University of Akron Law professor Christopher Goff discusses role of health law amid pandemic
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — Each year, the National Jurist magazine asks law school career planning experts to predict what will be the hottest practice areas. “While a number of practice areas would have been strong regardless of the pandemic — think health care law — they have gotten even hotter because of it.”
Read More about University of Akron Law professor Christopher Goff discusses role of health law amid pandemicUniversity of Akron Law professors Bernadette Bollas Genetin, Willa E. Gibson, and Joann Marie Sahl honored with McDowell Professorships
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Akron School of Law has conferred a C. Blake McDowell Jr. Professorship, “exemplar[s] of excellence in at least two of the following areas: teaching, scholarship, and service,” on three faculty members: Professors Bernadette Bollas Genetin, Willa E. Gibson, and Joann Marie Sahl.
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WTVY — Vars explained that those at risk of suicide should have the option to voluntarily place their name on a registry, prohibiting gun stores from selling to them. A survey of 200 patients receiving psychiatric care in Alabama found that 46% of people said they would register for a do-not-sell list if it were available.
Read More about University of Alabama Law professor Fredrick Vars proposes reforms to address rise in gun suicidesUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock Law professor Kimberly Vu-Dinh recognized for mentorship efforts by Little Rock Regional Chamber
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS NEWS — Kimberly Vu-Dinh, an assistant professor at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and the director of the law school’s Business Innovations Legal Clinic, was recently named a finalist for Little Rock Regional Minority Mentor of the Year.
Read More about University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law professor Kimberly Vu-Dinh recognized for mentorship efforts by Little Rock Regional ChamberBrooklyn Law establishes professorship in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and names ACLU President Susan Herman to the post
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law School has announced the creation of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chair to honor the life and legacy of the Supreme Court Justice, who died Sept. 18. Professor Susan N. Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will be the inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professor of Law.
Read More about Brooklyn Law establishes professorship in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and names ACLU President Susan Herman to the postCase Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf co-authors amicus brief for international humanitarian law case
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Dean Michael Scharf was lead co-author of an Amicus Brief requested by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Prosecutor V. Bosco Ntaganda case. This is the first Amicus Brief that Scharf has filed before the ICC.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf co-authors amicus brief for international humanitarian law caseUniversity of Colorado Law professor Bill Pizzi publishes book on US Supreme Court’s role in high incarceration rates
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL — In his new book, The Supreme Court’s Role in Mass Incarceration, University of Colorado Law School Professor Emeritus Bill Pizzi illuminates the role of the U.S. Supreme Court’s “criminal procedure revolution” as a contributing factor to this rise in U.S. incarceration rates.
Read More about University of Colorado Law professor Bill Pizzi publishes book on US Supreme Court’s role in high incarceration ratesColumbia Law professor Eric Talley hosts podcast discussing economic recovery during the pandemic
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — In Columbia Law School’s new podcast, hosted by Professor Eric Talley, hear from leading experts as they chart a course for economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic and suggest new ways of approaching law, policy, and governance.
Read More about Columbia Law professor Eric Talley hosts podcast discussing economic recovery during the pandemicA look at public interest service opportunities at Georgia State University Law
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The College of Law was one of 12 schools in the nation awarded an A+ for public interest law by Prelaw Magazine and was the winner of the State Bar of Georgia’s Law School Excellence in Access to Justice Award in 2018.
Read More about A look at public interest service opportunities at Georgia State University LawGeorgia State University Law professor Deepa Varadarajan examines intellectual property law and trade secrecy
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — Varadarajan’s scholarship focuses on intellectual property laws as a source of legal and economic risk for businesses, entrepreneurs, employees, and consumers of information-based products. The field of intellectual property is constantly changing and evolving.
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