University of Maryland Carey Law professor Paula Monopoli discusses book on the 19th Amendment

September 16, 2020

MARYLANDREPORTER.COM — MarylandReporter.com spoke with Sol & Carlyn Hubert professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law Paula Monopoli on Friday about her new book: Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment.

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Video: University of Minnesota Law professor Francis X. Shen discusses neuroscience and the law in TEDMED Talk

September 16, 2020

TEDMED — In this powerful TEDMED 2020 Talk, Neurolaw Rebel Francis X. Shen makes a compelling case for merging the field of neuroscience with the legal system to move our society constantly closer to the truth.

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USC Gould Law vice dean Franita Tolson discusses the state of the US Postal Service amid the election

September 16, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Gould Vice Dean and Professor Franita Tolson among USC experts addressing President’s unfounded claims that voting by mail leads to fraud, while noting genuine issues that the Postal Service must address regarding mail-in ballots.

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Yale Law professor Cristina Rodríguez authors book on immigration policy and the executive branch

September 16, 2020

YALE LAW SCHOOL — In her new book, The President and Immigration Law (Oxford University Press, September 2020), Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 examines how immigration policy became concentrated in the hands of the president and whether this state of affairs should give us pause.

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Interview with AALS Section on Administrative Law member and George Washington Law professor Bridget Dooling

September 14, 2020

YALE JOURNAL ON REGULATION — Although scholars may not be able to see each other at conferences or other events for the foreseeable future, they can still maintain some virtual connection. The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Administrative Law continues its initiative: “Meet a Member.”

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Drake Law to host fall webinar series on policies and practices that enforce systemic racism

September 10, 2020

BUSINESS RECORD — Drake University Law School will host a fall webinar series to address a broad array of policies and practices that perpetuate racial inequities in American society. The series of livestreamed talks, which begins Sept. 4, features Drake Law faculty and guests sharing their expertise about underlying structures that reinforce racism and oppression

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Northern Illinois Law hosts virtual lecture series on police accountability and reform

September 10, 2020

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — NIU College of Law hosted its new lecture series—Race and the Law Conversations— on Wednesday, August 26.

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SMU Dedman Law professor Hilary Green discusses book on the legacy of James Collins Johnson in book review

September 10, 2020

SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Hilary Green, an historian at the University of Alabama, reviewed Lolita Buckner Inniss’ book The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson in Volume 86, Number 3 (August 2020) of The Journal of Southern History.

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Video: UC Berkeley Law professor Orin Kerr interviews University of Chicago Law professor Brian Leiter about law faculty hiring during the pandemic

September 10, 2020

THE LEGAL ACADEMY — This week’s guest is Brian Leiter, the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School and the force behind the Leiter Rankings and Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports.

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Opinion: Diploma privilege for new law graduates avoids bar exam administration chaos

September 10, 2020

JURIST — Nicholas W. Allard, former Joseph Crea Dean at Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York discusses the necessity for creative solutions for recent law school graduates to become members of the bar.

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