UCLA Law professor Steven Bank explores legal and governance issues surrounding soccer

July 15, 2019

UCLA NEWSROOM — UCLA Law Professor Steven Bank focuses much of his writing and teaching on the law and history of taxation, corporate governance and executive compensation. But he also kicks out scholarly essays on legal issues involving soccer’s governing bodies, including FIFA.

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UCLA Law professor Richard Steinberg appointed to national environmental trade policy advisory committee

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law professor Richard Steinberg has been appointed to a position on the Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee, a group that counsels and makes recommendations to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

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Columbia Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic director Elora Mukherjee testifies on conditions at Texas detention center

July 15, 2019

TEXAS LAWYER — Columbia Law Professor Elora Mukherjee, who heads the Immigrants Rights Clinic, is set to testify Friday before a congressional committee about the “urgent humanitarian crisis” she, fellow lawyers and doctors found when they visited a Texas detention center packed with migrant children.

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Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman discusses role on Facebook oversite board

July 15, 2019

FAST COMPANY — This year, Facebook released a draft charter for the oversight board to oversee its content moderation decisions. Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman, who is the main architect of Facebook’s plan, discusses the details of his plan and some of the problems it is likely to face.

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Northeastern Law professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand releases book on reforming urban small business policies

July 15, 2019

NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern Law Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand argues one way forward for struggling businesses in America’s inner cities is to encourage collaboration among locally-operated businesses in her new book, Collaborative Capitalism in American Cities: Reforming Urban Market Regulations.

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University of Richmond Law professor Andrew Spalding receives grant for anti-corruption research related to Olympic games

July 15, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — University of Richmond Law Professor Andrew Spalding has received a research grant from the International Olympic Committee to support his research project “France’s Implementation of the Host-City Contract’s New Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Provisions: Implications for Development and Legacy in France and Beyond.” Spalding is chairing the Olympics Compliance Task Force.

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Albany Law School helps address rural lawyer shortage in New York state through task force leadership

July 8, 2019

HUDSON VALLEY 360 — A task force has been set up to look at the state of rural law practices across New York to determine if there is a lack of sufficient legal services. The task force will be co-chaired by Taier Perlman, a staff attorney at Albany Law School’s Government Law Center.

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Elon Law professor Tiffany Atkins awarded legal writing scholarship grant

July 8, 2019

ELON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Elon Law Professor Tiffany Atkins ’11 is one of four recipients of a 2019 Legal Writing Scholarship Grant. Her research will explore how young law students’ beliefs on social justice and equality, fiscal conservatism, and a desire to make a difference will change the landscape of legal education.

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American Antitrust Institute honors Wayne Law professor Stephen Calkins

July 8, 2019

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Wayne State Law School Professor Stephen Calkins is the 2019 recipient the prestigious Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement from the American Antitrust Institute. Calkins, a long-time Wayne Law faculty member, received the award at AAI’s 20th Annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 20.

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Willamette Law professor Warren Binford discusses her work interviewing children detained at U.S. border

July 8, 2019

WILLAMETTE WEEK — Willamette Law Professor Warren Binford visited children being held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Clint, Texas, igniting a new round of recriminations about the way the Trump administration is treating immigrant children.

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