Proposed legislation in several states seeks to weaken or eliminate faculty tenure

August 20, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Over the past two years, lawmakers in at least 10 states have pushed legislation that would weaken—or outright eliminate—tenure in public colleges and universities.

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University of Florida law professor challenges state constitutionality of tenure changes

August 20, 2024

ALLIGATOR — A UF law professor joined two other state university professors July 30 in filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a controversial 2023 state law that mandates stricter and more frequent tenure reevaluations.

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University of Baltimore Law professor Mortimer Sellers elected honorary president of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

August 15, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Mortimer “Tim” Sellers, director of the UBalt Law Center for International and Comparative Law, has been elected honorary president of the International Association of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.

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University of Baltimore Law professor Aubrey Edwards-Luce named outstanding legal advocate

August 15, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Aubrey Edwards-Luce, executive director of the UBalt Law Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC), has been named Outstanding Legal Advocate for 2024 by the National Association of Counsel for Children(NACC).

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University at Buffalo Law lecturer Farina Barth offers advice to law students

August 15, 2024

UB NOW — Farina Barth enters her classroom with several years of courtroom experience in what can be the rawest legal setting there is.

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UC Berkeley Law Paper Prisons Initiative launches database to help individuals challenge criminal charges

August 15, 2024

BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law’s Paper Prisons Initiative(opens in a new tab), led by Professor Colleen V. Chien, recently unveiled an innovative database aimed at helping defendants and people convicted of crimes challenge a charge, conviction, or sentence under the California Racial Justice Act (RJA). 

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Case Western Reserve Law Burke Center hosts junior environmental law scholar conference

August 14, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Coleman P. Burke Environmental Law Center hosted its first junior environmental law scholar conference on May 21, 2024.

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Robert Rapp presents to Saudi Arabia Board of Grievances

August 14, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As part of the formal cooperative relationship between Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the Saudi Board of Grievances, the administrative branch of the judicial system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Robert N. Rapp, visiting assistant professor and the Louis C. Greenwood Lecturer in

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Podcast: University of Colorado Law adjunct professor Markus Funk discusses the adjunct experience

August 14, 2024

LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re joined by Markus Funk – partner at Perkins Coie, professor, and author – to talk about being an adjunct law professor. 

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University of Colorado Law professor Christina Stanton honored for excellence in community service

August 14, 2024

COLORADO LAW — We are delighted to announce that Professor Christina Stanton, a distinguished member of our clinical faculty, has been honored with the Excellence in Community Service Award at Colorado Law School. 

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