University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of Health
NIH RECORD — NCCIH will present the 2021 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies virtually on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Rhonda V. Magee, professor of law at the University of San Francisco and a longtime scholar and teacher of mindfulness, will speak on “Mindfulness as a…
Read More about University of San Francisco Law professor Rhonda Magee to give lecture at the National Institutes of HealthStanford Law highlights faculty recognized for excellence in scholarship
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Anne Joseph O’Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, was co-awarded the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) Administrative Law Section’s Annual Scholarship Award which honors the best work published in the field of administrative law during 2020. She has been recognized for her scholarship, Actings, which examines open questions about acting government…
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YALE DAILY NEWS — The Yale Law School European Law Association co-hosted a talk titled “A Ray of Hope? Green Law and Policy in the EU” with the Harvard European Law Association on Monday afternoon. The talk featured four panelists from varying fields of European climate policy and international environmental law. Matei Alexianu YLS ’23, a board…
Read More about Yale Law European Law Association co-hosts climate initiatives talkUtah Law welcomes new faculty members
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah is pleased to announce the addition of new faculty members. We’re also honored to welcome several visiting faculty to our Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment.
Read More about Utah Law welcomes new faculty membersFormer Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Raskin joins Duke Law faculty
DUKE LAW — Sarah Bloom Raskin, the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury and a visiting professor since 2020, has been named the Colin W. Brown Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law and will become faculty director of the Law School’s Global Financial Markets Center in January. An expert in financial regulation and…
Read More about Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Raskin joins Duke Law facultyIn Memoriam: Michael Berch
ASU NEWS — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University mourns the loss of Michael Berch, Emeritus Alan A. Matheson Professor of Law and a popular teacher who was honored with numerous awards. He died Nov. 6. Berch, one of the early faculty hired by Professor Willard “Ped” H. Pedrick, founding dean of…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, five U.S. jurisdictions opted to suspend their July 2020 bar exams. Instead, these jurisdictions granted licensure to new attorneys through “diploma privilege.” That’s the practice of admitting new attorneys to the state bar, and allowing them to practice law, contingent on their graduation from an ABA-accredited…
Read More about Podcast: Legal experts discuss arguments for and against diploma privilege for law practice licensingPodcast: Pitt Law professor Michael Madison discusses innovation and the Future Law Project
ANCHOR BY SPOTIFY — 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…
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ETS — As ETS continues to pursue its vision of expanding and creating new pathways to and through legal education that prioritize fairness and equity, the organization has announced today the establishment of the Legal Education Advisory Council (LEAC) to help deliver on this vision. As the pathway from considering law school attendance to obtaining legal employment…
Read More about GRE testing organization ETS establishes Legal Education Advisory CouncilUniversity at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic helps local journalists access public information
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Journalists often face a reoccurring issue: People in power don’t always like to be held accountable for their actions, so they resist inquiries by the watchdogs called to do just that. One solution: strategic legal intervention by the law school’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic. The Clinic, directed…
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