GRE testing organization ETS establishes Legal Education Advisory Council
ETS — As ETS continues to pursue its vision of expanding and creating new pathways to and through legal education that prioritize fairness and equity, the organization has announced today the establishment of the Legal Education Advisory Council (LEAC) to help deliver on this vision. As the pathway from considering law school attendance to obtaining legal employment…
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Journalists often face a reoccurring issue: People in power don’t always like to be held accountable for their actions, so they resist inquiries by the watchdogs called to do just that. One solution: strategic legal intervention by the law school’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic. The Clinic, directed…
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — For Associate Professor Heather Abraham, her experience as an Equal Justice Works Fellow was a pivotal point in her career as an advocate for fair housing rights. Now, with her appointment to the organization’s newly established and highly selective Alumni Advisory Council, she’ll be in position to help…
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PATCH — The Organization of American States elected University of Dayton School of Law Professor Carlos Bernal to its Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. As part of the seven-member body, Bernal, a native of Colombia, will help members of the Organization of American States promote the protection of human rights, investigate alleged human rights violations by nations…
Read More about University of Dayton Law professor Carlos Bernal elected to Inter-American Commission on Human RightsGeorgia State University Law professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry co-author handbook on disaster law and policy
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Disaster law and policy is a developing and dynamic field. It’s new enough that foundational texts in the field are rare, but two Georgia State College of Law scholars are about to change that. Professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry are co-editors of the Handbook on Disaster Law and Policy, which is…
Read More about Georgia State University Law professors John Marshall and Ryan Rowberry co-author handbook on disaster law and policyLiberty Law names former state department ambassador Morse Tan as new dean
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY — Liberty University has announced that Morse Hyun-Myung Tan has been named the new dean of Liberty University School of Law. Tan will assume his duties on Jan. 1, 2022. Most recently, Tan served as Ambassador at Large for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, where he oversaw the indictment, sanctioning, capture,…
Read More about Liberty Law names former state department ambassador Morse Tan as new deanUniversity of Miami Law Innocence Clinic helps to overturn wrongful conviction
NEWS@THEU — In the first hour of his newfound freedom, Dustin Shane Duty consumed half of a double bacon cheeseburger while sitting in the restaurant of a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel. Then, he borrowed his attorney’s cellphone to call the mother he hadn’t seen in more than eight years.“I love you, Dottie,” Duty told his weeping mom. The…
Read More about University of Miami Law Innocence Clinic helps to overturn wrongful convictionUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City Law Tenant Representation Initiative helps area residents facing eviction
NPR KANSAS CITY — When the federal eviction moratorium ended in August of 2021, eviction courts resumed hearing cases. Many renters found themselves in a legal environment without representation. Enter the attorneys of the Tenant Representation Initiative. The team consists of four Truman Fellows, a managing attorney and three current law students serving as law clerks. They joined…
Read More about University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Tenant Representation Initiative helps area residents facing evictionUSC Gould Law professor Henna Pithia discusses her role as supervisor of the International Human Rights Clinic
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Henna Pithia (JD 2015), visiting clinical assistant professor of law, has joined the USC Gould School of Law this academic year to supervise the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) during IHRC Founding Director Hannah Garry’s Fulbright grant-funded research semester in Norway. Pithia was a student attorney in the IHRC and,…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Henna Pithia discusses her role as supervisor of the International Human Rights ClinicSMU Dedman Law professor Marc I. Steinberg receives Best Law Book Award from American Book Fest
SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Marc I. Steinberg’s newest book, Rethinking Securities Law, was selected as the only winner in the Law Category by the 18th Annual American Book Fest Awards for books published 2019-2021. Read more about the 18th Annual American Book Fest Awards. Rethinking Securities Law provides an original and valuable resource…
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