West Virginia University Law dean Amelia Smith Rinehart discusses her background and vision for the school

March 18, 2021

THE STATE JOURNAL — The West Virginia University College of Law turns 150 in seven years. In new William J. Maier, Jr. Dean Amelia Smith Rinehart, President E. Gordon Gee and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Maryanne Reed believe they have just the leader to move toward that momentous occasion on a high note.

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BYU Law professor Michalyn Steele discusses report on tackling race issues on campus

March 12, 2021

NPR — Brigham Young University’s race committee has released a study assessing race issues on campus. Committee member and BYU law professor Michalyn Steele breaks down their findings and recommendations.

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Fordham Law dean Matthew Diller updates community on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

March 12, 2021

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — As we conclude Black History Month, in which we celebrated the tremendous contributions by Black Fordham Law students, faculty, and alumni over many decades, I wanted to share with you an update on the work we are doing now to build a learning environment and legal profession that is supportive and free from bias.

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Penn Law dean Ted Ruger addresses law school community on anti-Asian discrimination and violence amid pandemic

March 12, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In the past year, the challenges of the pandemic have been exacerbated by our country’s reckoning with racial injustice, including the disturbing and intolerable resurgence of discrimination and violence against Asian and Asian American individuals.

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Syracuse Law dean Craig M. Boise announces creation of Diversity and Inclusion Student Resource Center

March 12, 2021

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — At the second annual Black Law Students Association Black History Month Ceremony, held virtually, Dean Craig M. Boise announced the creation of the Sandra L. Townes L’76 Diversity and Inclusion Student Resource Center. The Resource Center will be housed in the Law Library annex.

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Albany Law professor Ray Brescia co-authors book on crisis lawyering

March 12, 2021

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Eric Stern, a professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany and Ray Brescia, a professor of law at Albany Law School, formed a cross-disciplinary partnership to better understand this emerging and complex field.

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UC Davis Law professor Gabriel Chin cited in Washington State Supreme Court decision

March 12, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Race, The War on Drugs, and the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction, by Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin, is cited several times in a recent decision by Washington state’s Supreme Court. The court struck down as unconstitutional Washington’s “strict-liability” drug possession law adopted in the 1950s. Read the decision.

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UC Davis Law professor Jasmine E. Harris moderates law and social justice webinar

March 12, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of the Conversations on Law and Social Justice Webinar Series, Professor Jasmine E. Harris moderated an online panel on the crisis in mental health within the Latinx community, and how law and policy could ease that crisis. Professor Leticia Saucedo is a leader in the Network for Justice.

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UC Davis Law professor Ashutosh Bhagwat to co-edit Journal of Free Speech Law

March 12, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Ashutosh Bhagwat will serve as an executive editor of The Journal of Free Speech Law, a new faculty-edited, peer-reviewed law journal. Professors Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh also will be executive editors, with Volokh serving as editor-in-chief.

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UC Davis Law professor Karrigan Börk discusses teaching techniques at Vermont Law workshop

March 12, 2021

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Karrigan Börk spoke on a panel on Feb. 25 as part of Vermont Law School’s Emerging Environmental Law Curriculum Workshops. Börk talked about how he and his students adapted the fall 2020 field trip-based class California Environmental Cases and Places to a virtual setting.

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