University of Mississippi Law Professor Michelle Hanlon addresses U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

March 4, 2019

OLE MISS LAW — Michelle Hanlon, associate director for the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, and instructor at the UM School of Law, addressed the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on Feb. 14 in Vienna.

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Cornell Law professor Muna Ndulo appointed to U.N. Secretary General’s Civil Society Board

March 4, 2019

CORNELL LAW — Professor Muna Ndulo has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to the Civil Society Advisory Board. The new board was created by the Secretary General as part of his strategy “to combat sexual exploitation and abuse alleged to have been perpetrated by those who serve this organization.”

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UC Irvine Law Professor Dan Burk awarded Weizenbaum Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research Fellowship

March 4, 2019

UCI LAW —  Dan Burk, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, has been awarded a prestigious Senior Fellowship to the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin, Germany during fall 2019.

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Boston College Law professor Ryan Williams discusses Constitutional theory at University of Houston Law Center

March 4, 2019

UH LAW CENTER — Ryan Williams, an assistant professor at Boston College Law School, questioned if a strict interpretive Constitutional theory should be adapted in his presentation “Should Lower Court Judges Be Originalists?” in the Hendricks Heritage Room last week.

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University of Baltimore Law Professor Natalie Ram delivers presentation on genetic data and privacy at Houston Law Center

March 4, 2019

UH LAW CENTER — Natalie Ram, an assistant professor at University of Baltimore School of Law, argued that consumers should have a reasonable expectation of privacy from law enforcement surveillance even if they have made their genetic data available to genealogical or other consumer genetic third-party services.

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American Law Institute announces Early Career Scholars Medal winners

February 25, 2019

AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — The American Law Institute will award its Early Career Scholars Medal to Professors Michelle Wilde Anderson of Stanford Law School and David Pozen of Columbia Law School. The award recognizes outstanding law professors whose work is relevant to public policy

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William & Mary Law professor recognized with faculty award by Virginia higher education group

February 25, 2019

WILLIAM & MARY LAW — Two William & Mary faculty members received the state’s highest honor for professors, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) announced today.

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A look at Wake Forest Law’s campus sustainability initiatives

February 25, 2019

OLD GOLD & BLACK — On July 1, 2019, environmental lawyer Scott Schang will join Wake Forest School of Law as Professor of the Practice of environmental law. He will also be the director of an innovative, non-litigation clinic on environmental law. 

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Mitchell Hamline Law Associate Dean Peter Knapp named interim president and dean of school

February 25, 2019

MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — The Mitchell Hamline board of trustees has selected Professor Peter B. Knapp, currently associate dean for academic affairs, to become interim president and dean of the law school beginning July 1.

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Columbia Law professors discuss how data analytics and artificial intelligence are shaping the study and practice of the law

February 25, 2019

COLUMBIA LAW — A revolution is underway in the legal world as powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are redefining what it means to be a lawyer. Using machine learning, lawyers can now rapidly review and analyze complex deals and even predict how judges will rule.

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