University of Missouri Law professor Rodney Uphoff teaches trial advocacy workshop course at Harvard Law
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — Professor Rodney J. Uphoff recently taught at Harvard Law School in its Trial Advocacy Workshop course. The workshop brings in experienced trial lawyers and judges to evaluate and critique the students.
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL — Law professor Carissa Byrne Hessick launched the Prosecutors and Politics Project in 2018 to study the country’s district attorneys and their influence on state criminal justice policy. “The goal of the Prosecutors and Politics Project is to find out more about the role of politics in the criminal justice system generally, and…
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PENN STATE LAW — The convocation at Penn State’s Dickinson Law reflects the excitement and promise of a new year. It marked the installation of the new dean of the law school, Danielle M. Conway, who also serves as Donald J. Farage Professor of Law.
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PENN STATE LAW — A joint physician legal issues conference brought lawyers and physicians from across Pennsylvania to Dickinson Law to collaboratively explore health law issues. Hosted by the Pennsylvania Medical Society and Pennsylvania Bar Association Sept. 13-14, 2019, the Pennsylvania Physicians’ Legal Issues Conference featured keynotes by Rachel Levine, Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Hank Chambers, an expert in constitutional and criminal law, was recently appointed to Governor Ralph Northam’s newly formed Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The Commission is tasked with reviewing the Virginia Acts of Assembly and the Code of Virginia “with the goal of identifying and making recommendations to…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Chiara Giorgetti will spend her sabbatical semester as Scholar-in-Residence at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, D.C. Established in 1966, the ICSID is the only global institution dedicated to international investment dispute settlement. Professor Giorgetti is the second scholar to hold this position.
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TIME — Daniel Markovits (Yale Law) argues that elite universities are more concerned with their “elite” status and thus do not provide equitable opportunities to lower income students. Markovits argues that instead of being elite, universities should aim to be equitable.
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CATHOLIC UNIV. COLUMBUS LAW — The United States Senate confirmed Catholic Law Professor Robert Destro as the next Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Destro’s new role at the State Department is tasked with promoting democracy, civic and religious freedom around the world.
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THE DENVER POST — Processing times for citizenship applications in Colorado have doubled in the past three years, contributing to a backlog that leaves hopeful residents in limbo for up to 22 months. The findings came from a new report, headed by Professor Ming Chen (Univ. of Colorado Law) from the Colorado State Advisory Committee…
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COLORADO LAW — The University of Colorado Law School congratulates Associate Professor Margot Kaminski for receiving the Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for her work on artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy, and human decision making.
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