Creighton Law professor David P. Weber researches the legal structures of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ and the modern rule of law
NEWSWIRE — Creighton Law Professor David P. Weber looks at the legal structures in the Game of Thrones. With the season premier set for April 14, Weber offers an interesting analysis on the legal topics presented in the fictitious epic, highlighting their stark differences and startling similarities to our current laws and customs.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve Law Professor Cassandra Robertson’s article “The Right to Appeal” was recently cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion. Her article was cited in Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in the recently published case, Garza v. Idaho.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law Professor Amanda Frost has been selected as a recipient of the 2019 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. During the fellowship, Frost will be working on her forthcoming book, Unmaking Americans: A History of Citizenship Stripping in the United States.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — O’Rourke succeeds Professor Kim Diana Connolly, who led the Advocacy Institute for two years. He says he hopes to build on the strengths that have been developed in the Institute, which is comprised of a panoply of programs designed to build students’ skills in client advocacy.
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DREXEL LAW — Trustee Professor of Law Amy Boss led three seminars at the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Summit II, hosted by the School of Business at American University in Cairo.
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LAW.COM — Shon Hopwood’s improbable journey from federal inmate to professor at Georgetown University Law Center hit another high this week when President Donald Trump—during a White House celebration Monday—credited the convicted bank robber with helping enact a major federal criminal reform bill.
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NEWSWISE — Newly published research by John Ruple, a research professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, contains the first and only comprehensive review of every prior national monument reductions that occurred as a result of presidential action.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — Dean Camille Nelson was named among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. Nelson is the only law school dean on the list that features 11 university and college presidents, several vice presidents and provosts, among other exceptional professors and administrators.
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BROOKLYN LAW — Professor David Reiss, an expert in Real Estate Finance and Consumer Finance Law and founding director of the Law School’s Community Development Clinic, has been appointed Chair of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board by Mayor Bill de Blasio
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UCLA NEWSROOM — Amid a long-running financial crisis aggravated by recession and the ravages of hurricanes Maria and Irma, Puerto Rico and its bondholders have reached a deal that will bring billions of dollars of relief to the island’s economy, thanks in substantial part to two UCLA School of Law professors.
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