Former Justice Department Official to Head UCLA Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law

May 8, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW – Jocelyn Samuels has been selected as the new executive director of the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy.

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WVU Law professor named national Bellow Scholar by the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education

May 8, 2017

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY – Jennifer Oliva, associate professor of law and public health at West Virginia University, has been selected a Bellow Scholar by the Association of American Law Schools.

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Assistant dean at Baylor Law wins local outstanding young lawyer award

May 8, 2017

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD – Stephen Rispoli of Baylor Law School has been named the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Young Lawyer of McLennan County Award.

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Some states adopt Texas A&M Law professor’s partition law reforms

May 8, 2017

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY – Professor Thomas W. Mitchell’s Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act continues to gain traction, most recently in Hawaii and New Mexico.

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Four Harvard Law faculty members named as Radcliffe Institute Fellows

May 8, 2017

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has selected Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow and Harvard Law School Professors Samantha Power ’99, Adriaan Lanni and Intisar Rabb.

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Illinois Law professor nominated to advisory council for the Strategic Studies Quarterly

May 8, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW – Professor Jay Kesan has been nominated to the Advisory Council for the leading national security and international security scholarly journal sponsored by the U.S. military.

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UNM Law professor advocates for two bills on lactation policies for female inmates passed by New Mexico’s House and Senate

May 8, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Carol Suzuki worked with the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force to advocate for two key breastfeeding-related bills that were passed by the House and Senate.

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University of Washington Law students explore presidential power and limits in new course

May 8, 2017

SEATTLE MAGAZINE – UW Law School Professor Kathryn A. Watts and Associate Dean Sanne H. Knudsen weren’t too surprised by the interest in their new class on presidential power.

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UNC Law Dean Martin Brinkley pens personal letter in defense of Center for Civil Rights

May 8, 2017

HERALD SUN – Martin Brinkley, dean of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, is opposing a proposal to ban the school’s Center for Civil Rights and others like it from representing clients.

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