University of Houston Law hosts virtual discussion on challenging “imposter syndrome” among students and lawyers

October 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Professor Holly M. Hutchins provided effective techniques for challenging and reframing imposter experiences during a recent virtual discussion hosted by the University of Houston Law Center. The Law Center’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee sponsored Hutchins’ talk.

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Northeastern Law professor Jessica Silbey discusses the evolution of intellectual property law

October 21, 2020

NORTHEASTERN NEWS — If a monkey takes a selfie in a jungle, using equipment that doesn’t belong to him, does he own the rights to the photo? It’s a debate that intellectual property lawyers, scholars, and experts have been having for years. Silbey pointed out that the dispute gets to the heart of copyright authorship.

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University of Oregon Law professor Michael Moffitt honored by AALS Sections on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Professional Responsibility

October 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Appropriate Dispute Resolution Professor Michael Moffitt has been honored by the American Association of Law Schools with two awards. This is the first time that an AALS member has been the recipient of awards from two separate sections for a single article.

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Penn Law professor Michael Murphy discusses professional responsibility in legal technology

October 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Lecturer in Law Michael Murphy argues that the solution to the currently murky nature of an attorney’s “Duty to Google” lies in a “better-defined duty of factual investigation, codified in a rule of professional conduct.”

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Penn Law professor Cynthia Laury Dahl examines the impact of the America Invents Act on higher education

October 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Nearly 10 years after the passage of the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011, Practice Professor of Law Cynthia Laury Dahl examines the Act’s effects on the patent-centric industry of university technology transfer offices (TTOs) in her recent paper.

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University of Richmond Law dean Wendy Collins Perdue reflects on the legacy of the school

October 21, 2020

UR NOW — On Oct. 10 the University of Richmond School of Law marked 150 years of providing legal education in Virginia’s capital city, preparing generations of practitioners, public servants, judges, politicians, and advocates advancing the causes of justice, fairness, and equality before the law.

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Opinion: University of Richmond Law dean Wendy Collins Perdue celebrates the school’s 150 years and details a vision for the future

October 21, 2020

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH — One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on Oct. 10, 1870, the School of Law at the University of Richmond opened. Originally housed at the corner of Grace and Lombardy streets in Richmond’s Fan District, the law school welcomed an inaugural class of 30 students. A lot has changed over the past 150 years.

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USC Gould Law faculty discuss the impact of US Supreme Court nomination on the elections

October 21, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has renewed the fight over who will determine the ideological future of the nation’s highest court just ahead of Election 2020. Much remains unclear about the brewing Supreme Court fight.

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USC Gould Law professor Elyn Saks delivers commencement speech at William James College

October 21, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Pandemic restrictions forced Professor Elyn Saks to record her speech instead or delivering it in person to graduating seniors at William James College. Saks made the most of the situation through a powerful commencement address, encouraging this year’s graduates to do the same in their careers.

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SMU Dedman Law professor Chris Jenks presents to International Criminal Court for war crimes case

October 20, 2020

SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — SMU Dedman School of Law is proud to commemorate a decades long return to an International Criminal Tribunal since the days of the Nuremberg Trials (1945-1946). Professor Chris Jenks represented SMU Dedman School of Law as an amicus curiae during an appeal in the conviction of Bosco Ntaganda.

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