UConn Law names Paul Chill as associate dean for academic affairs

August 2, 2021

UCONN TODAY — Clinical expert Paul Chill has been named associate dean for academic affairs at the UConn School of Law. His two-year tenure will begin on July 1, 2021.

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ABA Wills for Underserved Committee helps law schools create estate planning programs

July 30, 2021

ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Some years ago, the Community Outreach Committee of the ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section strategized ways to introduce more students to estate planning work. The easy answer was to encourage law schools to create estate planning clinics, but law school clinics are expensive and complicated to operate. The Committee concluded

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University of North Carolina faculty concerned about political retaliation after law professor Eric Muller not reappointed to UNC Press board

July 30, 2021

THE NEWS & OBSERVER — UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members say they are wary of political retaliation by the UNC System Board of Governors in light of law professor Eric Muller not being reappointed to the UNC Press board.

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Northwestern Law professor Michael A. Zuckerman argues against automating legal writing

July 30, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — Give a dozen brilliant mathematicians the same problem, and they will give you the same answer. Math has an objective truth to it; however, legal writing is different.

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Podcast: UCLA Law professor Cheryl Harris provides a background on Critical Race Theory

July 30, 2021

MARKETPLACE — On today’s show, we’ll talk to a critical race theorist about what CRT is and isn’t — and what the recent controversy has to do with voting restrictions.

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy role

July 30, 2021

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As reported on WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR Station, on Monday, July 19, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Law Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoined the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team as deputy monitor five weeks after her forced resignation and 11 days after the police monitor, Hassan Aden,

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University of Colorado Law launches Civil Rights and Racial Justice Certificate program

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — As part of the University of Colorado Law School’s Anti-Racism and Representation Initiative, the law school recently announced the launch of a certificate program focused on civil rights and racial justice.

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Opinion: William & Mary Law professor A. Benjamin Spencer says law schools and law firms must share the responsibility of improving access to the legal profession

July 30, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says.

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New report looks at the underlying causes behind racial disparities in bar exam results

July 30, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — Stark racial disparities in bar exam results continue to hamper diversity in the legal profession.

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University of Akron Law offers free public course on law and inequality in the US

July 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Back by popular demand, The University of Akron School of Law will offer a free 12-week, live online course this fall designed as an introduction to the impact of the law on equality in America. When first offered in the fall of 2020, the course attracted more than 5,000 registrants from across

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