Willamette Law professor Robin Morris Collin named senior advisor to the EPA
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law Robin Morris Collin has been appointed as the senior advisor to the administrator for environmental justice at the Environmental Protection Agency, advising administrator Michael S. Regan as the agency pursues environmental justice and civil rights. In a press release from the EPA, Regan recognized Morris Collin as…
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THE 19TH NEWS — When Camille Nelson was appointed dean of Suffolk University Law School in 2010, few other Black women worked there or held similar positions at other law schools. “I was the only Black woman there, and the sense of always being alone is one that I think people should not underestimate,” Nelson, now…
Read More about A look at the Black women leading US law schoolsPodcast: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law dean Theresa M. Beiner discusses the university’s rural practice incubator
ED UP LEGAL — 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…
Read More about Podcast: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law dean Theresa M. Beiner discusses the university’s rural practice incubatorBoston College Law professor Doug Jones to provide guidance to new Supreme Court nominee
THE HEIGHTS — Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the current Jerome Lyle Rappaport distinguished visiting professor at Boston College Law School, will act as a “sherpa” for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, guiding them through the confirmation process in the Senate. “I’m taking a leave of absence from everything except my Boston College School of Law…
Read More about Boston College Law professor Doug Jones to provide guidance to new Supreme Court nomineeCase Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf to present amicus argument before international criminal court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf will present an Amicus argument before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Feb. 14 from 8:45–9:15 a.m. ET. Scharf will address: Who has the burden of proof for the insanity defense—the prosecutor or defendant—in…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf to present amicus argument before international criminal courtUniversity of Cincinnati Law professor Yolanda Vázquez named fellow at European University Institute Migration Policy Centre
UCINCINNATI — Yolanda Vázquez, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, has been named a Visiting Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. The fellowship began in January 2022 and she will hold the position through mid-August 2022. In the role of Visiting Fellow, Vázquez…
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UCONN TODAY — The Connecticut Bar Foundation has named UConn Law Dean Eboni S. Nelson a James W. Cooper Fellow. Five UConn Law alumni are also among the program’s Class of 2022. They are Kathryn Bissonnette ’11 and Edward J. Bryan ’10, both partners at Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP; Carla Nascimento Zahner ’04, a judge of…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law dean Eboni S. Nelson named fellow by Connecticut Bar AssociationFordham Law professor John D. Feerick awarded lifetime achievement award from New York Bar Foundation
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — After learning he would receive the New York Bar Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Dean Emeritus and Norris Professor of Law John D. Feerick ’61 admitted to being overcome by emotion. “It humbled me to be chosen by the Foundation, a premier part of the legal profession’s mission and commitment to access to justice…
Read More about Fordham Law professor John D. Feerick awarded lifetime achievement award from New York Bar FoundationGeorge Washington University Law professor F. Scott Kieff publishes books on intellectual property and trade lessons
GW LAW — Hon. Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor of Law, and C-LEAF Director of Planning and Publications, recently published “Lessons for Today’s Fields of Intellectual Property and Trade from Epstein’s Insights about Private Law and History,” in The Journal of Legal Studies from the University of Chicago Press. He joined the faculty…
Read More about George Washington University Law professor F. Scott Kieff publishes books on intellectual property and trade lessonsGeorgia State University Law professor Paul Lombardo discusses research on the legacy of eugenics
GEORGIA STATE HOME — A century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that legal scholars generally consider to be among the worst in its history. In the landmark case, Buck v. Bell, the court affirmed that states had the right to forcibly sterilize “feebleminded and socially inadequate” people to prevent them from having…
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