UC Irvine Law professor Mónica Ramírez Almadani appointed President and CEO of Public Counsel
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law is delighted to announce that Mónica Ramírez Almadani has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and holder of the Helen & Morgan Chu CEO Distinguished Chair, of Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro bono law firm.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law is delighted to announce that Rachel Croskery-Roberts, Professor and Associate Dean for Lawyering Skills, has been re-elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Association of Legal Writing Directors.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, Michele Goodwin, is the new Chair-elect of The Hastings Center Fellow’s Council. She will be serving for the next two years as an ex officio member.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, together with Physicians for Human Rights, submitted a letter to United Nations experts concerning attacks by federal and local police on medics during the racial justice and anti-police brutality protests over the summer of 2020.
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UCHICAGO NEWS — President Joe Biden today named three University of Chicago Law School professors to a bipartisan commission to examine possible reform to the U.S. Supreme Court. UChicago legal scholars are among 36 tasked with examining possible Supreme Court reform.
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DUKE LAW — Christopher Schroeder, the Charles S. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Law and professor emeritus of public policy, will be President Joe Biden’s nominee to be assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice, the White House announced Monday.
Read More about Duke Law emeritus professor Christopher Schroeder appointed to lead US Department of Justice Office of Legal CounselFordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law launched the new Rule of Law Clinic, overseen by Dean Emeritus and Norris Professor of Law John D. Feerick ’61 and Visiting Clinical Professor John Rogan’ 14. The clinic’s students conduct research and participate in a weekly class. They focus on the legal and political issues related to Northern Ireland.
Read More about Fordham Law Rule of Law Clinic researches the impact of Brexit on Northern IrelandGeorgia State University Law professor Margaret Hughes Vath purses doctorate in English composition and rhetoric
GEORGIA STATE NEWS — If there is one constant for senior lecturer of law Margaret Hughes Vath, it’s her love of being in the classroom. From the time she was young, she knew she wanted to attend law school. She majored in English and Journalism during undergrad at the University of Delaware to prepare her.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Law alum, Román D. Hernández ’00, and adjunct professor Barbara Creel received the ABA’s Spirit of Excellence award in February 2021, during an online ceremony. Other honorees included Lori Lightfoot, John Yang and Sherrilyn Ifill. The Spirit of Excellence award is presented each year.
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Lawdragon recently announced its inaugural list of 500 Leading U.S. Environmental & Energy Lawyers, and Maine Law Professor Jeff Thaler was selected as one of two Maine lawyers. The honorees were selected through submissions, journalistic research, and editorial vetting from a board of peers.
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