An interview with Mercer Law interim dean Karen J. Sneddon
THE DEN — This Women’s History Month, The Den is celebrating some of Mercer University‘s top leaders — our female deans. Eight of Mercer’s 12 schools and colleges are led by women, and we are highlighting each of these deans on separate days throughout March. Today, we spotlight Karen J. Sneddon, interim dean of the School of…
Read More about An interview with Mercer Law interim dean Karen J. SneddonNorthern Kentucky University Law professor David Singleton’s Beyond Guilt initiative advocates for the early release of prisoners
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — There are a lot of guilty people in prison. And Professor David Singleton knows it. Some of them, though, have changed and deserve a second chance, he frequently tells students in his classes at Salmon P. Chase College of Law. And those who have changed – and have completed a significant portion of a…
Read More about Northern Kentucky University Law professor David Singleton’s Beyond Guilt initiative advocates for the early release of prisonersNorthern Kentucky University Law professor Alex Kreit publishes criminal law casebook
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — Every law student has been there: Sitting in class as the professor calls on students to explain a case in the casebook, trying to spot a pattern for when they might hear their name. In this instance, though, the scenario is flipped: Professor Alex Kreit is answering the questions, and he knows…
Read More about Northern Kentucky University Law professor Alex Kreit publishes criminal law casebookNorthwestern Law professor Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe represents asylum seekers in court
NORTHWESTERN MAGAZINE — Five floors up from the cacophony that is Chicago’s West Loop, inside a stone-still hearing room at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Chicago Immigration Court, where the ratcheted-up nerves and quickened breaths make for the sort of place you do not want to be, Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe ’96 is there to get the…
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe represents asylum seekers in courtPenn State Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia recognized for community leadership
CENTRE DAILY TIMES — Sitting in her middle school history class, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia was captivated by law and its power to inspire social change. Now she’s at the forefront of the classroom instead of in the seats — sculpting the next generation of immigration lawyers as the founder and director of the Center for Immigrants’…
Read More about Penn State Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia recognized for community leadershipPenn Law professor Lisa Fairfax introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson at Supreme Court confirmation hearing
THE HILL — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be introduced at her Senate confirmation hearing Monday by a former D.C. circuit court judge and a University of Pennsylvania law school professor. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Sunday that Judge Thomas Griffith and professor Lisa Fairfax will each have five minutes to introduce Jackson, who will then have ten minutes for her…
Read More about Penn Law professor Lisa Fairfax introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson at Supreme Court confirmation hearingPenn Law course explores leadership and social change
PENN LAW — In the innovative and interdisciplinary course “Leading Social Change,” University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students identify the “One Big Thing” that they would like to change about the world. Over the semester, Lecturers in Law Benjamin Jealous and Dr. Ariel Schwartz help them to create a plan to achieve their goal. “I have…
Read More about Penn Law course explores leadership and social changePenn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes Criminal Law and Philosophy paper on executive function
PENN LAW — In a recently published article at Criminal Law and Philosophy, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law Stephen J. Morse challenges the characterization of executive function as a guiding mechanism that supports both responsible agency and the necessity for some excuses. Executive function is the umbrella term psychologists…
Read More about Penn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes Criminal Law and Philosophy paper on executive functionSamford 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…
Read More about Samford University Cumberland Law recognizes professor Noelle Fleming Collins for outstanding teachingUniversity of South Carolina Law professor Etienne Toussaint leads campaign in support of Ketanji Brown Jackson
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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