Case Western Law responds to coronavirus pandemic
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve University and the CWRU School of Law are adapting to a rapidly evolving situation in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The health, safety and well-being of our community are our top priorities.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On March 27, the Law-Medicine Center hosted its annual conference, “Environmental Health and the Law,” co-sponsored by the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law and the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — This year, just eight days before this year’s competition was set to start, the law school and much of the nation were forced to cancel public events due to the coronavirus. But thanks to the efforts of the student Moot Court Board led by 3L Joe Shell, the…
Read More about Case Western Law hosts virtual moot court competitionUCLA Law professor Scott Cummings awarded Fulbright-Schuman Chair at European University Institute
UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Scott Cummings has been awarded the 2020-21 Fulbright-Schuman Chair at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, the preeminent center of research on the European Union. As part of the fellowship, Cummings will also teach and give a series of public lectures around Europe.
Read More about UCLA Law professor Scott Cummings awarded Fulbright-Schuman Chair at European University InstituteUniversity of Houston Law professor Michael A. Olivas honored with Derrick Bell Legacy Award
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Michael A. Olivas was recently selected as the winner of the Derrick Bell Legacy Award. He will be presented with the accolade at an upcoming conference at the University of Delaware, where he will participate in a panel dialogue with other awardees.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAWS SCHOOL — Professor Jill Hasday’s book, Intimate Lies and the Law, has won the 2020 Scribes Book Award “for the best work of legal scholarship published during the previous year.” The first book to uncover the hidden body of law governing deception in dating, sex, marriage, and family life.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law professor Jill Hasday receives 2020 Scribes Book AwardPenn Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia speaks at University of Houston Law virtual external workshop series
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, a professor at Penn State Law School, presented her work-in-progress remotely via Zoom, “Darkside Discretion,” as part of UHLC’s spring 2020 external workshop series. Wadhia’s draft addressed the exercise of discretion in the immigration context to rule against noncitizens even when they are legally entitled to relief.
Read More about Penn Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia speaks at University of Houston Law virtual external workshop seriesSanta Clara Law professor Donald Polden discusses lawyer leadership at Judge Advocate General School
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On February 26, 2020, Professor Donald Polden, a national expert on leadership education and training for lawyers and law students, lectured on lawyer-leadership to more than one hundred U.S. Army lawyers at the Judge Advocate General (JAG) School of the U.S. Army in Charlottesville Virginia.
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor Donald Polden discusses lawyer leadership at Judge Advocate General SchoolSanta Clara Law student Dustin Weber selected as American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The American Constitution Society (ACS) announced on March 31 that Santa Clara Law student Dustin Weber was selected as an American Constitution Society (ACS) Next Generation Leader. Each year, ACS selects a small group of students from their nearly 200 chapters to be part of its Next Generation…
Read More about Santa Clara Law student Dustin Weber selected as American Constitution Society Next Generation LeaderTips for law students preparing for online classes
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Over at the Law to Fact podcast, Professor Leslie Tenzer and I have a conversation with tips for law students about online learning. Every single law school in the country now has transitioned to online delivery for classes for the rest of the semester. No doubt, the change has been jarring to faculty, students, and…
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