Indiana University Maurer Law dean Austen Parrish selected as next dean of UC Irvine Law

April 13, 2022

UCI Law — Austen Parrish, a respected scholar, gifted classroom teacher and admired legal academy leader, will become the third dean of the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search. He will assume the post on Aug. 3.

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UCLA Law adjunct professor Susan Genco honored by Recording Academy for excellence in entertainment law

April 13, 2022

BILLBOARD — “I don’t have to tell any of you that the best moments of my life were created by artists and enhanced by music, because this is true for all of you,” said Susan Genco, co-president of The Azoff Company, who received the Service Award at the 24th annual Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative…

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Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy to discuss criminal law at Northwestern Law

April 13, 2022

NORTHWESTERN PRIZTKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law welcomed Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, for a week of lectures highlighting his scholarship in criminal law and the regulation of race relations.

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Looking at the career of Liberty University Law professor Scott Thompson

April 13, 2022

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY — Learning the law of the land and acquiring the skills necessary to practice law are both essential elements for today’s law school students. “Law school education has kind of been through a revolution in the last couple of decades, and Liberty has been on the cutting edge,” said Liberty University School of Law professor…

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Loyola Law New Orleans professor Andrea Armstrong recognized by school for excellence in legal education

April 13, 2022

THE MAROON — Creating meaningful work that leaves a positive impact on the world is lawyer and professor Andrea Armstrong’s calling at Loyola University New Orleans.

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Podcast: University of New Hampshire Law dean Megan M. Carpenter discusses unique programs at the school

April 13, 2022

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…

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NYU Law professor Deborah N. Archer to deliver lecture at University of Colorado Law on the persistence of racism

April 13, 2022

COLORADO LAW — Professor Deborah N. Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, will join the Colorado Law community on April 14, 2022 to deliver the 64th annual John R. Coen Lecture. The lecture, co-sponsored by the ACLU of Colorado, is titled,…

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Northwestern Law hosts discussion on restorative justice and health equity

April 13, 2022

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In March, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series with “Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Health Equity.” Hosted online and in-person, the 90-minute conversation addressed public health, the need for restorative justice, and how income inequity contributes to…

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Penn Law fellow Allison M. Whelan discusses her work with public health and the law

April 13, 2022

PENN STATE LAW — Allison M. Whelan is a Sharswood Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and an Associate Fellow at Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching encompass a broad set of medical, science, and social policy issues at the intersection of…

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Penn Law professor Dorothy E. Roberts publishes a book on inequities in the child welfare system

April 13, 2022

PENN LAW — Professor Dorothy E. Roberts’ new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families — And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World​, was published by Basic Books on April 5. Roberts, an acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology…

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