Penn Law professor Beth A. Simmons co-authors article on UN Human Rights Treaty in the American Journal of International Law
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Based on their research that identified four mechanisms through which self-reporting can contribute to human rights improvements, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor Beth A. Simmons and University of Minnesota Law School Professor Cosette D. Creamer have published “The Proof is in the Process: Self-Reporting Under International…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Penn State Dickinson Law students recently held the first Transgender Name Change Assistance Pop-up Clinic for members of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Perry and York counties at Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law, Carlisle. Designed to work with the transgender community, the Clinic provided attendees guidance on the legal name change process. Dickinson Law…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Medha Makhlouf, assistant professor of law and founding director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic at Dickinson Law, and assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine has been named to the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity, a one-year, non-residential fellowship program that aims to…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law professor Medha Makhlouf selected as Atlantic Fellow for Health EquityUniversity of Puerto Rico Law launches DNA Post-Conviction Project
ESCUELA DE DERECHO — With the motto: “Freedom for convicted innocents”, the UPR School of Law, launched the DNA Post-Conviction Project, as announced today by Dean, Vivian I. Neptune-Rivera, an initiative that will allow prisoners in Puerto Rico, to carry out their claims of wrongful conviction in order to be exonerated. Specifically, the DNA Post-Conviction Project will…
Read More about University of Puerto Rico Law launches DNA Post-Conviction ProjectFormer ACLU president and NYLS Law professor Nadine Strossen to deliver lecture at Quinnipiac Law on combating hate speech
QUINNIPIAC — New York Law School Professor Nadine Strossen, a former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will discuss her new book, “Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship,” at noon on Tuesday, February 18, on our North Haven campus in SLE-318. This event, sponsored by the Federalist Society in…
Read More about Former ACLU president and NYLS Law professor Nadine Strossen to deliver lecture at Quinnipiac Law on combating hate speechSanta Clara Law dean Lisa Kloppenberg named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Santa Clara University
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY — Lisa Kloppenberg, who served as dean of Santa Clara University School of Law and has been interim University provost since June 2019, was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the 169-year-old institution.
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ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY — The St. Mary’s University School of Law’s student-led publication, The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice, will host its 2020 Immigration Symposium on Friday, Feb. 28, at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. Embracing the theme of “The Many Faces of Immigration,” the event will feature Khizr Khan, father…
Read More about St. Mary’s Law hosts immigration symposiumWashington University Law professor Katie Herbert Meyer discusses approach to teaching immigration law
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS — Katie Herbert Meyer, director of the Immigration Clinic at Washington University’s School of Law, discusses teaching immigration law during an immigration crisis. Photo by Joe Angeles/Washington University.
Read More about Washington University Law professor Katie Herbert Meyer discusses approach to teaching immigration lawWilliam & Mary Law Black Law Students Association hosts annual symposium on social activism in law
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The William & Mary Jefferson Chapter of BLSA (Black Law Students Association) kicked off Black History Month with its annual symposium on Saturday, February 1. The topic of this year’s event was “Social Activism and the Law,” and was moderated by Professor Timothy Zick, the John Marshall Professor of Government…
Read More about William & Mary Law Black Law Students Association hosts annual symposium on social activism in lawA look at the recent American University of Washington College of Law Food Integrity Campaign Conference
FOOD INTEGRITY CAMPAIGN — Over 150 guests attended the Food Integrity Campaign’s 10th-anniversary conference at the American University Washington College of Law. If you weren’t able to attend, here’s a list of some of our takeaway messages, followed by some photos from the event.
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