University of Missouri Law students celebrate professor Frank Bowman after his final class before retirement

May 11, 2022

FREE PRESS JOURNAL — A video went viral on social media in which Professor Frank Bowman, who had been teaching at Mizzou Law for 17 years, retired and left netizens in ‘awe’.

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Mitchell Hamline Law opens wellness center for students and faculty

May 10, 2022

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — In a continued effort to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff, leaders at Mitchell Hamline on Monday cut the ribbon on a new wellness center. “Law school for students and faculty and staff is necessarily and sometimes unnecessarily stressful,” said Professor Natalie Netzel ’15. “This is an investment for…

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Troy McKenzie named dean of NYU Law

May 10, 2022

REUTERS — New York University School of Law has found its next dean right on campus. Longtime professor Troy McKenzie will assume the deanship May 31 when current dean Trevor Morrison steps down, the school said Friday. McKenzie, an expert in bankruptcy, civil procedure and complex litigation, graduated from NYU Law in 2000 and began teaching there…

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Northeastern Law professor Patricia Williams receives honorary degree from University of Antwerp

May 10, 2022

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Patricia Williams has received an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp’s faculty of law  in recognition of her expertise in the field of race, gender, literature and law and her outstanding contributions to legal and ethical debates on society, science and technology in the light of individual autonomy…

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University of Oregon Law professor Greg Dotson discusses his work on the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

May 10, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON  — The National Guard was sleeping in the basement and wire barriers surrounded the Capitol Building when UO law professor Greg Dotson started working as the chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in early 2021. It was just after the Jan. 6 insurrection and the building was still…

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University of Oregon Law hosts end of year celebration for faculty and staff

May 10, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — The Oregon School of Law held their End of Year Celebration Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in the Knight Law Center Commons. Dean Marcilynn Burke emceed the occasion and remarked, “We are going to celebrate several members of the Oregon Law community this afternoon, but really this is a…

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Pace Law honors retiring faculty members

May 10, 2022

PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University honored the achievement of seven distinguished retiring faculty members at a celebration held at the law school on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

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Six Penn Law professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 10, 2022

PENN LAW — Six faculty and researchers affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania  have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Yale Goldman, Drew Weissman, and Katalin Karikó of the Perelman School of Medicine, Nicholas Sambanis of the School of Arts & Sciences, Diana Slaughter Kotzin of the Graduate School of Education,…

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University of San Francisco Law students and faculty work with Innocence Commission to free client

May 10, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO  — A group of USF law students helped to exonerate a man this month — 30 years after he was convicted of a murder he did not commit.

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University of Utah Law co-hosts diversity, equity, and inclusion conference for law school deans

May 10, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law, along with the Law School Admissions Council, recently hosted a conference for law school deans focused on the topics of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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