Southwestern Law recognizes six faculty members for outstanding research and legal scholarship
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — The Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation joins Southwestern Law School to establish awards honoring and supporting outstanding faculty members producing high-quality research and legal scholarship. Six faculty members were honored as the inaugural recipients of Southwestern’s Montgomery Foundation awards for the current academic year.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — Tulane Law Professor Martin Davies, director of the Maritime Law Center, will be awarded a Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University, law Dean David Meyer announced. The Doctor of Civil Law degree is considered to be a “higher doctorate” degree at Oxford and is awarded to scholars of rare eminence who have…
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FOX 17 — A law professor at Vanderbilt University is set to compete in Jeopardy’s first-ever “Professors Tournament.”Gautam Hans is an associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt. He’ll take the stage on Dec. 6 to face Hester Blum, an English professor at Penn State University and Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor at Roanoke College. “I…
Read More about Vanderbilt Law professor Gautam Hans to compete in Jeopardy! tournamentUniversity of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimony
WUSF — A University of Florida task force held an inaugural meeting Tuesday as the state’s flagship university struggles to regain its stature amid a controversy involving three tenured professors who were told they could not testify as expert witnesses in a high-profile voting rights lawsuit. University President Kent Fuchs assembled the task force after political science…
Read More about University of Florida professors file lawsuit regarding school’s rules on expert testimonyUniversity of Florida reverses earlier decision and allows professors to testify against state
WUFT — Amid national controversy, the University of Florida abruptly reversed course Friday to allow three professors to testify as paid, subject-matter experts in a voting rights lawsuit against the state. The university initially denied requests by political science professors Sharon Austin, Michael McDonald and Daniel Smith. The decision deviated from precedent, contradicting previous work UF has…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has received the Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service in the Western District of Arkansas by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association. The award was presented at the Eighth Circuit…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law dean emerita Cynthia Nance honored for distinguished serviceUniversity of Arkansas Law professor Mark R. Killenbeck named consulting editor of Journal of Supreme Court History
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Mark R. Killenbeck, the Wylie H. Davis Distinguished Professor of Law, has been appointed as the consulting editor for the Journal of Supreme Court History by the Supreme Court Historical Society. “The Journal of Supreme Court History is the premier multi-disciplinary publication on the history of the Supreme Court and the Constitution, drawing together…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Mark R. Killenbeck named consulting editor of Journal of Supreme Court HistoryUCLA Law professor Jerry Kang nominated to National Council on the Humanities
DAILY BRUINN — President Joe Biden nominated distinguished law professor Jerry Kang to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. The National Council on the Humanities is made up of 26 citizens appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Council members serve six-year terms or until their replacement has been…
Read More about UCLA Law professor Jerry Kang nominated to National Council on the HumanitiesCalifornia Western Law professor Kenneth Klein publishes article on climate change’s impact on affordable housing
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW — Supporting people who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change is one of the goals of the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, due to take place In Glasgow, UK, Oct. 31 to Nov. 12. Coinciding with this world event, California Western Professor Kenneth Klein has recently had an…
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — We are delighted to report that FSU Law’s Sheila M. McDevitt Professor Michael Morley has been selected for membership in the American Law Institute (ALI). Election into ALI is an extremely prestigious honor, bestowed on the nation’s most prominent judges, lawyers, and law professors. The institute is the leading…
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