Regent Law faculty and students selected for fellowships and clerkships
REGENT UNIVERSITY — Regent University School of Law’s 2021-2022 Academic Year is proving to be a banner year. Six months in, the school has already celebrated record-breaking rankings, launched new programs and initiatives, and welcomed new leaders to its list of prestigious faculty and staff. “When I think about what we’ve accomplished so far this academic…
Read More about Regent Law faculty and students selected for fellowships and clerkshipsSouth Texas College of Law Houston Black Law Students Association honors associate dean Helen B. Jenkins
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — At its annual gala Saturday, the Black Law Students Association honored Executive Vice President Emerita and Professor Helen B. Jenkins with a Lifetime Achievement Award for 35 years of dedicated service to South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston). Jenkins, who has been referred to as “South Texas’ Renaissance…
Read More about South Texas College of Law Houston Black Law Students Association honors associate dean Helen B. JenkinsWestern New England University Law professor Tina Cafaro appointed to local District Court
WWLP — Western New England University School of Law Professor Tina Cafaro is appointed to a new position as Associate Justice of the District Court. Cafaro is saying goodbye to Western New England University School of Law after 21 years of being a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of Criminal Law Clinics. This role enabled…
Read More about Western New England University Law professor Tina Cafaro appointed to local District CourtWillamette Law professor Robin Morris Collin appointed to Environmental Protection Agency post
SALEM REPORTER — Robin Morris Collin knows the impacts of climate change aren’t spread evenly around. Like most other environmental problems, they hit people already marginalized harder – farmworkers laboring outdoors in extreme temperatures, or Oregonians who can’t afford air conditioning during a heat wave. After almost two decades teaching law at Willamette University in Salem and pushing…
Read More about Willamette Law professor Robin Morris Collin appointed to Environmental Protection Agency postYale Law professor Harold Hongju Koh represents Ukraine at World Court
YALE DAILY NEWS — Last week, a team of international lawyers including former Dean of Yale Law School Harold Hongju Koh represented Ukraine at the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, in the Hague. Koh is a Sterling Professor of international law at Yale Law School and has also served as Legal Adviser for the United States…
Read More about Yale Law professor Harold Hongju Koh represents Ukraine at World CourtPodcast: University of Arizona Law dean Marc L Miller discusses how the school’s programs work towards making the legal profession more diverse
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 and…
Read More about Podcast: University of Arizona Law dean Marc L Miller discusses how the school’s programs work towards making the legal profession more diversePodcast: UC Davis Law professor Irene Joe discusses her journey to becoming a professor
EVERYDAY INJUSTICE — UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe has had an interesting experience – born in Nigeria, grew up in Texas, and came to California for law school. After law school she worked doing death penalty work with the Equal Justice Initiative and Bryan Stevenson. From there, she ended up working as a public defender in…
Read More about Podcast: UC Davis Law professor Irene Joe discusses her journey to becoming a professorUC Irvine Law professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen receives grant from National Science Foundation
UCI NEWS — Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, assistant professor of law and co-director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession at the UCI School of Law is the principal investigator of a team awarded a $511,230 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund a project titled: “Diversity and Networking in Law School: Are Law Students from…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen receives grant from National Science FoundationCapital Law professor Susan Giles presents sample law school class to Ohio University pre-law students
OHIO NEWS — Susan Giles, the John E. Sullivan Professor of Law in the Capital University Law School, joins the Center for Law, Justice and Culture and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bentley Hall 136. The event is open to all students and alumni. Those interested in…
Read More about Capital Law professor Susan Giles presents sample law school class to Ohio University pre-law studentsDuke Law professor Laurence R. Helfer nominated as candidate for UN Human Rights Commission
DUKE LAW NEWS — The U.S. Department of State has launched a campaign to elect Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law Laurence R. Helfer to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Helfer was announced as the U.S. nominee for the position on the international monitoring body in December 2021. The Committee is comprised of 18 independent…
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