New York Law School students build and present legal tech tools to Microsoft committee
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — In a path-breaking initiative, three NYLS students recently built legaltech apps using Microsoft’s Power Platform and presented their work to Microsoft’s Legal Operations Technical Sharing Committee. Professor Houman Shadab and Jason Barnwell led the session.
Read More about New York Law School students build and present legal tech tools to Microsoft committeePenn Law professor Karen Tani to lead Legal History Consortium
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Karen M. Tani L’07 recently returned to the Law School as the Seaman Family University Professor and has taken on the role of coordinating the Consortium. Tani is the first graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s JD/PhD program in American Legal History.
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EDUCATION — Norma Cantú has been selected by President Joseph Biden to be a commissioner of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Cantu is the Ken McIntyre Professor for Excellence in School Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) and is a professor in the School of Law.
Read More about University of Texas Law professor Norma Cantú named to US Commission on Civil RightsUniversity of Virginia Law professor Kenneth S. Abraham publishes article on the financial implications of repealing qualified immunity for law enforcement
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Kenneth S. Abraham, one of the nation’s leading scholars and teachers in the fields of torts and insurance law, examines the question in a new paper. “Police Liability Insurance after Repeal of Qualified Immunity, and Before” is forthcoming in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES — The fall semester and higher education remain in jeopardy, despite the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine. Faculty, staff and students need to be given access to the vaccine sooner rather than later so that a full university life can resume in the fall. We aren’t arguing that students should be at the front.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges have encouraged new students to “find their place” in student organizations on campus. That’s bad advice, writes Lisa M. Nunn in College Belonging: How First-Year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life. Nunn discusses her new book on first-generation students and how they navigate college life.
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BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Vincent Rougeau, whose decade-long tenure as dean helped to enhance the reputation and stature of Boston College Law School, has been named president of the College of the Holy Cross. “It has been an honor for me to be the dean of BC Law for the past ten years,” said Rougeau.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour participated in the Feb. 5 panel discussion “Insights on Teaching Race in Business Law.” The event was presented by the University of Chicago Center on Law and Finance and the University of Virginia John W. Glynn Jr. Law and Business Program.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Mark Rosenbaum, an Adjunct Professor of Law at UCI Law, has been named one of the Top Lawyers of the Decade by the Daily Journal for his impact litigation on education. Prof. Rosenbaum has been principal counsel in landmark cases in the areas of K-12 public and higher education.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering, public policy and law at UCLA. As director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy, which launched in January 2020 with a five-year, $10.25 million grant, his work lies at the intersection of technology, policy, law and business.
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