College faculty believe online teaching will improve this fall
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As colleges head toward the remote fall they dreaded, they must deliver a more compelling learning experience than last spring’s. Most think it will be better, but it may not give students what they crave.
Read More about College faculty believe online teaching will improve this fallWashburn Law professor Marsha Griggs analyzes bar examiners’ response the pandemic
LAW360 — The National Conference of Bar Examiners, state courts and other stakeholders have badly bungled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an article in the fall issue of Howard Law Journal argues, but the crisis could offer an opportunity for the legal community to reconsider the status quo.
Read More about Washburn Law professor Marsha Griggs analyzes bar examiners’ response the pandemicUniversity of Iowa professor Michael Chibnik releases book on the scholarly journal publishing process
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Scholarship, Money and Prose: Behind the Scenes at an Academic Journal (University of Pennsylvania Press) is the story of American Anthropologist, but it is also in many ways about scholarly journal publishing generally.
Read More about University of Iowa professor Michael Chibnik releases book on the scholarly journal publishing processUniversity of Akron Law student Christopher Elko co-authors article on labor law during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — University of Akron School of Law third-year student Christopher Elko has co-authored a law review article with former Akron Law Visiting Professor Rick Bales that will be published this fall in Cumberland Law Review.
Read More about University of Akron Law student Christopher Elko co-authors article on labor law during the pandemicFordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout publishes book on corporations and the federal arbitration system
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Associate Professor of Law Zephyr Teachout‘s latest book, Break ‘Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money (All Points Books), argues that Google, Facebook, and Bayer are evolving from monopolists into political entities that bend state and federal legislature to their will and create arbitration courts…
Read More about Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout publishes book on corporations and the federal arbitration systemFordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain testifies before Senate committee on proposed internet reforms
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On July 28, Professor Olivier Sylvain was a witness at the Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing titled, “The PACT Act and Section 230: The Impact of the Law that Helped Create the Internet and an Examination of Proposed Reforms for Today’s Online World.”
Read More about Fordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain testifies before Senate committee on proposed internet reformsHarvard Law faculty and students discuss experiences in online classes
HARVARD LAW TODAY — In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic was rapidly escalating and an increasing number of businesses, schools, and other institutions were closing their doors to stop the spread of the virus, 1L Marisa Skillings headed to Cape Cod to spend spring break at her mother’s home. Just days before, Harvard President Larry…
Read More about Harvard Law faculty and students discuss experiences in online classesHarvard Law professor Michael Ashley Stein discusses the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act
THE HARVARD GAZETTE — This Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of the day the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, making it illegal to discriminate against people living with disabilities in regard to employment and access to government services.
Read More about Harvard Law professor Michael Ashley Stein discusses the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities ActUniversity of Hawaii Law professor David Callies publishes book on government authority and property law
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII NEWS — Takings law allows governments to take property from private owners for a public use, as long as the property owners are adequately compensated. The law is embodied in the Fifth Amendment. Through judicial interpretations over many years, the issue has become decidedly complex.
Read More about University of Hawaii Law professor David Callies publishes book on government authority and property lawPenn Law Professor Paul Robinson elected to American Law Institute
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — After a 15-year hiatus, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Colin S. Diver Professor of Law Paul Robinson was reelected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI) in June.
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