University of Tennessee Law launches Vol Talk program to connect students with each other
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The space – offered during special events at the College of Law – is simple, with a few chairs beneath a “Vol Talk” banner, a bright orange rug, and a table bearing small orange boxes that contain conversation-starting prompts. The Vol Talk space is designed to be an open forum for…
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YALE LAW — Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and partners won a major ruling in federal court last month for the constitutional rights of people sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as children and who, after serving the minimum sentence required by the legislature, are denied parole despite showing clear signs of…
Read More about Yale Law professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann wins parole rights case in federal courtNearly 300 law professors sign amicus brief on protecting insanity defense
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW — In the Supreme Court case, Kahler v. Kansas, Petitioner seeks to overturn the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision permitting abolition of the state’s insanity defense. University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Stephen J. Morse and University of Virginia School of Law Professor Richard J. Bonnie have co-authored an amicus brief on…
Read More about Nearly 300 law professors sign amicus brief on protecting insanity defenseAmerican University Washington College of Law launches program on technology law and security
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is proud to announce its Tech, Law, Security Program (TLS), a new initiative that seeks to tackle challenges that emerge at the intersection of law and technology. The Program – founded by AUWCL Professor Jennifer Daskal, world-renown tech policy and national security…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law launches program on technology law and securityFrancis J. Aquila elected to chairman of Brooklyn Law Board of Trustees
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Francis J. Aquila ’83, a preeminent leader in M&A and corporate governance law, has been elected Chairman of Brooklyn Law School’s Board of Trustees. Aquila, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell since 1992, has been a member of the Board since 2008, serving as Vice Chair since 2014. He follows Stuart Subotnick…
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UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) will host a panel discussion called, “Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Forum.” UCI Law faculty will be leading the conversation on critically important issues surrounding AI.
Read More about UC Irvine Law to host Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice ForumQ&A with Karen McCarthy Woolf, new Fulbright Scholar at UCLA Law Promise Institute for Human Rights
UCLA — Celebrated British poet Karen McCarthy Woolf, recently named a Fulbright All Disciplines Scholar, is settling in for a residency at UCLA, bringing her poet’s eye to the work of students and faculty at UCLA School of Law’s Promise Institute for Human Rights. Through a collaboration with UCLA’s English department, McCarthy Woolf will spend the…
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COLORADO LAW — In her new book, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution (Cambridge University Press), constitutional law scholar and Professor Helen Norton investigates the variety and abundance of government speech, from early proclamations and pamphlets to the electronic media of radio and television and to today’s digital age.
Read More about New book by University of Colorado Law professor Helen Norton looks at government speech and the constitutionUniversity of Colorado Law professor Craig Konnoth files amicus brief for Supreme Court in LGBT employment discrimination case
COLORADO LAW — Associate Professor Craig Konnoth, as counsel of record, led an effort by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Section of the American Association of Law Schools to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The brief focused…
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THE EMORY WHEEL — Amid recent controversies surrounding Emory Law School, Dean Mary Anne Bobinski addressed the use of racial slurs in class and her vision of the school’s future in an exclusive interview with the Wheel. Bobinski became the first woman dean in the school’s 103-year history on Aug. 1 of this year. She will…
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