A look the clinical legal education opportunities at Cornell Law
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN — To supplement what they learn in the law school classroom with real-life experience, Cornell law students participate in courses, dubbed “clinics,” where students assist real clients with real legal problems. Many people are unaware of their legal protections or have trouble accessing government agencies that do assist workers with certain types of…
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TRIB LIVE — Pennsylvania should consider abolishing the kind of grand jury report that detailed extensive allegations of child sexual abuse among Catholic clergy, a task force of lawyers, judges and legal scholars said. Pennsylvania’s investigative grand jury procedures came under fire after highly publicized grand jury investigations into allegations of child sexual abuse against…
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EMORY LAW — Spanish businessman and philanthropist Gonzalo Rodriguez-Fraile has pledged a substantial gift that will support the work of Emory’s Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion Rafael Domingo. The gift is a continuation of Rodriguez-Fraile’s long-running support of Domingo’s scholarship on fundamental questions of law, religion and spiritualization.
Read More about Gift to Emory Law supports research in law and spiritualityFordham Law professor Olivier Sylvain publishes essay on technology regulatory reform in Columbia Law Review
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Olivier Sylvain‘s essay was published in the Columbia Law Review and argues that any reform should treat social media companies as commercial businesses that focus mainly on optimizing for advertisers.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The New York Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Fordham Law School held a conference on November 1, 2019, that focused on fraudulent and manipulative schemes that target victims based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, and other associations. Participants from the SEC, Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau…
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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL — As the Dulles high tech corridor grows and Maryland’s biotech sector expands, the DMV continues to draw technology titans like Amazon to the region. Professor O’Connor, Executive Director of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, leads Scalia Law’s Innovation Law Clinic. Under his supervision, Innovation Law Clinic…
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GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW — President of the National Constitution Center and Professor of Law Jeffrey Rosen’s new book, Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, looks at the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Told through personal vignettes of conversations with RBG, Professor Rosen builds upon onstage conversations between himself and…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Research using the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society’s Lumen database shows the problem is larger than previously understood. Through Lumen — an online database of takedown requests related to online content, containing approximately eleven million notices referencing over four billion URLs — Volokh was able to access thousands of relevant…
Read More about Harvard Law Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society creates database to tackle falsified court ordersHarvard Law professor Jon Hanson showcases student films on tort law and justice
HARVARD LAW TODAY — On the evening of November 14, students in Professor Jon Hanson’s 1L torts class gathered in a transformed Ames Courtroom to celebrate the third annual Torty Awards. The award ceremony celebrated the student-created short video documentaries about how tort law might apply to social issues.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — In Harvard Law School Library’s Fall 2019 book talk series, faculty shared and discussed their recently published works on topics including the American Constitution, “the guilty mind” and Jimmy Hoffa. In past years, faculty have presented books on authoritarianism in America, the Supreme Court of India, and a citizen’s guide to impeachment, among…
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