A look at the Legal Innovation and Technology Lab at Suffolk Law
STUDY INTERNATIONAL NEWS — A leading force in this area of legal innovation can be found at 120 Tremont Street, Boston. Suffolk Law School is where the nation’s brightest law students and faculty are working toward solutions to make access to justice a reality for tens of millions of Americans. Its Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Lab…
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STANFORD LAWYER — Donna Newman had been appointed by a federal court in New York to represent an accused terrorist in a high-stakes lawsuit on the rights of detainees after the attacks of September 11, 2001. A local lawyer who had long worked in the trenches representing criminal defendants, Newman, by her own admission, needed help.…
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Brian R. Gallini has been named dean of the Willamette University College of Law. Gallini will succeed Curtis Bridgeman who is stepping down to return to the faculty after serving as dean of the College of Law since July 2013. Gallini is a professor of criminal law and director of distance learning initiatives…
Read More about Willamette Law names Brian R. Gallini as deanLaw professors testify on impeachment for House Judiciary Committee
ABA JOURNAL — Three law professors told the House Judiciary Committee in opening statements Wednesday that President Donald Trump has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” meriting his impeachment. One of the three professors said Trump’s actions amounted to an attack on constitutional safeguards against establishing a king in the United States. A fourth professor, called…
Read More about Law professors testify on impeachment for House Judiciary CommitteeAmerican University Washington College of Law professors Juan Mendez and Brenda Smith participate in Congressional briefing on solitary confinement
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLGE OF LAW — On Thursday, Nov. 21, Professors Juan Mendez and Brenda Smith headed to Capitol Hill to participate in a congressional staff briefing on “Solitary Confinement: Briefing on H.R. 4488.” This recently introduced legislation focuses on developing and implementing national standards for the use of solitary confinement in federal correctional facilities. H.R.…
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UCI LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Chancellor’s Professor of Law Michele Bratcher Goodwin will be featured in a conversation with Michelle Anderson the President of Brooklyn College, CUNY on Monday, Dec. 9 to discuss her book, “Policing The Womb.” “Policing the Womb,” will be published in February 2020 by Cambridge University…
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COLORADO LAW — An interdisciplinary team led by the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law and Policy Clinic (TLPC) at the University of Colorado Law School, in partnership with Dr. Scott E. Palo and CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science, had a role in influencing groundbreaking national policy for small satellites at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The…
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COLORADO LAW — University of Colorado Law School Associate Professor Ming Hsu Chen was one of 13 faculty members across the CU Boulder campus selected to participate in the Research & Innovation Office’s (RIO) 2020 Faculty Fellows cohort. This is done by cultivating a community of diverse, creative research leaders to help drive collaboration and innovation across…
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NBC 25 MID MICHIGAN — Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Renee Knake to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Renee Knake currently serves as a professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and is the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Seven Lewis & Clark Law students helped immigrant taxpayers fill out applications for an ITIN renewal at a recent workshop organized by Professor Sarah Lora, along with El Programa Hispano. The workshop was held at Lewis & Clark’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in its downtown Portland office. Workshops like this are…
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