Rutgers Law School professor emeritus wins award from AALS Clinical Section

December 12, 2016

RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL – Professor Frank Askin, who retired in May after 50 years at Rutgers Law School, has won the national Association of American Law Schools, Clinical Section’s William Pincus Award for outstanding service and commitment to clinical education.

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University of Arkansas Law professor appointed as San Francisco Immigration Court judge

December 12, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – The United States Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review has appointed Elizabeth L. Young, associate professor of law, as a judge to the San Francisco Immigration Court.

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Dean Emeritus at Pace Law awarded honor medal from National Institute of Social Sciences

December 12, 2016

BROOKFIELD DAILY VOICE – The National Institute of Social Sciences has awarded Richard L. Ottinger, retired U.S. Representative and Dean Emeritus at Pace Univeristy’ Elisabeth Haub School of Law, with the Institute’s Gold Honor Medal for 2016.

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Outgoing Vermont Attorney General to be visiting scholar for Vermont Law School’s U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law

December 12, 2016

VT DIGGER – Outgoing Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell is set to join the faculty of Vermont Law School in January as a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Asia Partnerships for Environmental Law.

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SLU Law names William P Johnson as new dean

December 5, 2016

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO – Saint Louis University has named William P. Johnson, a member of its faculty since 2012, as the new dean of its law school.

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Hawai’i Law names law professor as new director of Pacific-Asian Legal Studies program

December 5, 2016

MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES – Professor Mark A. Levin, a Japanese law specialist on the William S. Richardson Law School faculty since 1997, has been named director of the Law School’s Pacific-Asian Legal Studies.

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New SLU Law Dean William P Johnson shares hope to expand international offerings

December 5, 2016

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH – When St. Louis University’s new law school dean takes the reins next month, he plans to hit the ground running on an issue that’s important to him: recruiting more international students.

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Hofstra Law Dean Eric Law to step down, Judge A. Gail Prudenti selected as interim dean

December 5, 2016

MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY – The Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, executive director of the law school’s Center for Children, Families and the Law and senior associate dean for operations, has been appointed interim dean.

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University of Arkansas Little Rock Law dean to step down from position

December 5, 2016

ARKANSAS TIMES – Michael Schwartz, dean of UALR’s Bowen School of Law, has announced he’s stepping down as dean June 30 to go to a full-time teaching position.

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IIT Chicago-Kent Law professor wins award from American Society for Legal History for best article

December 5, 2016

IIT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW – The American Society for Legal History has awarded Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Christopher Schmidt the 2016 Surrency Prize for the best article published in the society’s 2015 edition of its journal Law and History Review.

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