Dmitry Bam to serve as interim dean of University of Maine Law
PRESS HERALD — The University of Maine system has selected the associate dean of its law school to serve as interim dean. Dmitry Bam, the University of Maine School of Law’s associate dean, will begin his new position on July 1.
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ASU NOW — Land conservation may seem like a simple enough formula: Set aside land, then protect it. But climate change is complicating land conservation practices because of how it alters land over time. Among other things, climate change is raising new questions about perpetual conservation easements
Read More about Team of law and environmental science professors win ASU Morrison Prize for climate change researchA scholar of environmental politics joins Columbia Law faculty
COLUMBIA LAW — By his social media feeds, you shall know him. Jedediah “Jed” Purdy, who joined the Columbia Law faculty in January as a professor of law after 15 years at Duke Law School, shares a steady stream of posts on multiple channels about his professional activities, political views, and personal passions.
Read More about A scholar of environmental politics joins Columbia Law facultySan Diego Law faculty receive 2019-20 top professor awards
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — University of San Diego Vice President and Provost Gail F. Baker, PhD, has announced the selection of nine USD faculty members who will receive top university awards for 2019-2020 and will be formally recognized at the Faculty and Staff Fall Convocation on Sept. 13, 2019.
Read More about San Diego Law faculty receive 2019-20 top professor awardsGeorgia State University Law Professor Lisa Radtke Bliss named Fulbright Distinguished Chair
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS HUB — Lisa Radtke Bliss, clinical professor and associate dean of experiential education and clinical programs in Georgia State University’s College of Law, has been named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced.
Read More about Georgia State University Law Professor Lisa Radtke Bliss named Fulbright Distinguished ChairStanford Law names Professor Jenny S. Martinez as next dean
STANFORD NEWS — Professor Jenny S. Martinez, a scholar of international law and constitutional law who has been a member of the Stanford faculty for more than 15 years, has been named dean of Stanford Law School, Provost Persis Drell announced.
Read More about Stanford Law names Professor Jenny S. Martinez as next deanMitchell Hamline Law Professor Sharon K. Sandeen awarded Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics
MITCHELL HAMLINE — The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Sharon K. Sandeen, the Robins Kaplan Distinguished Professor in Intellectual Property Law and director of the IP Institute
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law Professor Sharon K. Sandeen awarded Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and EconomicsBlake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic year
GW HATCHET — The dean of the law school will step down at the end of the academic year, according to a University release Monday. Blake Morant, who began his tenure at the head of the law school in 2014, will return to the University as a faculty member after he goes on sabbatical
Read More about Blake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic yearLaw school deans and professors discuss why they selected the law schools they attended
NATIONAL JURIST — Today, prospective law school students have all sorts of methods to help them decide which law school would fit them best. They can reach out to pre-law advisers, alumni, current students or a bevy of social media sites. But how did some of today’s leading legal educators decide?
Read More about Law school deans and professors discuss why they selected the law schools they attendedOpinion: University of Illinois Law Dean Vikram Amar discusses the advantages of blind grading
ABOVE THE LAW — Protecting students from biased assessments of their work and the work of their peers isn’t the only advantage of blind grading.
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