Fordham Law professor Jed Shugerman launches lecture series on issues shaping legal discourse

October 6, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — From race and policing to the 2020 presidential election and COVID, a new series of zoom-based faculty-student conversations is exploring the latest issues shaping legal and political discourse.

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George Mason Scalia Law names Ken Randall as dean

October 6, 2020

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL — George Mason University has announced Kenneth Randall as the new Dean of George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School. He will join the university on Dec. 1, 2020.

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Georgia State University Law faculty respond to the pandemic

October 6, 2020

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — “All law is health law.” Charity Scott, founding director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law, has said this many times throughout her distinguished career in health law.

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Georgia State University Law professor Anthony Kreis discusses the intersection of law and history

October 6, 2020

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Assistant professor Anthony Kreis has always been interested in how law and history intersect, specifically relating to political movements and long-term social change.

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Penn Law professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu named New America National Fellow

October 6, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Presidential Assistant Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu has been named one of this year’s 10 New America National Fellows.

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Penn Law professor Christopher Yoo leads university effort in joining Public Interest Technology University Network

October 6, 2020

PENN TODAY — Through the leadership of Christopher Yoo, Penn Law professor and founding director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, the University of Pennsylvania has joined the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN).

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William Hubbard begins tenure as University of South Carolina Law dean

October 6, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — If Gamecock Bingo were a thing, William Hubbard, ’74, could be waving his card in the air. Magna cum laude graduate, law school graduate, 34 years on the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees, including four as chair — he’s stamped enough squares.

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Fordham Law Center on Race, Law and Justice examines future of policing in panel discussion

October 1, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On September 10th, Fordham Law’s Center on Race, Law and Justice, together with the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), and the Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA), hosted a CLE and panel discussion via webinar entitled “Unfinished Work: Black Lives Matter and Policing…

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Fordham Law professor Tanya Hernández discusses her new book on Latino anti-Black bias and the law

October 1, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law Tanya Hernández is currently writing her third book, On Latino Anti-Black Bias: “Racial Innocence” & The Struggle for Equality.

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Georgia State University Law professor Nirej Sekhon discusses pathways to law enforcement reform

October 1, 2020

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Nirej Sekhon still remembers his last case working as a public defender in Seattle. A man was charged with theft for stealing a $2 burrito from a convenience store. The man had prior convictions, so the plea recommendation was one year in jail.

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