Baylor Law professor honored with award from Texas Bar Foundation

August 6, 2018

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD — Baylor Law School professor Tom Featherston, an attorney, educator and legal expert in trusts, estate and marital property law, has been honored as a recipient of the Texas Bar Foundation’s Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award.

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American University Washington College of Law Professor Michael Carroll co-authors report on scientific research open access

August 6, 2018

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law Professor Michael Carroll co-authored a consensus study report, Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research, released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Blockchain for law students website created by American University Washington College of Law professor

August 6, 2018

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — AU Washington College of Law Professor Walter Effross launched a new website filled with practical resources on blockchain and cryptocurrency. The website is just one in a series of recent efforts to demystify blockchain and related technologies.

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Presidents of Arizona Summit and WMU-Cooley Law to step down

August 6, 2018

ABA JOURNAL — Both Donald Lively, the president of Arizona Summit School of Law, and Don LeDuc, the president and dean of Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, are leaving their positions.

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Scholars from Yale Law examine opioid crisis in journal issue

July 30, 2018

YALE SCHOOL OF LAW — More than two dozen Yale professors, doctors, and students have published a series of groundbreaking articles on the opioid crisis in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

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Yale Law professor selected for Dukeminier Award

July 30, 2018

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Yale Law professor Douglas NeJaime was named a recipient of the Dukeminier Award. The awards recognize the best sexual orientation and gender identity law review articles of the year and are published in a volume together.

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Yale Law professor cited by federal judge in supervised release ruling

July 30, 2018

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Yale Law Professor Fiona Doherty, who is an expert on supervised release, probation, and parole, had her work cited in a ruling from the Eastern District of New York.

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Yale Law associate professor cited in Georgia Supreme Court due process case

July 30, 2018

YALE LAW SCHOOL — Yale Law Clinical Associate Professor Marisol Orihuela was cited but the Georgia Supreme Court in a recent ruling, which held that a defendant’s due process rights were violated by automatic detention.

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WMU-Cooley Law President discusses vision for the school

July 30, 2018

DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — WMU-Cooley Law president Don LeDuc is credited with making the law school more open and inclusive, by broadening access to the university while also keeping the standards rigorous.

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Wake Forest School of Law professor Michael Green will receive ABA law professor award

July 30, 2018

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest Law professor Michael Green will receive the 2018 Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award from the ABA. The award honors professors who have shown commitment to the advancement of justice, scholarship and the legal profession.

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