Arizona State University Law partners with Arizona Legal Center to provide students with summer opportunities

June 18, 2020

ASU NOW — “Our goal was to accommodate every student in need of a position this summer, and I am proud to say that we met that goal….” Assistant Dean Ray English, who oversees ASU Law’s Office of Career and Employment Services, says in short order, projects were expanded, jobs were created and, ultimately 94 students

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UC Irvine Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran to testify before Congress on inclusive banking policy

June 18, 2020

UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Leading expert on banking law, UCI Law Professor of Law Mehrsa Baradaran will testify, remotely, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on Thursday, June 11 at 12:00 p.m.

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Case Western Reserve Law center to develop compendium of laws governing Great Lakes

June 18, 2020

CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Stephen J. Petras, Jr., director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and the U.S. National Director of the Canada – United States Law Institute, is leading an effort to develop a comprehensive compendium of the Canadian and U.S. laws that apply to the Great Lakes.

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University of Cincinnati Law Professor Felix Chang co-publishes book comparing U.S. and European civil rights movements

June 18, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWS — A new book co-authored by University of Cincinnati College of Law Professor Felix Chang and UC European Studies Professor Sunnie Rucker-Chang takes a comparative look at the movements for — and expressions of — equality for two of the largest racialized minority groups in Europe and the U.S.

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Lewis and Clark Law professor Robert Klonoff honored for excellence in teaching

June 18, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Leo Levenson Excellence in Teaching Award was presented to Professor Robert Klonoff by graduating student Anne Cox ’20 in a virtual ceremony on June 2, 2020.

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Rutgers Law Sarah E. Ricks examines qualified immunity for police

June 18, 2020

NJ.COM — When a police officer violates a person’s constitutional rights, you’d think a court necessarily would hold that police officer responsible for paying civil damages. You’d be wrong. Instead, police are protected by a legal rule called “qualified immunity.”

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University of San Diego Law professor Mila Sohoni recognized for research in regulatory and administrative law

June 18, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF LAW — University of San Diego (USD) School of Law 2019-2020 Herzog Endowed Scholar and Professor of Law Mila Sohoni’s article “The Lost History of the ‘Universal’ Injunction” was recently selected by the American Constitution Society as one of two winners in the 2020 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and

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Widener University Law Dean Christian A. Johnson to step down as dean in July 2020

June 18, 2020

WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — After a five-year term, Widener University Commonwealth Law School Dean Christian A. Johnson will step down from his role as dean on July 1 to return to full-time teaching.

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University of Minnesota Law dean Garry W. Jenkins discusses society’s role in addressing police violence and racism

June 10, 2020

MINNPOST — As deans of the University of Minnesota’s Law School (located in the aptly named Walter F. Mondale Hall) and the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, we recognize our shared responsibility in addressing these questions. In preparing the next generation of lawmakers and public sector leaders to advance the common good, we feel

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Yale Law professors Tracey Meares, Tom Tyler and Caroline Nobo Sarnoff discuss police reform and procedural justice

June 10, 2020

YALE LAW SCHOOL — The Center operates using a specific theory of change, procedural justice — in which the central goal of the criminal justice system must be to increase cooperation and trust between individuals and the state. To this end, the JC recently released a report titled “Re-Imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the

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