A look at University of Virginia Law’s transition to online courses and operations

March 31, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — In the span of eight days, the novel coronavirus has changed almost everything about how the University of Virginia School of Law operates. Transitioning to online courses and working remotely was an unprecedented effort involving faculty, staff and students working cooperatively and nonstop since the University first announced

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A look at the University of Akron Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Law Clinic

March 31, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — With four wins in the five asylum cases that it took on this past fall, along with a 100% grant rate for five bond cases, the Immigration and Human Rights Law Clinic at The University of Akron School of Law continued its high rate of success in representing asylum-seeking

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University of Baltimore Law professor John Bessler tests positive for coronavirus

March 31, 2020

THE BALTIMORE SUN — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday that her husband, John Besser, has tested positive for the coronavirus….Besser began feeling sick when she was in Minnesota and he was in Washington, D.C., and that he immediately quarantined himself.

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UCLA Law publishes guide summarizing state, federal, and local regulations related to coronavirus pandemic

March 30, 2020

UCLA NEWSROOM — The guide, Legal Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19), provides students, lawyers, academics and the general public with access to a detailed list of local, state and federal statutes, rules or executive orders that address key areas of concern in the current atmosphere.

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University of Connecticut Law names University of South Carolina Law professor Eboni S. Nelson as dean

March 30, 2020

UCONN TODAY — Eboni S. Nelson has been named the next dean of the UConn School of Law, bringing strong academic leadership experience and a commitment to service and scholarship. President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Nelson’s appointment on Wednesday, and she begins in the role on Aug. 1.

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University of Connecticut Law professor Sara Bronin appointed to Connecticut Bar Association’s COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force

March 30, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — UConn Law Professor Sara Bronin has been appointed to the Connecticut Bar Association’s 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force. The task force—composed of lawyers, judges, and other professionals—is charged with responding to legal issues and needs in Connecticut arising from the pandemic.

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Georgetown Law professor Peter B. Edelman speaks at Fordham Law on criminalization of poverty

March 30, 2020

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Peter B. Edelman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy and faculty director of the Center of Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center, visited Fordham Law on February 27 to discuss the criminalization of poverty in the United States.

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Harvard Law professors discuss the legal and ethical implications of public health measures and health care delivery

March 30, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — …scholars at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School are working to raise important legal and ethical questions about health care delivery and the enactment of extraordinary public health measures in response to the ongoing epidemic.

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University of Houston Law professor Anthony Chase selected to lead regional response to pandemic

March 30, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Anthony R. Chase, an Associate Professor of Law & Business at the University of Houston Law Center, has accepted a role as co-chair of the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund. The Fund… has received a lead gift from the Houston Endowment and will focus on a four-county area, including Harris

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Lewis & Clark Law Earthrise Law Center settles case protecting Atlantic Wild Salmon in Puget Sound

March 30, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — On February 11, 2020, Earthrise Law Center, the environmental legal clinic at Lewis & Clark Law School, settled a case protecting wild salmon from a net pen collapse that released hundreds of thousand non-native Atlantic salmon into the Puget Sound.

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