Legal education mourns the death of former AALS President and Stanford Law professor Deborah Rhode
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law Professor Deborah Rhode was a legal ethics pioneer, prolific scholar, and friend and mentor to countless. Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford University died on Friday, Jan. 8. She was 68 years old.
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Michael J. Kaufman, a nationally renowned educator, scholar, and expert on civil procedure and education law and dean at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, has been appointed dean of Santa Clara University School of Law. Kaufman will begin his tenure on July 1, 2021.
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — An experienced academic leader and patent law expert has been selected as the next William J. Maier, Jr. Dean of the West Virginia University College of Law. Amelia Smith Rinehart’s appointment was announced January 12 by Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Maryanne Reed.
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MSU TODAY — MSU Provost Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D. has selected Linda S. Greene as the inaugural dean of the MSU College of Law following its transition from an affiliate to a Michigan State University constituent college in the summer of 2020. The appointment will be effective June 1, 2021, pending approval by the Board.
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Akron School of Law professor Camilla Hrdy will present her essay “Enabling Science Fiction,” at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) panel: Science Fiction and the Law, co-sponsored by the Biolaw and Intellectual Property sections.
Read More about University of Akron Law professor Camilla Hrdy presents paper at AALS Section on Biolaw and Intellectual Property panelArizona State University Law vice dean Adam Chodorow discusses job market for recent graduates
ASU NOW — Adam Chodorow, vice dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, was recently included among a panel of experts in an article on what aspiring graduates can do to start off their careers in an uncertain economic climate.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl received the American Academy of Religion’s Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion in a virtual ceremony on Dec. 7. Abou El Fadl is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA Law.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Laura E. Gómez has been honored with the 2021 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. She will receive the award – among the nation’s highest honors for scholarship in law or government – at the ABF’s annual banquet, which will be held virtually.
Read More about UCLA Law professor Laura E. Gómez receives 2021 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar FoundationCase Western Reserve Law professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield elected as member of the American Law Institute
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield, senior instructor in law and executive director of the Master of Arts in Financial Integrity Program, was among 41 newly elected members of the American Law Institute.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Juliet Kostritsky was published in the American University Business Law Review with an article she co-authored with her student, Jessica Ice (LAW ‘20), “Why Choose LTAs? An Empirical Study of Ohio Manufacturers’ Contractual Choices Through a Bargaining Lens.”
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