University of Virginia Law to host conference on empirical legal studies
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law will host the 16th annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, known as CELS, in 2021. Additionally, Professors Michal Barzuza, Kevin Cope and Quinn Curtis were elected to the Society for Empirical Legal Studies board of directors for three-year terms, effective Nov. 15.
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THE CAVALIER DAILY — A multidisciplinary team of faculty will be launching a new graduate class in the spring 2020 semester that focuses on problem-solving from three fields of expertise — computer science, public policy and law. The class, called Innovation in the Public Interest, will involve learning about the problems facing the intersecting space of…
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW — Among craft brewers, there’s a strong sense of local pride, and a de facto code of conduct that distinguishes their business not just from Big Beer but from other industries, as well, said Zahr Said, the UW School of Law’s associate dean of research and faculty development and professor…
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WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — Widener Commonwealth Law School students recently had the opportunity for the first time to help aspiring U.S. citizens and learn about the citizenship process as part of Catholic Charities’ Citizenship Day in Harrisburg. Eight Widener students, one alumnus and Professor Jill Family, director of the Law and Government Institute, participated in…
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — Early in the morning on Oct. 2, Willamette Law students submitted a 6,500-word report to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council on the United States’ children’s rights violations. The project was an obvious opportunity for the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic, which advances legal protections for children and provides pro bono legal representation to individual…
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — New Faculty Focus: Nina Varsava
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LAW SCHOOL — In a new book, David Schwartz chronicles 200 years in the life of McCulloch v. Maryland, a case widely regarded as one of the most important in U.S. Supreme Court history. Schwartz’s expansive legal history explores the broader debate sparked by McCulloch, the ongoing question over the scope of the federal…
Read More about University of Wisconsin Law professor David Schwartz publishes book on legacy of McCulloch v. MarylandHarvard Law professor Matthew Stephenson appointed as Eli Goldston Professor of Law
HARVARD LAW TODAY — An expert in anticorruption law, Matthew Stephenson ’03 commemorated his appointment as the Eli Goldston Professor of Law, in a lecture titled, “Corruption and Anticorruption.”
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TIMES UNION — Sarah Rogerson, director of the Immigration Law Clinic at Albany Law School, said it’s not common for many people in these camps to gain asylum status or ever see a lawyer or go in front of a judge.
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UCI LAW — UCI Law Professors Alexandra Natapoff, Kaaryn Gustafson and Mehrsa Baradaran recently donated copies of their books to a library in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho after news broke of a person deliberately hiding books at the facility.
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