University of Maine Law professor Jennifer Wriggins to advise American Law Institute on torts

September 3, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LAW — Professor Jennifer Wriggins (University of Maine Law) was recently selected to serve as an advisor of the American Law Institute’s project, Restatement of the Law Third Torts: Concluding Provisions.

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UMass Law professor Rick Peltz-Steele looks at pop culture as a teaching tool in new publication

September 3, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — Professor Rick Peltz-Steele (UMass Law) has authored a chapter in a new book, The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture. Professor Peltz-Steele’s chapter talks specifically about using popular culture as a teaching aid in the 1L Torts class.

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University of Missouri-Kansas City Law students hear from wrongfully convicted man freed through work of school’s clinic

September 3, 2019

KSHB CHANNEL 41 NEWS — Students from Sean O’Brien’s (University of Missouri-Kansas Law) courses worked directly on the case of Ricky Kidd. O’Brien and his students proved Kidd’s innocence, and he was released from prison earlier this month.

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Penn Law professor Cary Coglianese testifies before Philadelphia Refinery Advisory Group

September 3, 2019

PENN LAW — Professor Coglianese (Penn Law) testified before the Philadelphia Refinery Advisory Group. His testimony came after a recent explosion that destroyed the refinery’s alkylation unit. Following the explosion, Philadelphia Energy Solutions decided to close down the plant entirely.

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UC Irvine Law recognizes recent scholarship of professor Summer Kim

August 26, 2019

UC IRVINE LAW — UCI Law congratulates Professor Summer Kim (UCI Law) on the reprinting of her paper “Corporate Long Arms” in the Corporate Practice Commentator (CPC).

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Q and A with Fred Rooney, founder of CUNY Law’s legal incubator

August 26, 2019

LAW 360 — Interview with Fred Rooney on closing the justice gap with legal incubators (lawyers who want to serve low and middle-income people getting community-based practices off the ground).

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University of Houston Law professor Lauren Simpson honored by Association of Legal Writing Directors for service

August 26, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Associate Professor Lauren Simpson was honored recently with the 2019 Outstanding Service Award from the Association of Legal Writing Directors at its biennial conference in Boston.

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University of Houston Law event analyzes recent U.S. Supreme Court term

August 26, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center professors and members of the local legal community recently unpacked the 2018-2019 U.S. Supreme Court term during a continuing legal education session. The opening discussion analyzed Nieves v. Bartlett and Flowers v. Mississippi, and was led by Law Center Professors Peter Linzer and George

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University of Houston Law’s Denney Wright presents at London School of Economics

August 26, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor of Practice Denney Wright served as a guest lecturer at the London School of Economics last week as part of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law’s summer energy program.

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University of Maryland Law professor Robert Percival honored by ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources Law

August 26, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — Professor Robert Percival (University of Maryland Law) has been named the winner of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award by the ABA’s Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER) Law.

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