American University Washington College of Law professor Michael Carroll participates in international intellectual property conference

October 30, 2019

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — American University Washington College of Law Professor Michael Carroll participated in a panel discussion on copyright exceptions and limitations to benefit education and research at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s International Conference on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions on October 18-19, 2019.

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University of Baltimore Law professor Margaret Johnson advocates for women’s health policy in international setting

October 30, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Associate Dean Margaret Johnson, director of the Bronfein Family Law Clinic and co-director of the Center on Applied Feminism, recently made a presentation based on her paper, Menstrual Justice, to the Technical Advisory Group for the Menstrual Health and Hygiene Policy Review Project, a collaboration between Columbia University and Water Supply…

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University of Baltimore Law professor Elizabeth Keyes receives Maryland Hispanic Bar Association award

October 29, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Elizabeth Keyes, director of the UB School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, received the award for Outstanding Achievement at the 26th Anniversary Gala of the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association (MHBA) on Sept. 26. In the program for the event, it was noted that Keyes’ “teaching, scholarship and practice all…

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University of Baltimore Law professor Barbara Babb discusses family courts in Singapore

October 29, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Barbara A. Babb, director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) at the UB School of Law, is in Singapore Oct. 1-2 for two invited speaking engagements — the first to the country’s judicial leadership and the second to a diverse…

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Boston College Law dean Vincent D. Rougeau nominated as AALS President-elect

October 29, 2019

BC LAW MAGAZINE — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Nominating Committee has nominated Vincent D. Rougeau, dean of Boston College Law School, to become AALS President-elect. Rougeau is a nationally recognized leader in legal education who completed a three-year term on the AALS Executive Committee in 2018. Rougeau will join two other prior…

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Boston College Law professor Patricia McCoy selected to Federal Reserve committee

October 29, 2019

BC LAW MAGAZINE — BC Law’s Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor Patricia McCoy, a rare US legal academic specializing in both insurance law and federal banking regulation, has been selected by the Federal Reserve Board as an inaugural member of its Insurance Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC). McCoy and the other 20 members of the IPAC will advise the Federal Reserve Board on…

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BYU Law creates language database to help interpret U.S. Constitution

October 29, 2019

THE DAILY UNIVERSE — This database is called the Corpus of Founding Era American English, also known as COFEA. “Corpus” refers to a collection of written texts on a particular subject. The corpus holds founding-era documents that can be used by legal professionals for free as a tool to make educated legal decisions. Based on decisions…

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Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf receives national book award

October 29, 2019

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Dean Michael Scharf and his co-author Professor Milena Sterio of CSU were the recipients of the Association Internationale de Droit Penal’s 2019 Book of the Year Award for “The Legacy of Ad Hoc Tribunals in International Criminal Law” (2019, Cambridge).

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Case Western Reserve Law clinic aids community organization in applying for non-profit status

October 29, 2019

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — With help from the CWRU Community Development Clinic, she launched a nonprofit business while playing a key role in revitalizing a Cleveland neighborhood.  Today, with help from the CWRU Law Community Development Clinic, McGee and Fegen-Herdman are ready to move out from under the wing of the SDSDC and become their…

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UC Irvine Law professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin to discuss book on women’s rights at UC Davis Law

October 29, 2019

UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that Michele Bratcher Goodwin, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Law, will deliver the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. lecture on Constitutional Law at UC Davis.  Professor Goodwin’s lecture “Policing The Womb: The Penal Risks of Pregnancy,” will take place on Wednesday,…

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