Southwestern Law Dean and former AALS Executive Director Susan Westerberg Prager to be honored at ‘persons of the year’ dinner

October 10, 2017

METROPOLITAN NEWS-ENTERPRISE – Southwestern Law School Dean Susan Westerberg Prager has been designated by the Metropolitan News-Enterprise as a 2017 “persons of the year.”

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UC Berkeley Law adds former federal judge and MLK advisor to faculty

October 10, 2017

DAILY CALIFORNIAN – UC Berkeley School of Law alumnus Thelton Henderson, a former federal judge and active member of the Civil Rights Movement, is leaving the bench and returning to his alma mater.

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George Washington University Law professor nominated to serve as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

October 10, 2017

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Professor Gregory E. Maggs, Arthur Selwyn Miller Research Professor, is one of two law professors to be nominated as a judicial candidate.

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Houston Law Center professor testifies before Senate Finance Committee

October 10, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER – Professor Bret Wells testified before the Senate Finance Committee on international taxation as part of ongoing efforts to reform business tax laws.

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Georgia State Law’s Investor Advocacy Clinic to present to SEC meeting

October 10, 2017

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY – Representatives from the Investor Advocacy Clinic will present to the Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee.

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Tulane Law professor receives role model award from Young Leadership Council

October 10, 2017

TULANE UNIVERSITY – Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, was honored with a Young Leadership Council Role Model Award for his work in the New Orleans community.

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Southwestern Law professor volunteers in legal clinic aimed at helping beneficiaries of DACA

October 10, 2017

LOS ANGELES TIMES – Julia Vazquez, an immigration law professor at Southwestern Law School, and several other volunteer attorneys were holding a legal clinic for beneficiaries of DACA.

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Brooklyn Law contributes to outreach efforts assisting state’s immigrant population

October 10, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – Students, faculty, and staff headed to the village of Brewster to provide free legal screenings for immigrants at a Community Legal Clinic.

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UMass Law names Eric Mitnick as Dean

October 10, 2017

SOUTH COAST TODAY – Eric Mitnick has been named dean of the UMass School of Law after leading the Commonwealth’s only public law school to American Bar Association accreditation as interim dean.

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Founding University of North Texas Law Dean Royal Furgeson to step down

October 10, 2017

DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE – Royal Furgeson will step down from his position of dean of the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law effective June 30, 2018.

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