University of Utah Law professor Heather Tanana appointed to AALS section leadership and an ABA task force
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Research Professor and Stegner Fellow Heather Tanana was recently appointed to the position of secretary for the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples. The Section on Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members of the Section…
Read More about University of Utah Law professor Heather Tanana appointed to AALS section leadership and an ABA task forceGeorgetown Law professor’s use of slur sparks call for apology and changes by students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students at Georgetown University are demanding accountability after law professor Franz Werro referred to a student in class as “Mr. Chinaman.” A video of the Feb. 10 incident has gone viral, attracting more than 140,000 views. Werro apologized in an email the next day for using the anti-Asian slur, according to the legal news…
Read More about Georgetown Law professor’s use of slur sparks call for apology and changes by studentsPodcast: University of Alabama Law professor Tara Leigh Grove discusses her work on presidential commission
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A presidential commission convened to focus on possible reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court had trouble finding agreement, University of Alabama School of Law professor Tara Leigh Grove says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law. The bipartisan Presidential Commission…
Read More about Podcast: University of Alabama Law professor Tara Leigh Grove discusses her work on presidential commissionCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal Court
NEWS 5 CLEVELAND — He has testified on Capitol Hill. He has been cited and interviewed in publications far and wide. But now, the co-dean of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law will have the distinct opportunity rarely afforded to American attorneys: argue a case before the world’s highest criminal court, the International Criminal Court. Michael…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal CourtPodcast: Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf discusses the school’s foreign legal studies program
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: Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf discusses the school’s foreign legal studies programPodcast: CUNY Law interim dean Eduardo R. C. Capulong discusses the school’s commitment to human rights
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: CUNY Law interim dean Eduardo R. C. Capulong discusses the school’s commitment to human rightsElon Law professor Scott Gaylord appointed to North Carolina legal commission
ELON UNIVERSITY — North Carolina’s top jurist has named an Elon Law faculty member to a commission that supports activities aimed at building good character and virtuous attitudes in the state’s legal community. Chief Justice Paul Newby of the Supreme Court of North Carolina appointed Professor Scott Gaylord to the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism,…
Read More about Elon Law professor Scott Gaylord appointed to North Carolina legal commissionIndiana University Maurer Law professor Kevin Brown gives keynote speech at Critical Race Theory forum
WISH — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Constitution Society teamed up to host a forum on critical race theory Wednesday at IUPUI’s McKinney School of Law. In 1989, IU Maurer School of Law Professor Kevin Brown participated in the first the first CRT seminar. He says CRT focuses on how how…
Read More about Indiana University Maurer Law professor Kevin Brown gives keynote speech at Critical Race Theory forumUniversity of Miami Law professor Zanita Fenton presents on domestic violence and stereotypes in Brazil
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In March, Professor Zanita Fenton will be speaking to members of the Public Ministry of Sao Paulo Ministry regarding domestic violence and stereotypes for their “1º Gender Equality International Congress” March 8, at 10 a.m. (Sao Paolo Time). The meeting partners with the prosecutor group Associação Paulista do Ministério…
Read More about University of Miami Law professor Zanita Fenton presents on domestic violence and stereotypes in BrazilQuinnipiac Law professor Angela Robinson authors article on the importance of nominating a Black woman for Supreme Court Justice
THE WASHINGTON POST — President Biden has promised to appoint a Black woman to the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, which would mark a long-overdue milestone. Biden has quietly and consistently been keeping his promise to enrich the federal courts with much-needed diverse talent, particularly the talent of women of color and, more specifically, Black women. Now,…
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