Nova Southeastern Law associate dean Debra Moss Vollweiler named interim dean
SHEPARD BROAD COLLEGE OF LAW NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — NSU is pleased to announce Debra Moss Vollweiler, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been appointed as Interim Dean of the Shepard Broad College of Law. Dean Vollweiler will be replacing Dean Jon M. Garon who will begin a sabbatical in 2020 returning to NSU Law as a…
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OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Deborah Jones Merritt has accumulated just about every teaching award The Ohio State University can offer. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is also working on an important study concerning the bar exam.
Read More about Ohio State University Law professor Deborah Merritt to conduct study of bar examPenn State Dickinson Law visiting associate professor Emily Michiko Morris recaps 2019 Annual Conference for European Policy for Intellectual Property
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — I recently had an opportunity to present my scholarship on unregistered patent rights at the 2019 Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property, in Zurich, Switzerland, September 11. I was selected to join international legal scholars, economists, jurists, students, and others at the conference on “The Future of IP.”
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PENN STATE LAW — Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Clinical Professor of Law at Penn State Law in University Park, has co-authored a new immigration and nationality law textbook, published by Carolina Academic Press.
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PENN STATE LAW — On Thursday, January 16, 2020, Penn State Law in University Park will host two leading Constitutional law experts, University of Minnesota Professor Heidi Kitrosser and Princeton University Professor Keith E. Whittington, to discuss Presidential Impeachment: Historical Context and Current Controversies.
Read More about Penn State Law hosts presidential impeachment panelA look at the Quinnipiac Law human trafficking prevention project
QUINNIPIAC — Working for the Quinnipiac School of Law’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project (HTPP) has taught Cynthia Lill, JD ’21, that anyone, including children, can potentially be at risk. Since 2017, the human trafficking prevention team has trained workers in various industries throughout Connecticut — including hospitality and health care — to identify and respond to…
Read More about A look at the Quinnipiac Law human trafficking prevention projectRutgers Law professors provide insight into key legal issues to watch in 2020
RUTGERS LAW — Rutgers Law professors are national experts in a number of fields and widely-published in those areas. Recently, they weighed in on some of the key legal issues that will be discussed and debated in the upcoming year. LGBTQ rights, voting issues, the availability of generic drugs, environmental concerns, healthcare, immigration, and human trafficking,…
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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — Vermont Law School announces the establishment of a new Environmental Justice (EJ) Clinic. The program is one of just a few law school clinics in the United States devoted to environmental justice, a practice at the intersection of civil rights and environmental law. Clinic students are already involved in several cases, working in…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Two University of Virginia School of Law students and a recent alumnus have won prominent legal writing competitions. David Rubin, who graduated last spring, won the International Fiscal Association USA Branch 2019 Writing Competition for the best scholarship exploring any topic relating to U.S. taxation of income from international activities,…
Read More about University of Virginia Law students win legal writing competitionsBoston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau to serve as AALS President-elect
BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Boston College Law School Dean Vincent D. Rougeau is poised to become president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools. Rougeau, a nationally recognized leader in legal education who completed a three-year term on the AALS Executive Committee in 2018, will join two other prior BC Law Deans who served as AALS…
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