Brooklyn Law hosts Yale Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann for discussion of book on police expansion of misdemeanor enforcement

September 24, 2018

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and Associate Professor of Sociology at Yale, discussed her recent book, Misdemeanorland: Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing at Brooklyn Law School.

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UC Irvine Law Professor Ken Simons honored by the AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems

September 17, 2018

UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law is pleased to announce that Chancellor’s Professor of Law Kenneth Simons was named the recipient of the 2019 William L. Prosser Award by the AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems.

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Brooklyn Law interim dean launches law and policy discussion series

September 17, 2018

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Interim Brooklyn Law Dean Maryellen Fullerton this month launched the new Dean’s Law and Policy Series, a monthly program that showcases faculty expertise on critical issues of the day and engages the audience in a lively Q&A.

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Profile on new University of Washington Law Dean Mario Barnes

September 11, 2018

THE SEATTLE TIMES — The new head of the University of Washington School of Law is a former prosecutor who learned from personal experience how using social identity in a court of law can have long-lasting effects on defendants.

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Former Pace Law Dean Alexandra Dunn nominated to lead EPA chemical safety office

September 11, 2018

PACE UNIVERSITY — Former dean of Pace Law’s environmental law programs Alexandra Dunn, was nominated to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Toxic Substances (EPA).

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UC Irvine Law Dean L. Song Richardson honored with ‘Be the Change’ Award

September 11, 2018

UCI Law — At the 2nd Annual Diversity & Inclusion Unity in Service Celebration, UC Irvine Law Dean L. Song Richardson received the 2018 “Be The Change” Legal Excellence Award.

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Study on university chief diversity officers and faculty hiring

September 10, 2018

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that having a chief diversity officer is not linked to significant gains in faculty diversity.

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Northwestern and Loyola Chicago law professors launch website for empirical analysis of Supreme Court oral arguments

September 5, 2018

NORTHWESTERN NOW — Tonja Jacobi of Northwestern Law and law professor Matthew Sag of Loyola University of Chicago launched ScotusOA, a website dedicated to empirical analysis of Supreme Court oral arguments.

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Georgetown Law welcomes new faculty members

September 5, 2018

GEORGETOWN LAW — Georgetown Law welcomes four new full-time faculty members for 2018-2019 — accomplished scholars in legal history, technology law, intellectual property and business who will enrich the community in numerous ways.

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ASU Law welcomes new faculty

September 5, 2018

ASU NOW — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is pleased to welcome four new faculty members for the 2018–19 school year.

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