Southern Illinois University Law professor Sheila Simon and students examine legal significance of the Derek Chauvin trial
WSIU NPR — Students and faculty at the SIU School of Law are working on a project examining race, slavery, history and the law. We spoke to one of the professors on the project about the significance of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the Willamette University College of Law faculty voted to adopt a Statement on Racism, Hate, and Violence. The statement takes note of the College of Law’s unique historic obligations to the state and region.
Read More about Willamette Law faculty adopt statement on racism, hate, and violenceAppalachian Law selects Liberty Law dean Keith Faulkner as president and dean
BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH — The Appalachian School of Law in Buchanan County, Va. announced Wednesday that a new president and dean had been selected for the school.
Read More about Appalachian Law selects Liberty Law dean Keith Faulkner as president and deanUniversity of Arkansas Law professor Jordan Blair Woods discusses removal of police from traffic enforcement
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — U of A law professor Jordan Blair Woods challenges the conventional wisdom that only police can enforce traffic laws. In “Traffic Without Police,” to be published in Stanford Law Review, Woods articulates a new legal framework for traffic enforcement, one that separates it from critical police functions, such as preventing and deterring crime,…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Jordan Blair Woods discusses removal of police from traffic enforcementUniversity of Colorado Law Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Caucus reports findings in first newsletter
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — Professor Deborah Cantrell developed the caucus in fall 2020 to create an ongoing space for 1Ls to converse about, experience, and practice anti-racism and intersectionality. Approximately 20 1Ls participated this academic year.
Read More about University of Colorado Law Anti-Racism and Intersectionality Caucus reports findings in first newsletterUniversity of Houston Law Diversity & Inclusion Committee hosts discussion on combating anti-Asian violence
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — In response to an increase of assaults and fatal attacks against Asian Americans across the country, the University of Houston Law Center recently hosted a virtual event, “Combating Anti-Asian Violence.”
Read More about University of Houston Law Diversity & Inclusion Committee hosts discussion on combating anti-Asian violenceSaint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses systematic racism and the pandemic at University of Houston Law
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.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Yemen Accountability Project (YAP) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has published its second white paper, “Starvation: Building the Case for Prosecuting Starvation Crimes in Yemen.”
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law Yemen Accountability Project publishes paper on human rights crimesCase Western Reserve Law receives gift to establish chaired professorship in honor of professor emeritus Morris G. Shanker
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve University Professor Emeritus Morris G. Shanker, an award-winning educator and legal scholar who passed away last August at the age of 93, designated a $2 million bequest to the School of Law to endow a chaired professorship to be named in his honor.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law receives gift to establish chaired professorship in honor of professor emeritus Morris G. ShankerUniversity of Chicago Law professor Mark N. Templeton discusses research on the country’s transition away from coal energy
UCHICAGO NEWS — Mark N. Templeton is a clinical professor at the University of Chicago Law School, where he also directs the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. As a research affiliate of the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago (EPIC), he recently authored a chapter in the new handbook, The U.S. Energy and Climate Roadmap, featuring policy recommendations about smoothing the…
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