Penn Law professor Allison Hoffman presents research on public option health plan solutions
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — As part of “The Promise of Health Reform and a Public Option in a Biden Administration,” a virtual conference organized by Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and United States of Care, Professor of Law Allison Hoffman recently presented “A Public Option for Employer Health Plans.”
Read More about Penn Law professor Allison Hoffman presents research on public option health plan solutionsPenn Law professor Wendell Pritchett and student Erica V. Rodarte co-publish report on fair housing law
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Reinvestment Fund have released “An ‘All-Out’ Effort to Achieve Desegregation and Equality of Opportunity: Assessment of Fair Housing 2.0.,” a pathbreaking research brief that proposes the use of fair housing law to work toward the end of segregation.
Read More about Penn Law professor Wendell Pritchett and student Erica V. Rodarte co-publish report on fair housing lawStanford Law students participate in project assisting small business owners
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — McClure recognized that small business owners often face limited resources—even in the best of times. And legal fees can be prohibitive. Through the new pro bono project, Stanford Law students are helping under-resourced and underrepresented businesses and entrepreneurs to navigate complex legal questions—COVID-19-related and beyond.
Read More about Stanford Law students participate in project assisting small business ownersTulane Law launches online graduate programs in energy and environmental law
ENVIRONMENT + LAW — Tulane University Law School is launching two new graduate degree programs to help today’s professionals better navigate the complex laws that are a part of their everyday life: MJ in Energy Law and MJ in Environmental Law.
Read More about Tulane Law launches online graduate programs in energy and environmental lawWake Forest Law professor Emily Benfer creates online list of local eviction policies
CNBC — Emily Benfer, a visiting law professor at Wake Forest University, has put together a spreadsheet of those local policies. New York, for example, has extended its eviction moratorium until September.
Read More about Wake Forest Law professor Emily Benfer creates online list of local eviction policiesWashburn Law hosts commencement ceremony for 2020 and 2021 graduates
KSNT NBC — The Washburn University School of Law recognized 104, 2020 and 105, 2021 graduates on Saturday in Lee Arena. Staying with the usual format, graduates marched from the law school building to Lee Arena with the Kansas Territorial Pipes and Drums leading the way. Both 2020 and 2021 graduates were invited to attend the…
Read More about Washburn Law hosts commencement ceremony for 2020 and 2021 graduatesLaw firms partner with law schools to develop legal tech tools and programs
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law schools have been adding courses designed to foster technological skills at least since the start of the last decade. Fifty schools offered programs on legal services delivery as of last year, according to an index of law school innovation Linna created.
Read More about Law firms partner with law schools to develop legal tech tools and programsUniversity of Detroit Mercy Law names professor Jelani Jefferson Exum as dean
THE DETROIT NEWS — A nationally recognized expert in sentencing law and procedure has been named as the first African American dean of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
Read More about University of Detroit Mercy Law names professor Jelani Jefferson Exum as deanPenn State Law dean Hari M. Osofsky named dean of Northwestern Law
NORTHWESTERN NOW — Hari M. Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography, has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Aug. 1. She is also appointed the Myra and James Bradwell Professor.
Read More about Penn State Law dean Hari M. Osofsky named dean of Northwestern LawOpinion: Suffolk Law professor Sarah J. Schendel discusses the impact of the pandemic and racial justice protests on Black law graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — A survey of Black graduating law students focusing on how their career plans were affected by the pandemic and calls for racial justice last year showed many of their lives were seriously disrupted. Suffolk University Law School assistant professor Sarah J. Schendel summarizes the survey findings about the hardships some faced in preparing…
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