Georgetown Law receives grant for tech law initiative
GEORGETOWN LAW — Georgetown Law Associate Dean and Professor Paul Ohm and Alexandra Givens, founding executive director of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy, have won a $36,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) for their initiative “Building Bridges: Strengthening Cross-Disciplinary Connections in Computer Science and Law.”
Read More about Georgetown Law receives grant for tech law initiativeHarvard Law clinics recognized by Boston Bar Association for housing rights efforts
HARVARD LAW TODAY — In September, two Harvard Law School clinics and their community partner organizations were recognized by the Boston Bar Association (BBA) for their collaborative efforts to fight housing displacement in greater Boston. The award, presented annually by the BBA, recognizes “professional legal services attorneys for their outstanding work on behalf of indigent clients in…
Read More about Harvard Law clinics recognized by Boston Bar Association for housing rights effortsLewis & Clark Law journal Environmental Law releases symposium issue
LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis and Clark’s Environmental Law, the nation’s oldest law review dedicated solely to environmental issues, released Volume 49, No. 3. This issue contains scholarship from select speakers who attended the spring Environmental Law Symposium, as well as a discussion of the use of the Administrative Procedure Act as an environmental law…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law journal Environmental Law releases symposium issueNortheastern Law professor Wendy Parmet honored by American Public Health Association
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LAW — Professor Wendy E. Parmet, a nationally recognized expert on health, disability and public health law and faculty director of the law school’s Center for Health Policy and Law, has been selected as the recipient of the Highest Scoring Abstract Award by the Law Section Award Committee of the American Public Health Association (APHA) for…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Wendy Parmet honored by American Public Health AssociationNortheastern Law highlights the work of professor Patricia Williams in contract law
NORTHEASTERN — Williams is a lawyer who has authored several books on critical race theory and gender theory, and has a long-running monthly column in the political and cultural magazine The Nation. She’s working on two more books about our unique global, political moment (and hosting a conversation at Northeastern about it Thursday).
Read More about Northeastern Law highlights the work of professor Patricia Williams in contract lawPenn Law professor Elizabeth Pollman explores governance of start-up companies in new research
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW — As venture-backed startup companies comprise an increasingly important segment of the American business landscape, an article by Elizabeth Pollman closely examines the unique challenges involved in governing such companies within the framework of existing corporate law. The article provides an in-depth analysis of the governance problems in venture-backed startups throughout the companies’…
Read More about Penn Law professor Elizabeth Pollman explores governance of start-up companies in new researchSanta Clara Law professor David Sloss acknowledged with honor society book award
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW — David Sloss is a winner of the fortieth annual Alpha Sigma Nu Book Awards for his book, The Death of Treaty Supremacy: An Invisible Constitutional Change. This year’s category was Professional Studies, and Professor Sloss’s book won in the category of the law. He is the fifth winner from Santa Clara…
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor David Sloss acknowledged with honor society book awardTexas A&M Law professor Peter Yu presents scholarship at academic conferences and institutions in Asia
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — This past summer, Professor Peter K. Yu, the director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law, visited different parts of Asia to expand the Law School’s academic and research ties. He presented his latest scholarship on intellectual property, big data, artificial…
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor Peter Yu presents scholarship at academic conferences and institutions in AsiaTexas A&M Law professor Michael Z. Green elected to National Academy of Arbitrators
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Michael Z. Green, director of the Texas A&M Workplace Law Program and member of the Aggie Dispute Resolution Program faculty, was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators, the official organization of labor and employment arbitrators in the United States and Canada, considered a major…
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor Michael Z. Green elected to National Academy of ArbitratorsAlbany Law dean Alicia Ouellette presents at U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Dean Ouellette was invited by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Catalina Devandas Aguilar, to participate in the Expert Group Meeting on bioethics and disability. The group of 16 panelists—many of whom live with a disability themselves—dug deep into those issues over the course of two…
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