Albany Law welcomes new faculty

September 27, 2021

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School is welcoming four new faculty members for the Fall 2021 semester—including two clinic leaders within The Justice Center at Albany Law School.

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University of Arizona Law appoints Derrick Beetso to head Indian gaming and tribal self-governance programs

September 27, 2021

ASU NEWS — Derrick Beetso, a 2010 alumnus of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, has been named to take the helm of the college’s Indian gaming and tribal self-governance programs.

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Two scholars join University of Wisconsin Law faculty

September 27, 2021

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 Law

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Fordham Law welcomes new faculty

September 27, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School is pleased to announce the addition of four new faculty members. Atinuke “Tinu” Adediran, Julie Chi-hye Suk, and Ilene Strauss will join the full-time faculty starting in the fall semester. John R. Brooks will be in residence starting in the fall and joining the full-time faculty in fall 2022.

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Seven faculty members at University of Iowa Law named to endowed positions

September 23, 2021

IOWA LAW — Seven faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law have been named to endowed positions. Of these seven, four faculty have been named to chairs and professors. Robert Miller was appointed to the F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, Maya Steinitz was named the Charles E. Floete Professor, Jason Rantanen

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Law faculty discuss how instructors differ from professors

September 22, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — Union representatives for Rutgers Law School faculty presented what some might call a radical proposition in 2019. They proposed placing positions that involved full-time teaching, but were not doctrinal, on the tenure track. Kimberly Mutcherson, the law school’s co-dean, says she had not heard of the idea, nor had the majority of faculty until it

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Arizona State University Law faculty urge pardons for federal marijuana offenders

September 22, 2021

YAHOO!FINANCE — Weldon Angelos, president of The Weldon Project, and Erik Luna, director of the Academy for Justice at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, announced today that they co-wrote and signed a letter to President Joe Biden, requesting a general pardon to all persons subject to federal criminal or civil

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University of Maryland Carey Law dean Donald Tobin to step down and rejoin faculty next year

September 21, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Donald B. Tobin, who has served as dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law since 2014, announced his decision to step down at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year and return to full-time teaching as a member of the Maryland

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Jacob H. Rooksby reappointed as dean of Gonzaga Law

September 15, 2021

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY —  Gonzaga University is pleased to announce the reappointment of Jacob Rooksby for a five-year term as dean of the School of Law. Rooksby joined the institution in June 2018 as dean and is a tenured professor with a joint appointment in the School of Law and the School of Leadership Studies.

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USC Gould Law Professor Robin Craid published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

September 15, 2021

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — A USC Gould School of Law professor is one of an international group of lawyers and scientists publishing a paper Aug. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that explores the continuing roles for government in overseeing the adaptive governance that emerges to manage climate change and

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