University of Utah Law graduate Bernadine Ott discusses passion for access to justice
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 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.
Read More about Vermont Law Environmental Law Center to host hot topics summer lecture seriesUniversity of Virginia Law professor Richard Bonnie discusses work on firearm possession red flag laws
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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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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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 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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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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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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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.
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law receives extension to comply with ABA standardsWilliam & Mary Law students recognize professors Adam Gershowitz and Nancy Combs William for outstanding teaching
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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