Mitchell Hamline Law professor Colette Route cited in US Supreme Court tribal sovereignty case

October 1, 2020

MINNESOTA LAWYER — For Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Colette Routel, having the U.S. Supreme Court cite an amicus brief she co-wrote in its landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma opinion was “not nearly as big as this great victory” for tribal sovereignty.

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University of Oregon Law welcomes Distinguished Legal Writing Guests

October 1, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — In the 2020-21 academic year, Oregon Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program welcomes colleagues from across the country who bring diverse backgrounds and approaches to teaching, legal scholarship, and the practice of law.

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University of Oregon Law joins six-school effort to engage prospective law students

October 1, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Marcilynn A. Burke, Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law at the School of Law, joins the deans at six law schools across the nation have forged a unique partnership to launch an innovative digital discussion series.

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University of Richmond Law Legal Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program launches Legal Business Design Challenge

October 1, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — The University of Richmond School of Law’s new program on legal innovation and entrepreneurship has officially launched with the announcement of the Legal Business Design Challenge.

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University of California system law deans release join statement on the value of critical race theory

September 24, 2020

UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — As the Deans of the five University of California law schools, we write with one voice to defend Critical Race Theory and to speak against the attacks upon it by the President of the United States and the Office of Management and Budget.

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Opinion: UC Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky says efforts to ban critical race theory are misguided

September 24, 2020

THE SACRAMENTO BEE — As the country is fighting a pandemic, dealing with the worst economic crisis since the depression, battling unprecedented fires and smoke, the Trump administration is focusing on an attack on critical race theory.

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UC Berkeley Law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon receives grant for antisemitism education pilot program

September 24, 2020

THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN — The Antisemitism Education Initiative, a pilot program at UC Berkeley, received a $25,000 grant from the national nonprofit Academic Engagement Network, or AEN, on Sept. 10.

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UCLA Law professor Joanna Schwartz examines the costs of police misconduct to the public

September 24, 2020

NPR — For months, protests over the police-involved killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others reinvigorated an intense debate over policing. Then, the mayor of Louisville, Ky., announced the city would pay $12 million to Breonna Taylor’s family and institute a number of police reforms.

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University of Miami Law hosts webinar on NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule’ that mandates candidates of color are interviewed for open head coach positions

September 24, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s virtual “The Rooney Rule, Race, and Access in Athletics: A Fireside Chat with Jim Rooney and Jeremi Duru,” will host Jim Rooney and Jeremi Duru on September 30th to discuss the “Rooney Rule” in the National Football League.

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