Valparaiso Law Dean Andrea Lyon responds to ABA decision to censure law school

November 28, 2016

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Remedial action requested by the ABA, and already underway, Lyon said, includes coming up with and submitting a compliance plan; submit admissions data and methodology; provide students with bar exam passage rates for the school; and notify students of the censure, as well as putting a notice on the school’s website.

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Albany Law School names new director of Government Law Center

November 28, 2016

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL – Beginning Nov. 15, Ayers will lead the first Government Law Center in the country, known for its research and analysis of local and state governments.

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Former Temple Law dean and Temple University provost describes how law school helped shape her career

November 28, 2016

PHILLY.COM – To Epps, the daughter of a secretary and a machinist, the rituals and codes of the white-collar world were mostly unknown. Each step in her career was a journey into uncharted cultural terrain.

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Duke Law’s Global Financial Markets Center names new leader

November 28, 2016

DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Lee Reiners has joined the Duke Global Financial Markets Center as director.

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Mississippi College Law names professor Patricia Bennett as Interim Dean

November 14, 2016

CLARION-LEDGER – Mississippi College School of Law professor Patricia Bennett will soon become the institution’s interim dean.

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Dean Lawrence Ponoroff discusses role at MSU Law

November 14, 2016

WKAR (NPR MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY) – Ponoroff explains how a legal education can be valuable beyond the traditional practice of law and how it’s something that can be put to work in a lot of different ways.

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Florida International Law professor elected by U.N. member states to join International Law Commission

November 14, 2016

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW – On November 3, 2016, Professor Charles C. Jalloh was elected by United Nations member states to the International Law Commission.

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IIT Chicago-Kent Law professor elected to American Law Institute

November 14, 2016

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Nancy S. Marder, professor of law and director of the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center at Chicago-Kent College of Law, has been selected as a member of the American Law Institute.

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Profile on Arkansas Law’s new associate dean for academic affairs and alumnus

November 14, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS – Over the summer, associate professor of law and alumnus William E. Foster became the newest member of that team, bringing a wide variety of knowledge and experience.

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Richmond Law professor recognized for scholarly excellence

November 14, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND – Richmond Law professor Kimberly J. Robinson is the 2016 winner of the Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law.

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