Cornell Law Professor Zachary Clopton discusses multi-district litigation at University of Houston Law Center
UH LAW CENTER — An expert in civil procedure said that attempts to devise specific rules and procedures about multi-district litigation are often misguided because not all cases present the same challenges. Zachary Clopton, an associate professor at Cornell Law School, made his remarks during his talk.
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AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — Richard L. Hasen of UC Irvine School of Law has been added as a Reporter to one of ALI’s newest project, Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies. He will be joining Douglas Laycock of The University of Texas School of Law and UVA School of Law.
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UC IRVINE LAW — Acclaimed First Amendment scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California, Irvine’s School of Law, has donated his personal and professional records to the UCI Libraries.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW — On Feb. 20, in Timbs v. Indiana, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously vacated a lower court ruling. In doing so, it decided that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is applicable to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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PENN STATE LAW SCHOOL — Penn State Law Professor Samuel C. Thompson, his wife, attorney Becky Thompson, and law graduate Theresa DeAngelis ’18 co-authored an article, “Antitrust Analysis of Pennsylvania Hospital Mergers and the Efficiency Defense,” in the current issue of the The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly.
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UVA LAW — “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law and hosted by Dean Risa Goluboff and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06, launches today with help from two stars in the law world.
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY — Georgia State Law Professor Douglas Yarn has incorporated innovative aspects of learning to his mediation seminar and alternate dispute resolution (ADR) course to help enhance student’s practical experience. Students compare what they are learning in class with how practicing attorneys approach mediation and ADR.
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STANFORD NEWS — The American Law Institute (ALI) will honor law Professor Michelle Wilde Anderson with its Early Career Scholars Medal. The medal recognizes outstanding law professors whose work is relevant to public policy
Read More about Stanford Law professor honored with American Law Institute Early Career Scholars MedalUniversity of Mississippi Law Professor Michelle Hanlon addresses U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
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 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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