Penn Law professor Dorothy Roberts to give lecture on how race affects family regulation
PENN LAW — As part of the 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, will present “Black Families Matter: How the U.S. Family Regulation System Punishes Poor People of Color.” The…
Read More about Penn Law professor Dorothy Roberts to give lecture on how race affects family regulationSouthwestern Law professors Catherine Carpenter and Meera E. Deo honored as legacy chairs
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — Southwestern Law School has honored two outstanding law professors with chairs. Catherine Carpenter is now the inaugural Honorable Arleigh M. and William T. Woods Chair, and Meera E. Deo is the inaugural Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair. “Both professors are remarkable leaders in the legal academy. It is only fitting that they hold positions…
Read More about Southwestern Law professors Catherine Carpenter and Meera E. Deo honored as legacy chairsSouthwestern Law recognizes six faculty members for outstanding research and legal scholarship
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — The Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation joins Southwestern Law School to establish awards honoring and supporting outstanding faculty members producing high-quality research and legal scholarship. Six faculty members were honored as the inaugural recipients of Southwestern’s Montgomery Foundation awards for the current academic year.
Read More about Southwestern Law recognizes six faculty members for outstanding research and legal scholarshipTulane Law professor Martin Davies receives doctor of civil law degree from Oxford Law
TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane Law Professor Martin Davies, director of the Maritime Law Center, will be awarded a Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University, law Dean David Meyer announced. The Doctor of Civil Law degree is considered to be a “higher doctorate” degree at Oxford and is awarded to scholars of rare eminence who have…
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FOX 17 — A law professor at Vanderbilt University is set to compete in Jeopardy’s first-ever “Professors Tournament.”Gautam Hans is an associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt. He’ll take the stage on Dec. 6 to face Hester Blum, an English professor at Penn State University and Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor at Roanoke College. “I…
Read More about Vanderbilt Law professor Gautam Hans to compete in Jeopardy! tournamentUniversity of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimony
WUSF — A University of Florida task force held an inaugural meeting Tuesday as the state’s flagship university struggles to regain its stature amid a controversy involving three tenured professors who were told they could not testify as expert witnesses in a high-profile voting rights lawsuit. University President Kent Fuchs assembled the task force after political science…
Read More about University of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimonyUniversity of Florida reverses earlier decision and allows professors to testify against state
WUFT — Amid national controversy, the University of Florida abruptly reversed course Friday to allow three professors to testify as paid, subject-matter experts in a voting rights lawsuit against the state. The university initially denied requests by political science professors Sharon Austin, Michael McDonald and Daniel Smith. The decision deviated from precedent, contradicting previous work UF has…
Read More about University of Florida reverses earlier decision and allows professors to testify against stateUniversity of Arkansas Law dean emerita Cynthia Nance honored for distinguished service
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has received the Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service in the Western District of Arkansas by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association. The award was presented at the Eighth Circuit…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law dean emerita Cynthia Nance honored for distinguished serviceUniversity of Arkansas Law professor Mark R. Killenbeck named consulting editor of Journal of Supreme Court History
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Mark R. Killenbeck, the Wylie H. Davis Distinguished Professor of Law, has been appointed as the consulting editor for the Journal of Supreme Court History by the Supreme Court Historical Society. “The Journal of Supreme Court History is the premier multi-disciplinary publication on the history of the Supreme Court and the Constitution, drawing together…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Mark R. Killenbeck named consulting editor of Journal of Supreme Court HistoryUCLA Law professor Jerry Kang nominated to National Council on the Humanities
DAILY BRUINN — President Joe Biden nominated distinguished law professor Jerry Kang to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. The National Council on the Humanities is made up of 26 citizens appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Council members serve six-year terms or until their replacement has been…
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