Podcast: Gonzaga Law dean Jacob Rooksby and professor Gail Hammer discuss school’s unique programs
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: Gonzaga Law dean Jacob Rooksby and professor Gail Hammer discuss school’s unique programsIndiana University McKinney Law professors adapt teaching styles to support students
THE INDIANA LAWYER — When Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law professor Carrie Hagan returned to in-person teaching from virtual learning, she immediately noticed a change in her students. “You can see exhaustion and you can feel stress and tension,” Hagan said. Returning to the physical classroom to teach after conducting online courses was an eye-opener…
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law professors adapt teaching styles to support studentsStetson Law dean Michèle Alexandre named dean of Loyola Law Chicago
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO UNIVERSITY NEWSROOM — Loyola University Chicago announced today that Michèle Alexandre, JD, will be joining the University as Dean of the School of Law, effective July 15, 2022. After a national search led by Isaacson Miller, President Jo Ann Rooney, Provost Margaret Callahan, and the University’s School of Law Dean Search Committee selected Dean Alexandre from a talented and diverse pool…
Read More about Stetson Law dean Michèle Alexandre named dean of Loyola Law ChicagoUniversity of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman selected for federal posts
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Biden administration has appointed Professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman to leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Bettinger-López is serving as the senior advisor on gender and equality for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she is tasked, in coordination with…
Read More about University of Miami Law professors Caroline Bettinger-López and John Mark Newman selected for federal postsUniversity of Montana Law project will assist tribal energy independence efforts
ROUNDUPWEB.COM — Missoula – Monte Mills, acting dean and a professor at the University of Montana Blewett School of Law, is part of a team working to find out how transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy will affect Native American tribes and their lands. Funded by a nearly $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,…
Read More about University of Montana Law project will assist tribal energy independence effortsPenn Law professor Claire Finkelstein publishes article in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
PENN LAW — Finkelstein is the founder and academic director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a non-partisan interdisciplinary institute affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). She is a distinguished research fellow at APPC and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Her…
Read More about Penn Law professor Claire Finkelstein publishes article in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational LawPenn Law professor Anita Allen to give lecture on the intersection of racial justice and privacy law
PENN LAW — The Penn Program on Regulation’s Race and Regulation Lecture Series will resume its spring schedule on Wednesday, February 9 with Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Anita Allen’s lecture, “Race and Privacy Regulation,” during which she will present new, pathbreaking scholarship exploring why privacy law must take race explicitly…
Read More about Penn Law professor Anita Allen to give lecture on the intersection of racial justice and privacy lawQuinnipiac Law professor Marilyn Ford discusses her focus on equal justice
QUNNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — To Marilyn Ford, practicing law is about one thing: helping people who are not dealt with fairly in the judicial system. Entering the second semester of her 44th year of teaching law, Ford was deeply impacted by the civil rights movement of the 1960s and has since dedicated her life to obtaining justice…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law professor Marilyn Ford discusses her focus on equal justiceUniversity of South Carolina Law professor Aparna Polavarpu recognized for social justice efforts
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — Two faculty members and a student have been recognized for their social justice efforts on campus and in the larger community as 2022 Social Justice Award winners. The University of South Carolina created the Social Justice Awards to recognize individuals who have exemplified the philosophies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Read More about University of South Carolina Law professor Aparna Polavarpu recognized for social justice effortsUSC Gould Law professor Rob Saltzman discusses his work on school’s Community Advisory Board
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — When Professor Emeritus Rob Saltzman was asked last year to join the Community Advisory Board, tasked with rethinking public safety processes at the university, he agreed right away. As a retired long-time Associate Dean and Dean of Students at the law school, he cares deeply about USC. “USC was my…
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