Santa Clara Law Launches in-residence experts program
SANTA CLARA LAW — Santa Clara Law launches a new program dedicated to connecting current students with legal experts in a variety of areas. In-residence experts are on campus and excited to share their mastery of a multitude of subjects, from mediation to patents, with Santa Clara Law students considering entering similar fields.
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COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY — Davison M. Douglas, dean of W&M Law School for more than 10 years, will step down from the position in July 2020 to return to the faculty.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — On Wednesday, Sept. 25, American University Washington College of Law hosted an in-depth panel discussion covering key issues the U.S. Supreme Court will address when its new term commences on Oct. 7. AUWCL Professor and Supreme Court expert Steve Wermiel moderated “On the Docket: Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term,”…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is pleased to announce that UN Women has awarded AUWCL’s War Crimes Research Office, Academy on Human Rights, and Women and the Law Program a grant for the programs’ joint Gender and International Criminal Law Project initiative, “Documenting Good Practice on Accountability for Conflict-Related…
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UCLA LAW — Alex Wang, professor at UCLA School of Law and a member of the school’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, will serve as co-chair of the Institute’s academic advisory committee. The Institute is a multi-campus project housed at UC Berkeley with collaboration from UCLA, UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL– Anita Bernstein, Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law, has been selected to receive the 2020 William L. Prosser Award by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation Systems. The Prosser Award recognizes “outstanding contributions of law teachers in scholarship, teaching, and service” related to torts and compensation systems.
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BROOKLYN LAW — The Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) honored Professor Lawrence Solan, director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language & Cognition, with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, along with Kate Haworth of Aston University. The awards were presented at the GSFL Annual Roundtable held at the University of Graz, Austria, in…
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law Dean Emerita Melissa Essary has been appointed as a member of the Emerging Markets and Innovation Committee of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), a new committee at LSAC. Essary previously served four years on the LSAC’s Finance and Legal Affairs Committee. The LSAC is a non-profit organization committed to…
Read More about Campbell Law professor and former dean Melissa Essary appointed to new LSAC committeeA look at the Case Western Reserve Law center for environmental law
NEWSWISE — Case Western Reserve University launched its Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law this fall. Its director Jonathan Adler has single charge: creating a curriculum that trains the next generation of environmental law experts. Adler, one the country’s most innovative and frequently cited environmental law scholars, will serve as the center’s director.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — The University of Chicago Law School will launch a new Immigrants’ Rights Clinic in January, adding to the school’s robust set of clinical offerings and giving students a chance to work in a pressing, and often fast-changing, area of the law with a rising star in the field. Nicole Hallett, a Yale…
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