UCLA Law professor wins prize from Brandeis University

November 13, 2017

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY – Kimberlé Willams Crenshaw has been selected by Brandeis University as the 2016-17 winner of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize.

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Two Syracuse Law professors say changes in first-year program helped to improve bar exam pass rate for school

November 13, 2017

DAILY ORANGE – About 92 percent of Syracuse University College of Law graduates passed the state bar exam this summer, the university recently announced, marking a two-decade high pass rate.

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University of Wisconsin emeritus law professor wins international prize in criminology

November 13, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL – Herman Goldstein, professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin Law School, will receive the 2018 Stockholm Prize in Criminology for his decades of scholarship on policing.

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Elon Law professor elected to American Law Institute

November 13, 2017

ELON UNIVERSITY – Enrique Armijo, associate dean for academic affairs and an associate professor of law, formally joined the The American Law Institute on Oct. 19, 2017.

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Pepperdine Law professor speaks at William & Mary Law School on the future of land regulation

November 13, 2017

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Shelley Ross Saxer recently spoke at a conference held at William and Mary Law School, on “The Future of Land Regulation and a Tribute to David Callies.”

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Vanderbilt Law professor named associate provost for faculty affairs

November 13, 2017

TENNESSEE BAR ASSOCIATION – Vanderbilt law professor Tracey E. George has been named associate provost for faculty affairs.

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UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to speak on free speech at Cornell Law

November 13, 2017

CORNELL CHRONICLE – Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law at the University of California, Berkeley, will address “Free Speech on Campus.”

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University of Texas Law adjunct professor announces run for Texas Attorney General

November 13, 2017

TEXAS TRIBUNE – Attorney Justin Nelson is entering the race to be the state’s top lawyer with just over a month until the candidate filing deadline for the 2018 primaries.

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Washington and Lee Law professor named director of ethics center

November 13, 2017

WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY – Brian C. Murchison, the Charles S. Rowe Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, will be the new Roger Mudd Professor of Ethics and director of the Mudd Center for Ethics.

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University of Illinois Law professor gives talk on criminal and civil juries at University of Michigan Law

November 13, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW – Professor Suja Thomas visited Michigan Law School on November 7, 2017, where she delivered a talk on The Past, Present, and Future of Criminal and Civil Juries.

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