University of Houston Law Center hosts legal scholars from around the world for panel on supply chains, sustainability, and governance

May 17, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Legal scholars from around the world virtually convened with the University of Houston Law Center for a wide-reaching panel on “Global Challenges, Local Solutions: Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Governance,” offering insights and action steps to some of today’s pressing issues.

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Howard Law graduate Adisa Omido discusses how law school built upon her passion for law

May 17, 2022

THE DIG — Kansas native and first-generation Kenyan-American Adisa Omido is graduating Howard University School of Law having founded Howard’s Space Law Society, the first organization of its kind at an HBCU. Following graduation, Omido will join corporate law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. She sat down with Howard’s…

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UIC Law International Human Rights Clinic students help local Afghan refugees

May 17, 2022

UIC LAW — More than 75,000 Afghans have been resettled in the U.S. since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021. In the nine months since, local human rights organizations have responded with aid, but these organizations often need help addressing gaps in refugee services, like legal questions surrounding asylum and immigration processes.…

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UIC Law associate dean Alicia Alvarez and Boston College Law professor Paul Tremblay publish new edition of Introduction to Transactional Lawyering Practice

May 17, 2022

UIC LAW — Professor Alicia Alvarez, Associate Dean for Experiential Education at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), and co-author Paul R. Tremblay of Boston College Law School have published a long-awaited update to their respected Introduction to Transactional Lawyering Practice (West Academic).

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UIC Law professors Hugh Mundy, Steven Schwinn Named 2022-23 Lee Chairs in Constitutional Law

May 17, 2022

UIC LAW — For the first time in its history, the law school’s Edward T. & Noble W. Lee Chair in Constitutional Law has been jointly awarded to two scholars. Professors Hugh Mundy and Steven D. Schwinn will share the coveted professorship for the 2022-2023 academic year with Mundy holding the chair during the fall…

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University of Iowa Law student Ellen Wiah details her passion for human rights and the law

May 17, 2022

IOWA LAW NEWS — Two words capture second-year law student Ellen Wiah: motivated and adaptable. With a passion for the law and a determined spirit, Wiah is well on her way to making an impact on the legal profession.

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Podcast: Liberty University Law dean Morse Hyun-Myung Tan discusses vision for the school

May 17, 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. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education…

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University of Louisville Law student Jesten Sylvester Slaw selected as student commencement speaker

May 17, 2022

U OF L NEWS — Jesten Sylvester Slaw, a U.S. Army veteran receiving his juris doctor from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, is the scheduled morning ceremony speaker for the May 14 Spring Commencement exercises.

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Marquette Law to host discussion on Wisconsin’s 2022 election

May 17, 2022

WISPOLITICS — Prof. Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll; John Johnson, research fellow in the school’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education; and Craig Gilbert, former Washington bureau chief for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and current fellow in the Lubar Center, will discuss Wisconsin’s 2022 election outlook in an upcoming “On…

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UMass Law student Katelyn Fisher discusses how background in science contributes to her legal education

May 17, 2022

UMASS LAW — Katelyn Fisher, JD ’22 graduated from UMass Dartmouth in 2019 with a biology major and has excelled as a UMass Law student. She was a member of the UMass Law Review, serving as Lead Editor this year, and interned for Justice Elspeth B. Cypher at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She worked…

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