Fordham Law student Arman Borazjani interviewed by dean Matthew Diller on first-year experience

October 28, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Dean Matthew Diller sits down with first-year law student Arman Borazjani for a discussion about the first-year experience during the pandemic.

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University of Houston Law professor Jessica Mantel named to advisory committee for addictions and cancer research center

October 28, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Professor Jessica Mantel will be providing her health law expertise as a member of the advisory committee for the University of Houston’s HEALTH Center for Addictions Research and Cancer Prevention, which recently received a $11.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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University of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson receives mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Education in the Community Award

October 27, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson was the recipient of the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Education in the Community Award in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday. “She has dedicated her life to persevering and making contributions for the betterment of the Latino community.”

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University of Houston Law professor Renee Knake Jefferson discusses underrepresentation of women in the legal profession

October 27, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake Jefferson said that the low number of female judges throughout the legal system mirrors the lack of women in leadership positions in all industries during the 2020 Women of the Law Fall Event last week.

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University of Kansas Law professor Alexander Platt explores Securities and Exchange Commission hearings process in Harvard Journal Law and Public Policy

October 27, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — Alexander Platt, associate professor of law at KU, is the author of “Is Administrative Summary Judgment Unlawful?,” which was recently named “Download of the Week” by The Legal Theory Blog. The paper examines in detail the use of administrative summary judgments by the SEC.

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University of Minnesota Law professor Alexandra B. Klass to speak at Lewis & Clark Law on US energy law

October 27, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Law program welcomed Professor Alexandra B. Klass, of the University of Minnesota Law School, as its 32nd annual Distinguished Environmental Law Visitor this month. Her lecture was delivered to a wide audience of environmental law alums, practitioners, faculty, and students.

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Mississippi College Law associate dean Deborah J. Challener honored by students and school

October 27, 2020

THE NORTHSIDE SUN — Professor Deborah J. Challener shines as an excellent teacher and wonderful role model to Mississippi College Law School students. It’s been that way since she joined the university faculty in 2003. In 2019, Challener was named MC Law’s associate dean for academic affairs. Her sea of admirers keeps growing.

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Northwestern Pritzker Law forms dean search committee

October 27, 2020

NORTHWESTERN NOW — Northwestern University announced today, Oct. 21, the formation of a search committee to identify the next dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. The search committee, which includes members selected from the Law School faculty, student body, alumni and staff, will undertake the search to identify a slate.

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Penn State Law professor Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. explores the economic policies of the US presidential candidates in new book

October 27, 2020

PENN STATE LAW — With a much-anticipated U.S. presidential election less than two weeks away, Penn State Law Professor Samuel C. Thompson Jr.  presents an introduction to his new book, Biden vs. Trump, Voter’s Guide on Economics. The presentation, which follows the chapters of his book, is available free on Penn State Law’s YouTube.

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Penn State Law professor Christopher French updates insurance law casebook

October 27, 2020

PENN STATE LAW — Penn State Law in University Park Professor of Practice Christopher French has released the second edition of his insurance law casebook, Insurance Law and Practice: Cases, Materials, and Exercises. The casebook showcases French’s more than two decades of experience litigating and trying insurance coverage claims.

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