University of Georgia Law professor Lori A. Ringhand named treasurer of AALS Section on Constitutional Law and presents at annual meeting

January 28, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Rusk International Law Center Interim Director & Hosch Professor Lori A. Ringhand presented as part of the “New Voices in Election Law” panel at the AALS Annual Meeting held during January. She was also named treasurer of the AALS Section on Constitutional Law.

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University of Houston Law professor Emily Berman honored by Wayne State Law for research on government oversight

January 27, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emily Berman was announced as the first annual winner of the Excellence in Oversight Research Award by the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School. The accolade honors Berman’s Boston College Law Review article.

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University of Houston Law to host workshop on immigration policies and migrant protection laws amid the pandemic

January 27, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center will present the Joseph A. Vail Asylum workshop on January 29 addressing recent changes in legal immigration policies and migrant protection laws amid the coronavirus pandemic. “This year we are honored to have three panels and keynote speaker,” said Geoffrey Hoffman.

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University of Kansas Law professor Najarian Peters to host Privacy Praxis Conference

January 27, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — A new conference explores privacy beyond abstract concepts. Najarian Peters, associate professor at the KU School of Law, said the inaugural Privacy Praxis Conference will explore the broad spectrum of privacy expertise. “Praxis” comes from the combination of theory and practice.

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Northeastern Law professor Shalanda Baker appointed to US Department of Energy role

January 27, 2021

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Shalanda Baker ’05 has been appointed deputy director for energy justice in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Energy. Professor Baker is a leading expert on environmental and energy law.

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Northeastern Law professor Shalanda Baker looks at the transition to renewable energy in new book

January 27, 2021

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In  Revolutionary Power: An Activist’s Guide to the Energy Transition, Professor Shalanda Baker ’05 arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the system in the service of their humanity.

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Northeastern Law professor Claudia Haupt named Health Faculty Fellow

January 27, 2021

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW —  Professor Claudia Haupt has been named the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law faculty fellow for the current academic year. Haupt’s research is situated at the intersection of the First Amendment, health law and torts in the context of professional speech.

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Northern Illinois Law dean Cassandra L. Hill honored by AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

January 27, 2021

NIU TODAY — Cassandra L. Hill, dean of NIU’s College of Law, received the 2021 Association of American Law Schools Section Award for the Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research during its annual meeting January 6, 2021. This prestigious award recognizes Dean Hill for her significant contributions to the field of legal writing and research.

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Northwestern Law professor Paul Gowder elected to American Law Institute

January 27, 2021

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Paul Gowder, professor of law, has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent U.S. organization producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. The elected membership of ALI consists of 41 highly respected law professionals.

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Penn Law professor Elizabeth Pollman appointed as research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute

January 27, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL –University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law Elizabeth Pollman was recently appointed by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) as one of its 50 new research members. Now Pollman becomes eligible to publish her scholarship.

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