Judge Gerald Lynch of U.S. Court of Appeals speaks at NYU Law

January 21, 2020

NYU LAW — Judge Gerard Lynch of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit aimed straight at a much-debated set of questions when he delivered the 51st James Madison Lecture on November 4. In the lecture, titled “Complexity, Judgment, and Restraint,” Lynch considered issues related to how ambiguous legal questions might be answered, whether…

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Northeastern Law professor Shalanda Baker invited to join Center for Progressive Reform as a Member Scholar

January 21, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW —  Professor Shalanda Baker ’05, an expert in the fields of environmental law and energy law, has been invited to join the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) as a Member Scholar. CPR is a network of approximately 50 university-affiliated Member Scholars with expertise in the legal, economic and scientific fields. Member…

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Northeastern Law professor Claudia Haupt joins board of American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee

January 21, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW —  Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Claudia Haupt has joined the board of the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) at the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), the leading organization in the United States promoting the comparative study of law. Founded in 1951, the ASCL is a thriving organization of more…

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Northern Illinois Law professor Morse Tan confirmed as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice

January 21, 2020

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — On December 19, the Senate confirmed Professor Morse Tan to serve as the next Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, a key position in the State Department. Professor Tan, who has taught at NIU since 2011, is an expert on both North Korea and International Law.

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Northwestern Law professors Juliet S. Sorensen and J. Samuel Tenenbaum receive Walter J. Cummings Award from Federal Bar Association

January 21, 2020

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — Two Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professors and a former fellow with the Bluhm Legal Clinic have been awarded the prestigious Walter J. Cummings Award for pro bono service from the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. The Clinic team took on the case in the spring of 2018, pledging…

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Notre Dame Law Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic helps client secure trademark

January 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — An Indiana nonprofit helping families affected by epilepsy got some much-needed help from Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic to protect its brand. Jodi Clifford, director of the IP Clinic and clinical professor of law, said the work is great experience for students to be able to…

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Notre Dame Law professor Jeffrey Pojanowski’s paper on administrative law discussed at AALS Annual Meeting

January 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law Professor Jeffrey Pojanowski’s latest paper, “Neoclassical Administrative Law,” was the subject of a panel discussion earlier this month at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools in Washington, D.C. Having his paper be the focus of AALS Administrative Law Section’s panel discussion was…

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Notre Dame Law professor Veronica Root Martinez publishes symposium on Corporate Compliance programs in University of Chicago Law Review

January 21, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — The papers from a symposium hosted by Notre Dame Law Professor Veronica Root Martinez have been published by the University of Chicago Law Review. The symposium, titled “Investigating Intersections of Corporate Governance & Compliance,” was held in April at Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway. After the conclusion of the…

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Nova Southeastern Law associate dean Debra Moss Vollweiler named interim dean

January 21, 2020

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 Law professor Deborah Merritt to conduct study of bar exam

January 21, 2020

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.

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