Notre Dame Law professor Jennifer Mason McAward publishes study of criminal cases where the government hid evidence

March 11, 2025

NOTRE DAME NEWS — In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court held in the case Brady v. Maryland that prosecutors must turn over any evidence favorable to a criminal defendant prior to trial, including evidence that could potentially exonerate the defendant. This rule — known as the Brady rule — is routinely violated, including in many…

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Penn Carey Law professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis publishes article on gender-based cyber threat

March 11, 2025

PENN CAREY LAW — At The Regulatory Review, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, examines the gendered gaps in the newly adopted U.N. Cybercrime Convention.

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Penn Carey Law dean Sophia Z. Lee publishes article on Fourth Amendment Privacy

March 11, 2025

PENN CAREY — In “The Reconciliation Roots of Fourth Amendment Privacy,” published in the University of Chicago Law Review, Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law Sophia Z. Lee examines the origins of privacy as a constitutional value and their implications for contemporary Fourth Amendment doctrine.

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Penn Carey Law professor Christopher Yoo joins American Law Institute artificial intelligence project

March 11, 2025

PENN CAREY LAW — Professor Christopher Yoo, Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, Professor of Communication, and Professor of Computer and Information Science, has been appointed as an Adviser to The American Law Institute’s new project, Principles of the Law, Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence. 

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Penn Carey Law faculty recognized for scholarly excellence

March 11, 2025

PENN CAREY LAW — Penn Carey Law continues to set the standard for impactful legal scholarship, earning recognition as the top-ranked faculty in the latest Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024 ranking by researchers at George Mason University.

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Penn Carey Law professor Mitchell Berman recognized by the AALS Jurisprudence Section

March 11, 2025

PENN CAREY LAW — Mitchell Berman, the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, was awarded the Jurisprudence Section Article Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for his article, How Practices Make Principles, and How Principles Make Rules, 28 Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 299 (2024).

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Pepperdine Law professor Maureen Weston administers ABA National Law Student Arbitration Competition

March 11, 2025

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Maureen A. Weston administered the 2025 ABA National Law Student Arbitration Competition that took place in Chicago on January 17-18. Professor Weston serves on the ABA Law School Division Arbitration Competition committee. 

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University of Richmond Law professors influence national conversation on capital punishment

March 11, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors at the University of Richmond School of Law are playing a pivotal role in reshaping the national dialogue about the death penalty.

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Vanderbilt Law hosts Georgetown Law professor Paul Butler for Black History Month keynote address

March 10, 2025

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY THE LAW SCHOOL — Earlier this month, Vanderbilt Law School hosted Paul Butler for its Black History Month Keynote Address. The event was sponsored by the Hyatt Fund, the Office of Culture & Community, and the Black Law Students Association. 

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University of Virginia Law professor Mitu Gulati publishes paper on elite lawyers and supreme court litigation

March 10, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — An in-depth study of lawyers who argue at the U.S. Supreme Court is revealing how a powerful and select group of litigators have risen to the top, in what the authors call “a tournament of champions.”

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