A look at the tenure of outgoing University of Miami Law Dean Patricia White

May 1, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — When Patricia “Trish” White became dean of the University of Miami School of Law in June 2009, she was faced with an unprecedented challenge. Fortunately, the new dean was able to come up with an effective solution that allowed Miami Law to deliver high-quality courses without overly straining the school’s resources.

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University of Houston Law Center students provide online pro-bono legal aid through new initiative

May 1, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER —  Lawyering Skills and Strategies faculty at the University of Houston Law Center recently paired practicing local attorneys with Law Center students to provide free legal assistance to low-income Texans through the online platform Texas Legal Answers.

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Research from University at Buffalo Law Professor Christine Bartholomew informed state legislation to protect children from abuse

May 1, 2019

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW — Protections for at-risk children in New York would be strengthened, and guidelines for clergy members made clearer, under newly proposed legislation that grew in part from research by Associate Professor Christine Pedigo Bartholomew.

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American University Washington College of Law Professor Walter Effross appointed to committee to update Uniform Commercial Code

May 1, 2019

AMERICAN UNIVERSIY — On Saturday, March 30, the American University Washington College of Law’s (AUWCL) Office of Diversity and Inclusion sponsored the 23rd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law.

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Santa Clara Law Professor Catherine Sandoval moderates panel on modernizing the communications grid

April 28, 2019

SANTA CLARA LAW — Catherine Sandoval will be the moderator for a California Public Utilities Commission panel on the Communications Grid of the future on May 20, 2019. Professor Sandoval’s panel is titled “Affordability and Access”

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Experts see increased collaboration between law schools and technology programs

April 24, 2019

LAW.COM — Northwestern Pritzker Law Professor Dan Linna and Kristian Hammond (Engineering) are developing interdisciplinary course work with two goals in mind: to build technology products that make the law more efficient and accessible, and to help shape legal technologies before they emerge in society with unintended consequences.

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UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler honored with Scribes Book Award for ‘We the Corporations’

April 22, 2019

UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law professor Adam Winkler has won the 2019 Scribes Book Award for his celebrated exploration of corporate personhood, We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights

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Chicago-Kent Law selects Anita Krug as new dean

April 22, 2019

ILLINOIS TECH NEWS — Illinois Institute of Technology has named Anita K. Krug, D. Wayne and Anne Gittinger Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, as the new dean of Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Florida A&M Law names Nicola Boothe Perry interim dean

April 22, 2019

TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — Florida A&M University Provost Maurice Edington Tuesday named Nicola Boothe Perry interim dean of the College of Law, replacing LeRoy Pernell, who was appointed interim in May 2017.

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Fordham Law Professor Robin Lenhardt named Law and Public Affairs Fellow at Princeton University

April 22, 2019

FORDHAM LAW — Fordham Law professor Robin A. Lenhardt has been named a 2019–2020 fellow in Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA). Lenhardt is also the founder and faculty director of Fordham Law’s Center on Race, Law & Justice

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