Saint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses inequality and the government’s pandemic response at University of Houston Law Center
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby of the Saint Louis University School of Law was the most recent speaker in the 2021 University of Houston Law Center Spring Workshop Series, “Race, Social Change, and the Law,” last week.
Read More about Saint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses inequality and the government’s pandemic response at University of Houston Law CenterPodcast: Santa Clara University Law professor Colleen Chien discusses efforts to automate criminal record-clearing
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Colleen Chien spoke with Professor JJ Prescott and Rebecca Vallas of the Center for American Progress about her “important and eye-opening” work that “has been fueling state momentum to make criminal record-clearing automatic for everyone who’s eligible.”
Read More about Podcast: Santa Clara University Law professor Colleen Chien discusses efforts to automate criminal record-clearingUniversity of South Dakota Knudson Law professor Laura Rose named winner of Stetson Law Advocacy Writing Competition
PATCH FLORIDA — Stetson Law is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Advocacy Writing Competition is Laura Rose, an assistant professor of law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in Vermillion, SD. She also happens to be a 2012 Stetson Law alumna!
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WPSD 6 NBC — An area law professor is being tapped by Illinois’ governor to serve on a state commission tasked with identifying and uprooting sources of discrimination and bias in the state. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is appointing Southern Illinois University School of Law professor Cindy Buys to the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes.
Read More about Southern Illinois Law professor Cindy Buys appointed to Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate CrimesPresident Biden selects law school deans and professors for Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
THE WHITE HOUSE — President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate. In addition to legal and other scholars, the Commissioners includes federal judges and practitioners.
Read More about President Biden selects law school deans and professors for Presidential Commission on the Supreme CourtAmerican University Washington College of Law selects Roger A. Fairfax, Jr as dean
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. has been named as the new dean of American University Washington College of Law. Fairfax currently serves as the Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor and founding director of the Criminal Law & Policy Initiative at George Washington University Law School.
Read More about American University Washington College of Law selects Roger A. Fairfax, Jr as deanUC Irvine Law appoints Bryant Garth as interim dean
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Hal S. Stern has appointed Bryant Garth as Interim Dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law). Garth, who returns to UCI Law after retiring in June 2019, will assume the deanship on June 2, 2021.
Read More about UC Irvine Law appoints Bryant Garth as interim deanUniversity at Buffalo Law professor Luis Chiesa leads advisory committee on campus police presence
UB NOW — Members of the University Police Advisory Committee listened attentively to wide-ranging views of a police presence on campus during a town hall. While some participants praised the helpfulness and competence of UB police officers, others described negative experiences or a generalized fear of police.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law professor Luis Chiesa leads advisory committee on campus police presenceUC Irvine Law faculty adopts race and indigeneity curriculum graduation requirement
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law faculty voted to adopt a curriculum requirement for graduation that requires all students to complete a graded course which includes substantial content relating to “race and indigeneity, structural inequity, and the historical bases for such inequity.”
Read More about UC Irvine Law faculty adopts race and indigeneity curriculum graduation requirementUniversity of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson discusses the impact of the money bail system on society
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson spoke about why money bail is ineffective and how it disadvantages minorities during the third installment of “The Many Names of Slavery,” a course sponsored by The Houston Seminar.
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