Samford Cumberland Law professor Bill Hairston participates in panel on lender liability during the pandemic

June 3, 2021

SAMFORD CUMBERLAND LAW — Bill Hairston, an adjunct professor in Cumberland School of Law’s online graduate program, co-led a virtual panel discussion on “Lender Liability in the Era of COVID-19” for the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys (ACFA), April 29, 2021.

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Santa Clara University Law professor Colleen Chien appointed senior counselor to US Department of Commerce

June 3, 2021

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Santa Clara University Law Professor Colleen Chien has joined the Biden Administration as a part-time senior counselor in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Willamette Law student Karina Salzberg discusses experiences in joint JD/MBA program

June 3, 2021

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — She enrolled as a politics major and took a law-based class with Professor Rachael Carella. After speaking with several attorneys, she decided to focus on business law and explored the BA/MBA program with the Atkinson School of Management.

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Willamette Law offers seminar course on leadership development

June 3, 2021

WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — With a unique and individualized approach to legal education, Willamette Law aims to graduate students who are ready to practice law and be leaders in the field. A new seminar course, Lawyers & Leadership, taught by Dean Brian Gallini and Dean Emeritus Symeon Symeonides, welcomed a small group of students and distinguished alumni this spring.

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Santa Clara Law professor Pat Cain discusses the legacy of the first women law professors

May 27, 2021

IJPR.ORG — Now consider all the other people who had to help: women who were the first women in their law schools, women who became the first teachers in law schools. That last category is the focus of Paving the Way: The First American Women Law Professors.

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American Law Institute approves restatement of American Indian Law from Michigan State University Law professors Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel

May 27, 2021

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — ALI members voted today at The American Law Institute’s Annual Meeting to unanimously approve Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians. This is the first Restatement on this important area of law. The project Reporters are Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel, both of Michigan State University College of

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University of Nebraska Law Children’s Justice Clinic provides legal aid in Lancaster County

May 27, 2021

NEBRASKA TODAY — Law students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have a unique opportunity to serve the community’s most vulnerable, while getting real-time court experience.

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Northeastern Law professor Kara W. Swanson honored by Law and Society Association

May 27, 2021

NORTHEASTERN LAW — Professor Kara W. Swanson, an expert in intellectual property law, gender and sexuality, the history of science, medicine, and technology and legal history, has been selected for a Law and Society Association (LSA) Annual Award. Nationwide, there are only 22 recipients of this high honor in 2021.

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Northeastern Law Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project contributes to documentary on civil rights cold cases

May 27, 2021

NORTHEASTERN LAW — Un(Re)Solved, an unprecedented multi-platform investigation of civil rights era cold case murders, produced by the PBS investigative series, FRONTLINE, in collaboration with Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, will receive its world premier at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

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Northwestern Law professor Erin Delaney co-studies power processes of tribal constitutions

May 27, 2021

NORTHWESTERN NEWS — Northwestern Professor of Law Erin Delaney and Northwestern Assistant Professor of Sociology Beth Redbird will join forces to study the power processes that have shaped tribal constitutions with the support of an almost $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The initiative will result in one of the largest collections of tribal

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