Former Harvard Law dean Martha Minow publishes book on the role of forgiveness in the U.S. legal system
THE HARVARD GAZETTE — Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary Professor, discusses her recently released book, “When Should Law Forgive?,” in which she argues for more forgiveness in the law and a “jurisprudence for forgiveness.”
Read More about Former Harvard Law dean Martha Minow publishes book on the role of forgiveness in the U.S. legal systemUniversity of Houston Law professor Zachary D. Kaufman presents research on prevention of genocide and sexual assault to Australian law schools
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman has completed a series of speaking engagements this week in Australia. Kaufman delivered multiple presentations highlighting two of his articles.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson will explain how forensic science in Houston has dramatically changed during the past decade in a lecture presented in partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Thompson, the author of “Cops in Lab Coats,” will explain how Houston’s forensics lab has…
Read More about University of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson speaks on forensic science at area science museumPenn Law professor Paul H. Robinson contributes to ACLU report on criminal codes and offense grading
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — A recent ACLU report relies heavily on the research and scholarship of Penn Law Professor Paul H. Robinson to support its position that the “ever-expanding” Pennsylvania Crimes Code both contributes to the problem of over-incarceration and runs counter to fundamental concepts of fairness. Robinson, Director of the Law School’s Criminal Law…
Read More about Penn Law professor Paul H. Robinson contributes to ACLU report on criminal codes and offense gradingUniversity of Tennessee Law professor Benjamin H. Barton discusses new book on legal education reform
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The decade after 2008 was not a good one for law schools. Applications and enrollment fell. Some closed. This is the subject of Fixing Law Schools: From Collapse to the Trump Bump and Beyond (NYU Press). But the author — Benjamin H. Barton is professor of law at the University of…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professor Benjamin H. Barton discusses new book on legal education reformUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Eric B. Easton recalls experience as Fullbright Specialist in Kosovo
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Emeritus Eric B. Easton recently returned from Kosovo, part of the former Yugoslavia, where he spent two weeks as a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Prishtina. Here is his first-person account of his experience.
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor Eric B. Easton recalls experience as Fullbright Specialist in KosovoBrooklyn Law professor Kate Mogulescu co-authors report on prosecution guidelines for post-conviction cases involving human trafficking survivors
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Kate Mogulescu, a national expert on human trafficking issues, has co-authored a new report “Workable Solutions for Criminal Record Relief: Recommendations for Prosecutors Serving Victims of Human Trafficking” on behalf of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence’s Survivor Reentry Project (SRP), a national training and technical assistance initiative on…
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Kate Mogulescu co-authors report on prosecution guidelines for post-conviction cases involving human trafficking survivorsUniversity at Buffalo Law professors co-edit new book exploring global climate change
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Global climate change is transforming the world’s ecosystems, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the Arctic region, say the creators of a wide-ranging new book. The book, edited by School of Law Professors Kim Diana Connolly and Errol Meidinger, with UB anthropology Professor Ezra B.W.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law professors co-edit new book exploring global climate changeCase Western Reserve Law professors argue custody case before U.S. Supreme Court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On December 11, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Monasky v. Taglieri, a case in which CWRU Law Professors and alums played a significant part. The case examines the question of where a child born to an estranged international couple should be raised. CWRU Adjunct Professors Andrew…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professors argue custody case before U.S. Supreme CourtCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf’s report on human rights violations in Myanmar cited at International Criminal Court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The ICC’s decision liberally cites the report of the Public International Law & Policy Group, “Documenting Atrocity Crimes Committed Against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” which was prepared by a team led by alumna Margaux Day ’09 (Vice President of PILPG) and CWRU Adjunct Professor Greg Noone. …
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