UC Davis Law professor Jasmine E. Harris joins Ohio State Law professor Ruth Colker to discuss disability discrimination at Los Angeles Library event

March 18, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Jasmine E. Harris recently joined Professor Ruth Colker of Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law for a conversation on “Ongoing Challenges of Disability Discrimination in Law, Politics and Society,” in an event sponsored by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.

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UC Davis Law Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour gives talk at Oxford University corporate law seminar

March 18, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour gave a talk at Oxford University’s corporate law seminar related to her scholarship on deal protection in M&A transactions. It included, “Corporate Governance in Negotiated Takeovers: The Changing Comparative Landscape in Comparative Corporate Governance.”

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University of Utah Law Law professor Erika George discusses democracy in the digital age during Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series

March 18, 2021

BUSINESS RECORD — Professor Erika George will present “Rethinking Rights to Protect Democracy in the Digital Age: Reflections on Incitement and Inequality” as part of the congressionally endowed Drake University Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event will be delivered virtually on March 25 at 3 p.m.

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New book by University of Hawai’i Law professor Andrea Freeman discussed at symposium

March 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I — ProfessorAndrea Freeman’s Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice has gained wide acclaim and she has been a sought-after speaker at seminars and forums nationally and internationally. The symposium will be hosted by California Western School of Law President and Dean Sean Scott.

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Indiana University McKinney Law dean Karen Bravo discusses preparing the next generation of lawyers

March 18, 2021

WISHTV 8 — Thousands have passed through the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law but when it comes to the dean overseeing its operations, there have been two women. Karen Bravo is one of them. Bravo has been on the job as dean for eight months but has been at McKinney Law School since 2004.

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University of Iowa Law professor Lea VanderVelde and students research impact of the pandemic on employment law

March 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — This semester, the law students in Professor Lea VanderVelde’s Employment Law course have researching how the pandemic is impacting work laws, as it re-arranges workplaces, requires business closures, transforms the ways we get goods, decimates the service sector, and sickens millions of workers.

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Lewis & Clark Law professor Raj Reddy co-authors ABA Resolution calling for an international animal welfare treaty

March 18, 2021

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates adopted a resolution on February 22, 2021 calling for the U.S. Department of State (State Department) to lead the negotiation of an international convention for the protection of animals to protect public health, the environment and animal well-being.

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UMass Law professor John Rice presents at ABA Young Lawyers meeting

March 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW — UMass Law Professor John Rice presented a six-minute oral argument at the ABA Young Lawyers Division Mid-Year Assembly calling upon the ABA to take leadership initiative in developing model rules and best practices for administering bar examinations and bar admissions.

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University of Minnesota Law professor Francis Shen awarded Early Career Scholars Medal by the American Law Institute

March 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — The American Law Institute has announced that Professor Francis X. Shen will receive its Early Career Scholars Medal. The award is presented every other year to one or two outstanding early-career law professors whose work has the potential to influence improvements in the law.

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University of Minnesota Law professor Christopher Turoski endorsed by national association in push to expand patent practice opportunities for non-JD students

March 18, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Christopher Turoski, director of Patent Law Programs and lecturer in law, has received a key endorsement for comments that he submitted to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office advocating for greater student participation and diversity in the patent practice bar.

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