Fordham Law professors Bennett Capers and Benjamin Zipursky publish article on local police reform

September 1, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professors Bennett Capers and Benjamin Zipursky, along with Harvard Law Professor John C.P. Goldberg, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on how states can implement police reform without changes to federal laws.

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Tips for teaching online classes via zoom

September 1, 2020

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Elizabeth Stone shares the strategies she used to transform her recent Zoom class into one of the most gratifying teaching experiences she’d ever had.

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Six law schools partner to create online series for high school and college students interested in law

September 1, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — The deans at six law schools across the nation have forged a unique partnership to launch an innovative digital discussion series which uses a virtual platform to engage prospective students and encourage a robust conversation about legal education.

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University of Baltimore Law Barbara Babb receives appointment on the Singapore Family Justice Courts’ advisory council

August 28, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW SCHOOL — UB Law Prof. Barbara Babb, director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts, has received a two-year appointment on the Singapore Family Justice Courts’ Advisory and Research Council on Therapeutic Justice (ARC), created in June 2020.

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University of Baltimore Law faculty discuss the implications of the Flint water settlement on clean water rights

August 28, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW SCHOOL — The $600 million Flint water settlement announced Aug. 20 will compensate more than 33,000 victims for health consequences of drinking tainted water when the city government switched to an inferior and unclean water source in 2014.

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Florida International Law dean Antony Page establishes scholarship for first-generation law students

August 28, 2020

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY NEWS — The scholarship will support students who are the among the first generation in their families to attend college in their endeavor to earn law degrees.

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Fordham Law professor Catherine Powell co-authors article commemorating anniversary of the 19th Amendment

August 28, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Catherine Powell co-authored The “Welfare Queen” Goes to the Polls: Race-Based Fractures in Gender Politics and Opportunities for Intersectional Coalitions, an article that was published in a special edition of The Georgetown Law Journal, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

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University of Maine Law professor Anna Welch honored by Maine Justice Foundation

August 28, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Anna Welch, the Sam L. Cohen Refugee and Human Rights Clinical Professor at the University of Maine School of Law, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Thomas P. Downing Award by the Maine Justice Foundation.

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USC Gould Law partners with five law schools on online series for prospective students

August 28, 2020

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The deans at six law schools across the nation have forged a unique partnership to launch an innovative digital discussion series which uses a virtual platform to engage prospective students and encourage a robust conversation about legal education.

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Texas A&M professors Hannah Bloch-Wehba and William Magnuson present articles at Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum

August 28, 2020

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors Hannah Bloch-Wehba and William Magnuson of the Texas A&M School of Law recently were selected to present articles at the Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum.

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