Indiana Maurer Law adds new professorship to support ethics and professionalism
INDIANA UNIVERSITY – BLOOMINGTON – A $1 million gift from Stephen F. Burns will endow a professorship in his name and allow the Indiana University Maurer School of Law to continue its innovative curricular focus on ethics and professionalism.
Read More about Indiana Maurer Law adds new professorship to support ethics and professionalismLouisville Brandeis Law narrows down finalists for dean
COURIER-JOURNAL – Duncan was one of four candidates for the job, according to information posted on U of L’s website.
Read More about Louisville Brandeis Law narrows down finalists for deanPitt Law Dean William M. Carter Jr. defends Iraqi-American faculty member
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE – The dean of the University of Pittsburgh law school said he will no longer appear on KDKA-TV programming because he believes the station failed to take appropriate action after an Iraqi-American faculty member said a producer discriminated against him.
Read More about Pitt Law Dean William M. Carter Jr. defends Iraqi-American faculty memberUniversity of St. Thomas Law Dean Robert K. Vischer calls for Trump administration to keep funding for civil legal aid
STAR TRIBUNE – “Far from being a prudent candidate for elimination, legal aid is a government initiative that promotes individual empowerment and self-reliance — two values that loomed large in President Trump’s campaign and still garner support across the partisan divide.”
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law Dean Robert K. Vischer calls for Trump administration to keep funding for civil legal aidStetson Law to bestow inaugural advocacy teaching award to Akron Law’s mock trial program director
STETSON UNIVERSITY – Stetson University College of Law’s Center for Excellence in Advocacy is honoring Lawrence Sutter with the inaugural Cornerstone Award during its Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference.
Read More about Stetson Law to bestow inaugural advocacy teaching award to Akron Law’s mock trial program directorUNC Law dean halts new cases in civil rights center pending Board of Governors review
HERALD SUN – The dean of UNC-Chapel Hill’s law school has signaled he won’t allow its Center for Civil Rights to “initiate or join any new litigation” pending the outcome of a Board of Governors policy debate.
Read More about UNC Law dean halts new cases in civil rights center pending Board of Governors reviewPodcast: AALS President Paul Marcus discusses the modern legal education landscape with the National Center for State Courts
COURTTALK – Professor Marcus talks about the declining number of applicants for law school, but the increasing quality of students.
Read More about Podcast: AALS President Paul Marcus discusses the modern legal education landscape with the National Center for State CourtsLoyola Law New Orleans names Judge Madeleine Landrieu as new dean
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS – Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Madeleine M. Landrieu has been named the new dean of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
Read More about Loyola Law New Orleans names Judge Madeleine Landrieu as new deanYale Law names Heather Gerken as new law school dean
YALE LAW SCHOOL – Professor Heather Gerken, the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, has been selected as the next Dean of Yale Law School.
Read More about Yale Law names Heather Gerken as new law school deanJohn DiPippa named interim dean of University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law
ARKANSAS TIMES – UALR Chancellor Andrew Rogerson told staff that law professor John DiPippa would serve as interim dean of the Bowen School of Law while a search is made for a permanent dean.
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