University of Washington Law professor Jacqueline McMurtie discusses work on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform in faculty lecture
THE DAILY — Jacqueline McMurtie was chosen to give the 44th annual University Faculty Lecture. The lecture, “Stand With the Innocent: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform,” centered on the work of the Washington Innocence Project, which McMurtie founded under the name Innocence Project Northwest in 1997.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — A group of 14 students – with the unofficial moniker the “Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students” – and Professor Keith Hirokawa teamed up with the Center for Biological Diversity to file a petition with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to add the American bumblebee to the endangered species list.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) Professor Elizabeth Keith has been appointed to serve as the 2021 Editor-in-Chief of The Second Draft, a peer-reviewed publication of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI).
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AROUND THE O — Law Professor Lia Epperson, a nationally known expert on civil rights and constitutional law, will deliver the annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Feb. 12. The event is a collaborative effort combining the UO School of Law’s Derrick Bell Lecture with the African American Workshop and Lecture Series.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor K. Sabeel Rahman, a widely published constitutional and administrative law scholar and an expert in democratic participation and civic engagement in the U.S., is on leave to serve as senior counselor at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a division within the Office of Management and Budget.
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SPORTS LAW EXPERT — Jodi S. Balsam along with more than 30 students, announced the launch of the Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment Law Blog, a source for news and resources on the intersection of law in sports, music, film, and media. Jordan Goldstein ’22, who conceived the blog, will serve as its managing editor.
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UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — President Joe Biden’s new administration has already outlined a long list of early priorities. With help from a science- and technology-focused think tank, Berkeley Law Professors Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler are pushing forward their policy ideas.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Jasmine E. Harris has been named to the national board of directors of the The Arc, the largest national community-based organization advocating for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Harris will chair the Arc’s legal advocacy subcommittee.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Raquel Aldana and Christopher Elmendorf have been elected to the American Law Institute. The institute oversees projects that often form the basis of laws and become standards cited in judges’ opinions, legal briefs and scholarly articles.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Ed Imwinkelried has been selected as an external member of the Centre for Evidence & Criminal Justice Studies. The center is headquartered at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Professor Imwinkelried is a world-renowned evidence expert who has published extensively in the field.
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