University of Houston president honors law school staff

September 16, 2019

UNIV. OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Two members of the University of Houston Law Center staff were honored with President’s Excellence Awards Wednesday for their outstanding work and dedication to the students and faculty they serve. University President Renu Khator honored Kristen Guiseppi as an “Effective Leader” and Elaine Fiala in the “Clerical” category during

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Indiana University McKinney Law professor McCabe launches weekly environmental news podcast

September 16, 2019

IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY LAW — U McKinney Professor of Practice Janet McCabe and colleagues at The Media School at Indiana University are collaborating on a new, weekly environmental news podcast from the Environmental Resilience Institute. “In This Climate,” covers environmental and climate change related topics, from wildfires to coffee agriculture, with a focus on

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University of Kentucky Law professor Joshua Douglas honored with teaching award

September 16, 2019

UK LAW — Joshua A. Douglas, Thomas P. Lewis Professor of Law, is the recipient of the 2019 Duncan Teaching Award at the University of Kentucky College of Law.

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University of Oregon Law professor Kristen Bell releases study on race and parole

September 16, 2019

AROUND THE O — Professor Kristen Bell (Univ. of Oregon Law) released a study, A Stone of Hope: Legal and Empirical Analysis of California Juvenile Lifer Parole Decisions. The study reveals that the odds of being granted parole are weighed heavily in the favor of non-black candidates and those who lack private attorneys.

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Stetson Law professor Luz Estella Nagle selected for Fulbright Award

September 16, 2019

STETSON UNIVERSITY TODAY — The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board awarded Professor Luz Estella Nagle of Stetson University College of Law the Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Program award to Spain, in the field of international law.

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University of Tennessee Law professor Wendy Bach advises White House on drug addiction policy

September 16, 2019

UNIV. OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE LAW — Anne Hazlett, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s senior advisor for rural affairs, visited the University of Tennessee as part of her outreach to the nation’s rural communities. Hazlett sought the advice of Professor Wendy Bach (University of Tennessee Law) and other community leaders to provide

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University of Utah Law professor Robin Kundis Craig delivers water law lecture at University of Kansas Law

September 16, 2019

THE UNIV. OF KANSAS — Professor Robin Kundis Craig will explore the law and policy surrounding water law topics when she delivers the Distinguished Water Law Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Law. Craig will present “Water, Federal Agencies and the Federal Courts: A Flood That’s Cresting?” at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in

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University of Utah Law hosts debate on Second Amendment issues related to gun ownership

September 16, 2019

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — The University of Utah will host the 36th Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate, which focuses on asking whether the Second Amendment only protects gun rights within someone’s home, or not.

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Fordham Law debuts Center for Judicial Engagement and Clerkships

September 11, 2019

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School announced the new launch of the Center for Judicial Engagement & Clerkships (CJEC) led by Professor Daniel J. Capra as faculty director and Suzanne M. Endrizzi ’96 as assistant dean.

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Digest of recent law school faculty moves and hires

September 11, 2019

AALS — Compilation of recent law school faculty moves and hires in the news.

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