University of Oklahoma Law librarian Darla Jackson honored for legal innovation
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LAW — Darla Jackson, research and electronic resources librarian at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, has been included in the 2019 Fastcase 50, an award that honors the nation’s top legal innovators. Her instruction emphasizes the use of online research and emerging technologies.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — University of Tennessee Law Professors Brian Krumm and Valorie Vojdik are working with the Tennessee Advisory Committee to collect data and offer advice to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as it seeks to determine whether Tennessee residents are being treated fairly in regard to legal fees and asset forfeiture.
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professors advise U.S. civil rights commission on court fees and asset forfeiture issuesTexas A&M Law professor Guillermo Garcia-Sanchez presents research on energy dispute resolution to Mexican regulators
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M Law Professor Guillermo Garcia-Sanchez presented his research on international energy dispute resolution at the Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission in late May. The Commission is an autonomous, government agency in charge of regulating, overseeing and evaluating all hydrocarbons exploration and production activities in Mexico.
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY — West Virginia Law Professors Patrick McGinley and Suzanne Weise helped secure the recent release of data that is shedding light on the national distribution of opioids. Both professors represented pro bono the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette-Mail and its parent company, HD Media, in a year-long federal court legal battle.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law Professor Julian Arato, who co-directs the Dennis J. Block Center for International Business Law, has been appointed by The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) to its prestigious Academic Council. Members of the ITA Academic Council are top academic scholars in the field of international arbitration.
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Julian Arato appointed to academic council of the Institute for Transnational ArbitrationDrexel Law professor Susan Brooks to present on experiential teaching and assessment at University of Turin
DREXEL UNIVERSITY KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Drexel Law Associate Dean Susan L. Brooks will give a presentation at the University of Turin School of Law in Italy on July 15. Brooks will discuss “Teaching and Assessing Reflective Practice Through Relational Lawyering,” a subject about which she has written numerous scholarly journals and book chapters.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Sondra R. Tennessee, the Associate Dean of Alumni and Community Relations at the University of Houston Law Center, will be working with attorneys from across the country to improve mental health wellness throughout the legal profession. Tennessee was recently reappointed to the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Program.
Read More about University of Houston Law associate dean Sondra R. Tennessee reappointed to ABA Commission on Lawyer AssistanceFormer University of Arkansas Law dean Stacy Leeds reflects on her experience
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — University of Arkansas Law Professor and dean emerita Stacy Leeds reflects on her storied career. Leeds has taught at several universities, was in the running to be principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and has served in her current position as vice chancellor for Economic Development for nearly three years.
Read More about Former University of Arkansas Law dean Stacy Leeds reflects on her experienceFormer Boston University Law dean Maureen O’Rourke named associate provost
BU TODAY — Maureen O’Rourke, former dean of Boston University School of Law, has been named associate provost for faculty affairs. In addition, O’Rourke will serve in Morrison’s Cabinet, working on such matters as faculty diversity, development, work-life balance, and the University’s equal opportunity and Title IX commitments.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cited Brooklyn Law Professor Jocelyn Simonson’s article, Beyond Body Cameras: Defending a Robust Right to Record the Police (2016) in her dissent to the majority opinion in Nieves v. Bartlett.
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