University of Texas Law announces scholarship in honor of former dean Susana Alemán
ALCALDE — A new initiative between the Texas Exes and The UT School of Law aims to recruit a diverse class of students and make Texas Law a more welcoming place for all. Fittingly, the first to donate to the cause was a mainstay of the school who counseled thousands of students over the course of…
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — The S.J. Quinney College of Law, along with the Law School Admissions Council, recently hosted a conference for law school deans focused on the topics of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — On behalf of 15 families of victims of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes, Paul Cassell, a professor of law at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, will soon present arguments in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas stating that the United…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law recently worked with state lawmakers to obtain $6.25 million in compensation for six clients pardoned over the last year. The project also contributed to broader reforms on how wrongfully incarcerated defendants are compensated.
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UVA TODAY — The University’s Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion established the award in 2010 – with President Emeritus Casteen being the first recipient – to honor members of the UVA community whose commitment to, and passion for, diversity includes the ability to create a setting that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.
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VIRGINIA STATE BAR — A. Benjamin Spencer, dean of the first law school in the country, William & Mary, has been named the recipient of the William R. Rakes Leadership in Education Award from the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers in Virginia.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — A major new report by legal and medical experts from Yale Law School, the Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and the University of Texas Southwestern analyzes in depth the misleading scientific claims that informed recent actions by Texas and Alabama to criminalize medical…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The national mental health crisis plaguing colleges is stretching disability support offices, where more students are registering psychological disorders to receive classroom accommodations.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Transfer student enrollment rates decreased by 6.9 percent over last year, according to a new study by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Combined with the previous year, total transfer enrollment has declined by about 16 percent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The news had been anticipated, but it was still jarring. The U.S. Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the almost half-century-old legal precedent that established access to abortion as protected by the Constitution, according to a draft opinion that was leaked to Politico and published on…
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