Cardozo Law appoints law professor as vice dean
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Myriam Gilles has been appointed vice dean of Cardozo School of Law for a one-year term effective August 29, 2016.
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION – The American Civil Liberties Union has tapped David Cole, a leading constitutional law expert and litigator, to become its National Legal Director.
Read More about Georgetown Law professor named national legal director of ACLUIdaho Law professor works on effort to build planning and land use law capacity within region
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO – Professor Stephen R. Miller at the University of Idaho College of Law and Idaho Smart Growth are teaming up to create the Citizens Planning Academy.
Read More about Idaho Law professor works on effort to build planning and land use law capacity within regionNorthern Illinois University Law professor testifies in public hearing before Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – NIU College of Law Clinical Professor Paul J. Cain testified on July 8, 2016 at a public hearing before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee in support of Proposal 15-05.
Read More about Northern Illinois University Law professor testifies in public hearing before Illinois Supreme Court Rules CommitteeTemple Law appoints Gregory N. Mandel as interim dean
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY – Gregory N. Mandel, the Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law and associate dean for research at Temple University Beasley School of Law, has been appointed interim dean of Temple Law School, effective immediately.
Read More about Temple Law appoints Gregory N. Mandel as interim deanIndiana law school deans discuss Arizona Law’s decision to accept GRE as admissions test
INDIANA LAWYER – Indiana law school deans say they would be open to accepting someone’s Graduate Record Examination score in place of the Law School Admission Test, though most said they would need more research to prove the GRE is a valid predictor of law school success.
Read More about Indiana law school deans discuss Arizona Law’s decision to accept GRE as admissions testRutgers Law School professor shares why he banned laptops in his classroom
LAW.COM – Fed up with distracted students and plodding classroom discussions, Rutgers Law School professor Stuart Green has launched an outright ban on laptops in his courses.
Read More about Rutgers Law School professor shares why he banned laptops in his classroomAkron Law leaders discuss law school enrollment trends
AKRON LEGAL NEWS – Nolan James, the law school’s director of admissions, indicated that Akron Law was initially on track with the national trend — but the school brought in a large incoming class in 2015 and is expected to experience another increase in enrollment this fall.
Read More about Akron Law leaders discuss law school enrollment trendsIndiana McKinney Law Dean Andrew R. Klein shares views on legal education and the profession
OKLAHOMA LEGAL GROUP – Dean Klein participated in the law deans interview series and to answer questions about law school and the legal profession.
Read More about Indiana McKinney Law Dean Andrew R. Klein shares views on legal education and the professionIn Memoriam: Stephen Zamora
HOUSTON LAW CENTER – University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Stephen Zamora, an authority on International and Mexican law, died Friday in Mexico City at the age of 72.
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