University of Utah Law graduate Bernadine Ott discusses passion for access to justice

June 16, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — “Why not law school?” Bernadine Ott was working in the University of Utah U Card office as the end of her time as a political science undergraduate student approached. She was talking with her supervisor about her plans for after graduation when he brought up law school as an option. Her supervisor,…

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Vermont Law Environmental Law Center to host hot topics summer lecture series

June 15, 2022

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The Environmental Law Center at Vermont Law School (VLS) will kick off its annual Hot Topics in Environmental Law summer lecture series on June 2 with the first of 17 lectures discussing current issues in environmental law and policy.

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University of Virginia Law professor Richard Bonnie discusses work on firearm possession red flag laws

June 15, 2022

UVA TODAY — In the past three weeks, two 18-year-olds have committed horrific mass shootings in New York and Texas. Richard Bonnie, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who was an original architect of so-called “red flag laws” after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, argues that more steps are needed to prevent future tragedies.

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University of Virginia Law highlights engagement in national and international affairs

June 15, 2022

UVA LAW — If the world has learned one thing from the COVID-19 virus, it’s that pandemics know no borders.

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University of Virginia Law professors Naomi Cahn, Quinn Curtis, and Saikrishna Prakash recognized for recent achievements

June 15, 2022

UVA TODAY — Jahan Ramazani, University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, has been elected into the American Philosophical Society, just the 10th UVA faculty member asked to become a member of the oldest academic society in the United States.

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University of Virginia Law Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic assists effort to approve off-shore wind turbines

June 15, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Cale Jaffe ’01 and his students at the University of Virginia School of Law have gone tilting at — actually, tilting for — windmills off the coast of Virginia Beach.

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Podcast: Outgoing Washburn Law dean Carla D. Pratt discusses commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

June 15, 2022

ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law.

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Washington & Lee Law professor Brandon Hasbrouck publishes paper on “movement judges” in NYU Law Review

June 15, 2022

THE COLUMNS — Washington and Lee law professor Brandon Hasbrouck has published an article in the New York University Law Review. The article, “Movement Judges,” argues for the value that movement judges bring to the bench to realize the abolitionist and democracy-affirming potential of the Constitution.

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WMU-Cooley Law receives extension to comply with ABA standards

June 15, 2022

ABA JOURNAL — Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School continues to not meet the 75% bar passage rate required under Standard 316, and the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently gave the school an extension to come into compliance.

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William & Mary Law students recognize professors Adam Gershowitz and Nancy Combs William for outstanding teaching

June 15, 2022

WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — On May 19, during a barbecue lunch on the front lawn celebrating Class of 2022 graduates, outgoing Student Bar Association (SBA) President Max Chu ‘22 and outgoing SBA Vice President Emilee Houghton ’22 presented awards for outstanding teaching to Professor Adam Gershowitz and Professor Nancy Combs.

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