University of Kansas Law’s Judicial Field Placement Program goes virtual

April 30, 2021

KU LAW BLOG — Under the supervision of a judge, law clerk or staff attorney, Judicial Field Placement Program interns perform research, draft documents and observe courtroom proceedings to expand their knowledge of how our court systems operate.

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University of Kansas Law professor Raj Bhala leads discussions on international trade hosted by Council on Foreign Relations

April 30, 2021

KU LAW BLOG — Raj Bhala, the Brenneisen Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, teaches international and comparative law courses and is among the world’s foremost authorities in international trade law. He is the only Council on Foreign Relations member at the University of Kansas.

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LMU Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt appointed White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights

April 30, 2021

MYLANEWS.COM — LMU Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt, a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law and the law of democracy, has been appointed White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights.

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University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic files petition to release detained client

April 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A lawsuit filed in April by the Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic seeks release from immigration detention of a 43-year-old father and resident of New Jersey who is exercising his First Amendment right to protest the conditions of his lengthy incarceration with a month-long – and counting – hunger strike.

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University of Miami Law hosts free online summer legal academy for high school students

April 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law offers two separate online summer legal academies to rising high school juniors and seniors and to undergraduate college students at no cost. Miami Law hopes the July 5 to July 23 program will provide students in both groups the opportunity to broaden their understanding of both

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New York Law School professor Nadine Strossen participates in community library lecture series on civil liberties

April 30, 2021

CAPE GAZETTE — Renowned civil liberties and constitutional law expert Nadine Strossen will join the Lewes Public Library’s Lives in the Law lecture series for an online discussion at 5 p.m., Monday, April 26.

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Northeastern Law professor Wendy Parmet discusses messaging on safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

April 30, 2021

NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Public health officials and Northeastern researchers Wendy Parmet and Susan Mello are concerned that the pause, if it’s not communicated clearly, might be the tipping point for members of the public who were already hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine to decide not to get inoculated against the highly contagious disease.

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Northwestern Law celebrates UN World Creativity and Innovation Day

April 30, 2021

NORTHWESTERN NOW — It’s been a busy few weeks for entrepreneurs across the Northwestern University campus. Tight teams of undergraduate and business school students at various phases of ideation and fundraising came together virtually at a variety of events to highlight creative inventions in time for the United Nations’ World Creativity and Innovation Day.

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Notre Dame Law students assist with expungement process for ex-offenders

April 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME STORIES — When St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter hosted an expungement clinic last year for people with criminal records in the county, he expected maybe a dozen people would show up. When he was wrong about that — and boy, was he wrong — he was grateful for the Notre Dame Law

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Penn Law professor Cary Coglianese publishes paper on artificial intelligence in government processes

April 30, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In a new paper, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Political Science Cary Coglianese considers a key question raised by government agencies’ increased use of digital automation powered by artificial intelligence.

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