Kimberly Mutcherson named co-dean of Rutgers Law
RUTGERS — Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon announces the appointment of Kimberly Mutcherson, a noted bioethics and health law scholar and higher education leader, as co-dean of the Rutgers Law School in Camden.
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TEXAS A&M LAW — TAMU Law’s senior lecturer and director of the low income tax clinic, Bob Probasco, is the principal drafter for comments submitted to the U.S. Tax Court by the Tax Section of the State Bar.
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TEXAS A&M LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Thomas Mitchell helps craft legislation signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott regarding heirs’ property law. The legislation will provide “enhanced” property protections to low- and middle-income families.
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TEXAS A&M LAW — The Texas A&M University Division of Research has awarded Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat a 2019 PESCA Grant of $10,000. Vishnubhakat received the grant through a competitive peer-review process.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — I read with interest Samuel Moyn’s “Law Schools Are Bad for Democracy”. Moyn teaches at Yale Law School, and he’s very critical of what happens there says it all. His critique, while heartfelt, is not, as he himself acknowledges, particularly new;
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — In the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, Samuel Moyn is correct that introspection about the purpose and ethical objectives of law schools is called for. But Moyn also missteps, resorting to navel gazing as he contemplates “What is law school for?
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Yale Law School, where I teach, was roiled by the confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh. The usual disagreements about the politics of the day that are healthy in any community were exacerbated by a sense that this was not just one more…
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AAUP — American Association of University Professors has authorized an investigation into apparent departures from widely adopted standards of shared governance at Vermont Law School.
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UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law lecturer Joshua Groban has been named to a seat on the California Supreme Court. An expert in white-collar criminal law, civil litigation and appellate law, Groban has taught at UCLA Law since 2014.
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WMU COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School has appointed Amy Timmer to be interim dean effective October 22, 2018. The appointment was announced to faculty and staff by WMU-Cooley’s Interim President Jeffrey Martlew, who assumed office September 1, 2018.
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