Association of Black Journalists in conjunction with a number of other…
Read More about St. Thomas University Law professor Mark Osler gives keynote on criminal justice issuesYale Law and Racial Justice Center helps community tackle racial injustice issues
YALE NEWS — In 2021, Yale established a center based at Yale Law School to focus on racial injustice, perhaps the most pernicious and deep-rooted problem facing the United States. The Law and Racial Justice Center, now taking shape, will be a hub for related teaching, interdisciplinary research, and policy work. Fundamental to the mission of the…
Read More about Yale Law and Racial Justice Center helps community tackle racial injustice issuesCollege faculty and staff face burnout from two years of COVID
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Right now, your best midlevel manager is updating her résumé. Your hardest-working director is controlling his excitement after learning the salary range for a private-sector opening. Your most trustworthy entry-level professional is writing a resignation letter because her new corporate position doubles her pay and doesn’t require nights or weekends. Two…
Read More about College faculty and staff face burnout from two years of COVIDPodcast: University of Baltimore Law professor Kim Wehle authors book on problem-solving like a lawyer
MODERN LAW LIBRARY — Law professor Kim Wehle is used to helping her students begin to think like lawyers. But the methodology behind making tough decisions as a legal professional can also benefit the general public. It’s why How To Think Like a Lawyer—and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas was a natural follow-up to…
Read More about Podcast: University of Baltimore Law professor Kim Wehle authors book on problem-solving like a lawyerUC Irvine Law community programs executive director Estuardo R. Ponciano honored for commitment to diversity
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School (UCI Law) is delighted to announce Estuardo R. Ponciano, executive director of community programs for UCI Law has been awarded the California LAW Diversity Champion Award for 2022 by the board of directors of Cal Leadership-Access-Workforce (Cal LAW). The award is shared with Brenda Cortez-Martin of USC…
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