Fordham Law Federal Litigation Clinic petitions for early release for at-risk prisoners
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s Federal Litigation Clinic was featured in an article for New York Law Journal for its response and quick action to serve its clients due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Approximately half of the Law School’s standing faculty hold secondary appointments at the University’s sister schools, and we have previously featured four such law professors in the first installment of this series of articles.
Read More about Penn Law faculty hold joint appointments with university’s business schoolPenn Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia speaks at University of Houston Law on immigration law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia of Penn State Law said current U.S. immigration practices seek to create more undocumented people in the country during a Zoom conference book talk presented by the University of Houston Law Center’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee on Tuesday.
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NIU TODAY — Cassandra Hill has been named the next dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law. Hill will begin her role on July 1, pending approval by the NIU Board of Trustees, and she will be the first African-American woman to lead the law school.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — When the University of Richmond announced a transition to online classes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, faculty had one week to prepare: one week to learn how to use new online meeting software, to adapt their syllabi to a digital format, and to explore best practices in remote teaching.
Read More about University of Richmond Law details transition to online classesRoger Williams Law names Gregory W. Bowman as dean
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Roger Williams University School of Law Board of Directors on Monday announced that Gregory W. Bowman, a nationally recognized scholar who has been serving as dean of the highly regarded West Virginia University College of Law, will become RWU Law’s sixth dean, effective July 1, 2020.
Read More about Roger Williams Law names Gregory W. Bowman as deanUniversity of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff hosts podcast on historic responses to pandemics
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — On the show, McMillen and the hosts discuss the coronavirus pandemic’s similarities and differences to past pandemics, how misinformation plays a role, and how nations handled restricting the rights of their citizens, among other topics.
Read More about University of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff hosts podcast on historic responses to pandemicsUniversity of Virginia Law launches CARES project to answer unemployment benefit questions
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The project is named after the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, recently passed by Congress. The legislation adds $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits for up to four months, in addition to what workers receive from the state. The new benefits start this…
Read More about University of Virginia Law launches CARES project to answer unemployment benefit questionsWilliam & Mary Law professor Timothy Zick co-authors amicus brief on negligent protest
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Professors Timothy Zick of William & Mary Law School and Tabatha Abu El-Haj of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University have co-authored a “Brief of First Amendment Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner,” which has just been filed at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read More about William & Mary Law professor Timothy Zick co-authors amicus brief on negligent protestA look at William & Mary Law’s English Bridge Program
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The English Bridge Program — an online and live-remote educational certificate program at William & Mary Law School — is the brainchild of Jennifer S. Stevenson, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Director, LL.M. Program & Professor of the Practice of Law; and Patricia E. Roberts, Vice Dean, Clinical Professor of…
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