Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin recognized by school for outstanding scholarship
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Lisa Benjamin is the second recipient of the Huffman Scholarship Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty scholarship. Emeritus Dean and ProfessorJames Huffman endowed the award to be given annually to a faculty member based on scholarship written the year prior. The recipient is chosen by a three-member faculty committee. Professor Benjamin…
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LSU LAW — Jane Hogan, an adjunct professor in our Parole Assistance and Re-entry Clinic, is quoted by The New York Times about her work to remedy sentencing injustices for some of Louisiana’s oldest and longest-serving prisoners, who have become known as “10-6 lifers.” Hogan has been hired by the Louisiana Parole Project to represent two such…
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ABA JOURNAL — Paul Kirgis, dean of the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law, has resigned from his post. In a Thursday email to the law school community, Kirgis wrote: “I have come to the conclusion that the school of law and its students would be best served by a change in leadership.” The…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — On September 30, Professor Vicki Been of NYU Law School became the 18th recipient of the annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize from the William & Mary Law School Property Rights Project. Been received the award during a Zoom-broadcast ceremony that officially opened the annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at William &…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Martha Davis has been selected to receive the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 2021 William R. Boggess Award for her co-authored paper “An Experiment in Making Water Affordable: Philadelphia’s Tiered Assistance Program (TAP),” which was published in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.“Philadelphia’s…
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WVU INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER — Advocates for people who are convicted of a crime they did not commit marked the seventh annual Wrongful Conviction Day last week. A group of third-year law students and law school faculty at the West Virginia University College of Law work to overturn convictions for people who are convicted due to false…
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EIN PRESSWIRE — UNH Franklin Pierce School of Lawwelcomes nine new faculty members to its ranks (five full-time and four adjuncts), including an associate dean for academic affairs and an associate dean for administration and enrollment. These faculty joined UNH Franklin Pierce to support its mission to provide students with the best legal education possible, with…
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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL — Our two new faculty members bring experience from different corners of our world —one is originally from Africa, the other from Utah. But as colleagues they share a common goal: to bring their hard-won knowledge to the classrooms of O’Brian Hall, and to move their students along the path to becoming…
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL — The University of Wisconsin Law School is pleased to announce that Michael States will serve as the inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In this newly created role, Dean States will lead the Law School’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, with an emphasis on racial and social…
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON LAW SCHOOL — The University of Wisconsin Law School has strengthened its law faculty with two new hires, who join in a long tradition of excellence in research and teaching. Nate Atkinson and Stephanie Holmes Didwania joined the faculty this summer.“We’re thrilled to welcome Nate and Stephanie to the University of Wisconsin…
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