University of Virginia Law professor George Yin testifies in tax return case
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A University of Virginia School of Law professor’s mission to explain that Congress does have the power to review the president’s tax returns found traction in the courts Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden ’06 dismissed former President Donald Trump’s attempt to block the Treasury Department from handing his returns…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor George Yin testifies in tax return caseWilliam & Mary Law professor Timothy Zick uses Constitutional expertise to analyze top news stories
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — As an expert in constitutional law, Tim Zick never has to wait for new developments in his field, particularly in matters concerning the First and Second Amendments. Events during the first 15 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, which included the racial justice protests, the November 2020 presidential election and the January…
Read More about William & Mary Law professor Timothy Zick uses Constitutional expertise to analyze top news storiesWilliam & Mary Law professor Allison Orr Larsen discusses role as director of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Professor Allison Orr Larsen, noted scholar, award-winning teacher, and director of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law, has found a perfect way to end the semester in her Constitutional law class: she raps an excerpt of “NonStop” from the musical “Hamilton.” In it, Alexander Hamilton visits Aaron Burr to…
Read More about William & Mary Law professor Allison Orr Larsen discusses role as director of the Institute of Bill of Rights LawCollege professors support resolution on academic freedom
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Academe needs a tougher, more organized response to the wave of state legislation or governing board policies limiting the teaching of race and other so-called divisive concepts. That’s the thinking behind an effort to get as many faculty senates as possible to adopt a resolution called “Defending Academic Freedom to Teach About…
Read More about College professors support resolution on academic freedomUniversity of Georgia Law professor Larry Thompson reflects on his career
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — What influenced your decision to go to law school? I was planning to attend social work school after my undergraduate studies. A history professor buttonholed me after class one day and asked me if I had ever thought about going to law school. I had not, but that question certainly…
Read More about University of Georgia Law professor Larry Thompson reflects on his careerUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Hugh Mclean publishes article in Columbia Law Review
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE — An essay by University of Baltimore School of Law Professor Hugh McClean, director of The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Project, has been published in the Columbia Law Review, one of the top five law reviews in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. The essay, Discharged and Discarded: The Collateral…
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor Hugh Mclean publishes article in Columbia Law ReviewSix UC Berkeley Law professors awarded faculty chair positions
BERKELEY LAW — Six Berkeley Law professors have been awarded faculty chairs, which recognize their contributions to scholarship and legal education. “A chaired position is the highest honor a university can bestow on a faculty member,” Dean Erwin Chemerinsky says. “These professors who have been appointed to chaired positions embody the very best of academia and…
Read More about Six UC Berkeley Law professors awarded faculty chair positionsUC Berkeley Law professor Andrew Bradt and lecturer Mallika Kaur colaborate on pro bono domestic violence case
BERKELEY LAW — Dean Erwin Chemerinsky cites Berkeley Law’s core pillars as excellence, community, and public mission. Recently, all three shined through in a pro bono collaboration that brought hope to an abused client and progress to California law. Alumna Mallika Kaur ’10, of counsel at the victim’s rights firm ADZ Law, contacted Professor Andrew Bradt last…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law professor Andrew Bradt and lecturer Mallika Kaur colaborate on pro bono domestic violence caseBrooklyn Law dean Michael T. Cahill and professor Jonathan Askin join mayoral transition team
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams, Brooklyn neighbor and long-time friend of the Law School, has tapped Dean Michael T. Cahill to join his legal transition team. Professor Jonathan Askin will be serving on Adams’ tech transition team. “Mayor-elect Adams has been a great supporter of the Law School, and I am honored to be…
Read More about Brooklyn Law dean Michael T. Cahill and professor Jonathan Askin join mayoral transition teamBrooklyn Law professor Susan Hazeldean receives tenure
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Susan Hazeldean, founder and director of the Brooklyn Law School LGBT Advocacy Clinic, was recently granted tenure. Hazeldean’s teaching, scholarship, and law practice focus on gender, sexual orientation, immigration, and civil rights. In 2020, she received the inaugural LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award from the Association of American Law Schools’ Sexual Orientation and Gender…
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