New Penn Law course looks at community lawyering as a solution to mass incarceration
PENN LAW — In one of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s newest courses, “Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration,” students learn how to engage a range of legal, political, and advocacy strategies to advocate for the rights of incarcerated individuals and lead change in the criminal justice system. Co-lecturer and Legal Director of the Abolitionist…
Read More about New Penn Law course looks at community lawyering as a solution to mass incarcerationRutgers Law professor Sahar Aziz publishes book on the treatment of Muslims post 9/11
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Rutgers Law School Professor Sahar Aziz is a Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar and an expert in civil rights and the Middle East. Her scholarship looks at the intersections of national security, race, and civil rights and the adverse impact of national security policies on racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in the U.S. She is…
Read More about Rutgers Law professor Sahar Aziz publishes book on the treatment of Muslims post 9/11University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of Health
NIH RECORD — NCCIH will present the 2021 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies virtually on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Rhonda V. Magee, professor of law at the University of San Francisco and a longtime scholar and teacher of mindfulness, will speak on “Mindfulness as a…
Read More about University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of HealthStanford Law highlights faculty recognized for excellence in scholarship
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, was co-awarded the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) Administrative Law Section’s Annual Scholarship Award which honors the best work published in the field of administrative law during 2020. She has been recognized for her scholarship, Actings, which examines open questions about acting government…
Read More about Stanford Law highlights faculty recognized for excellence in scholarshipYale Law European Law Association co-hosts climate initiatives talk
YALE DAILY NEWS — The Yale Law School European Law Association co-hosted a talk titled “A Ray of Hope? Green Law and Policy in the EU” with the Harvard European Law Association on Monday afternoon. The talk featured four panelists from varying fields of European climate policy and international environmental law. Matei Alexianu YLS ’23, a board…
Read More about Yale Law European Law Association co-hosts climate initiatives talkUtah Law welcomes new faculty members
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah is pleased to announce the addition of new faculty members. We’re also honored to welcome several visiting faculty to our Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment.
Read More about Utah Law welcomes new faculty membersFormer Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Raskin joins Duke Law faculty
DUKE LAW — Sarah Bloom Raskin, the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury and a visiting professor since 2020, has been named the Colin W. Brown Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law and will become faculty director of the Law School’s Global Financial Markets Center in January. An expert in financial regulation and…
Read More about Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Raskin joins Duke Law facultyIn Memoriam: Michael Berch
ASU NEWS — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University mourns the loss of Michael Berch, Emeritus Alan A. Matheson Professor of Law and a popular teacher who was honored with numerous awards. He died Nov. 6. Berch, one of the early faculty hired by Professor Willard “Ped” H. Pedrick, founding dean of…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, five U.S. jurisdictions opted to suspend their July 2020 bar exams. Instead, these jurisdictions granted licensure to new attorneys through “diploma privilege.” That’s the practice of admitting new attorneys to the state bar, and allowing them to practice law, contingent on their graduation from an ABA-accredited…
Read More about Podcast: Legal experts discuss arguments for and against diploma privilege for law practice licensingPodcast: Pitt Law professor Michael Madison discusses innovation and the Future Law Project
ANCHOR BY SPOTIFY — 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…
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