Chapman Law professor Jenny Carey appointed associate dean of for academic affairs

December 13, 2021

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — Professor Jenny Carey has been appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Chapman University Fowler School of Law, stepping into the role previously held by recently named Interim Dean Marisa Cianciarulo.“I am thrilled that Professor Carey has accepted this position,” said Cianciarulo. “She has served with distinction at the Fowler School of

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Professor Tabrez Ebrahim joins Lewis & Clark Law and its Center for Business Law and Innovation

December 13, 2021

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Tabrez Ebrahim will join the Lewis & Clark Law School faculty this fall 2022, teaching Property, Wills and Trusts, and other courses in the business law program, the Center for Business Law and Innovation. “We are delighted to welcome Professor Ebrahim,” said Dean Jennifer Johnson. “His extensive background in a number

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Columbia Law professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen and University of Virginia Law professor Saikrishna Prakash participate in discussion on presidential reform at the National Constitution Center

December 9, 2021

NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — As part of their ongoing conversations about how to restore the guardrails of American democracy, the National Constitution Center and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University present a conversation exploring the role of the president in our constitutional system. Experts Jessica Bulman-Pozen, law professor at Columbia Law School, Saikrishna Prakash, law professor

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Penn State Dickinson Law announces plans for Antiracist Development Institute

December 8, 2021

PENN STATE — Penn State Dickinson Law will further recent faculty action to lead antiracism efforts by creating an Antiracist Development Institute (ADI), a program offering organizations across the country systems design-based approaches to implementing antiracist practices, processes and policies throughout each of their functions. The ADI will run its first prototype course in summer 2022, concurrent

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Penn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle Conway gives speech on Critical Race Theory and Law at Saint Louis University Law

December 8, 2021

PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Dean Danielle Conway delivered a talk titled, “The Assault on Critical Race Theory as Pretext for Populist Backlash on Higher Education,” on October 8 during the 2021 Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, at the Saint Louis University Law Journal Symposium titled, “Critical Race Theory and the

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Albany Law dean Alicia Ouellette and professor Ray Brescia published by Oxford University Press

December 8, 2021

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — President and Dean Alicia Ouellette ‘94 and The Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law and Technology Professor Ray Brescia recently had scholarly work published by Oxford University Press. Ouellette’s article, People with Disabilities in Human Subjects Research: A History of Exploitation, a Problem of Exclusion, was published in Oxford Handbooks Online, one

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Marisa Darden nominated for US Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio

December 8, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW  — President Joe Biden has nominated Marisa Darden, an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, as the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. If confirmed, Darden will be the first Black woman to hold this position. The office of U.S Attorney handles federal

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Q and A with Susan Stephan, MLS Program Director at University of Cincinnati Law

December 8, 2021

UC CINCINNATI — In October, the University of Cincinnati College of Law launched a new online Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program. A complement to the nationally ranked JD program and the LL.M. for internationally-trained lawyers, the UC MLS expands access to legal studies to a wide range of working professionals. The inaugural program director, Susan Stephan,

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Duke Law Innocence Project celebrates pardon of innocence for clien

December 8, 2021

DUKE LAW — On Sunday, Nov. 21, a joyous Dontae Sharpe stood side-by-side with family, including his mother Sarah Blakely, to receive a copy of his pardon of innocence at the annual Innocence Project Thanksgiving Celebration held at Duke Law. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Nov. 12 pardon garnered national news coverage. A Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic client, Sharpe, now

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Duke University Law professor Sarah Bloom Raskin is considered for Federal Reserve position

December 8, 2021

INVESTING.COM — The White House has reportedly begun interviews with possible candidates to fill the empty seats on the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System in 2022. According to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, U.S. President Joe Biden is considering qualified candidates including Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President

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