University of New Mexico Law professor Sherri L. Burr discusses history of free African Americans pre-Civil War at University of Houston Law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Emerita Sherri L. Burr shared the elaborate ancestral history of Africans in America before the Civil War era. Burr served the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center’s annual Black History Month lecture.
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BLOOMBERG TAX — Lily Batchelder, a tax professor at the New York University School of Law and former Obama administration official, has been nominated for the position of assistant secretary for tax policy—Treasury’s top tax job. Batchelder was an expected frontrunner for the job, having worked on the Biden administration’s transition team.
Read More about NYU Law professor Lily Batchelder nominated to Treasury Department tax policy postNorth Carolina Central Law associate dean April Dawson discusses the importance of teaching tech competency
ABA JOURNAL — An easy way to teach law students technology is incorporating it into existing classes, according to April Dawson, the associate dean of academic affairs and pedagogical enrichment at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She spoke Thursday at the ABA Techshow 2021.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Through the largest ever study of residential leases, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law David Hoffman and colleague Anton Strezhnev of New York University offer an unprecedented glimpse into the Philadelphia rental housing market.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In an upcoming paper called “‘Time is a-wasting:’ Making the Case for CEDAW Ratification by the United States,” University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis drives the point home that American ratification of the CEDAW is long overdue.
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Straus Institute hosted its first-ever Mediation Competition, bringing together 15 competitors, dozens of alumni, and top commercial mediators and lawyers as judges to evaluate and mentor students. The competition featured COVID19-themed disputes as simulations.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Alexandria Brown, Digital Media Manager, sat down with 3Ls to discuss their work in the Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic. In this interview, the students explain how they focused on community engagement projects to support parents involved in the child welfare system.
Read More about Video: University of Richmond Law family law clinic students support parents in child welfare systemSanta Clara Law professor Eric Goldman named Knight Visiting Scholar
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation named internet law expert Eric Goldman as a Knight Visiting Scholar. Along with Knight Visiting Scholar Mary Anne Franks from the University of Miami School of Law, Professor Goldman will curate a research series and convene thought leaders.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Twenty-five years ago, NYU Press first published Privilege Revealed: How Invisible Preference Undermines America by Stephanie Wildman. With contributions from Margalynne Armstrong and others the book explores the systems of privilege the ways these systems remain unaddressed and ignored.
Read More about Santa Clara Law professors Stephanie Wildman and Margalynne Armstrong discuss re-release of book on race and privilegeResearch co-authored by University of Virginia Law professor Cathy Hwang explores data on corporate governance
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Nearly two decades of influential scholarship on how corporations are governed and valued is based on bad data, according to new research co-authored by Cathy Hwang. The paper, “Cleaning Corporate Governance,” reveals that an index cited thousands of times is riddled with errors.
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