University of Minnesota Law hosts affiliate program with the American Immigration Lawyers Association

May 3, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Did you know that Minnesota Law is the host site for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) first and only student affiliate beta program?

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University of Minnesota Law to launch Sports and Name, Image, and Likeness Clinic

May 3, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — A new clinic Minnesota Law will launch next fall will offer name, image, and likeness (NIL) legal assistance to students with NIL needs, including college athletes and social media influencers of all types.

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University of Minnesota Law professor Alexandra Klass appointed to US Department of Energy post

May 3, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Alexandra Klass has been appointed to serve as Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, Regulation, and Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

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University of Missouri Law dean Lyrissa Lidsky to step down in July

May 3, 2022

COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN — The first woman to serve as dean of the MU School of Law is stepping down. Lyrissa Lidsky, who has served as dean of the 150-year-old law school since 2017, will be resigning effective July 4.  

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Paul Litton to serve as interim dean of University of Missouri Law

May 3, 2022

COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE — Lyrissa Lidsky is stepping down July 4 as the University of Missouri School of Law dean, a position she has held for five years.

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University of New Mexico Law students Jackie Munro and Kate Tara receive stipends for environmental law summer work

May 3, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — UNM’s Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program has awarded stipends to two students who will work this summer in otherwise-unpaid positions in environmental law.  The students and their summer 2022 employers are Jackie Munro (Class of ’24) with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, and Kate Tara…

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NYU Law hosts gala to celebrate success of fundraising campaign

May 3, 2022

NYU LAW — On the evening of April 12, more than 700 members of the NYU Law community streamed into the violet-lit colonnaded entrance of the American Museum of Natural History for the Law School’s annual Weinfeld Gala.

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Brian Pappas named new dean of University of North Dakota Law

May 3, 2022

GRAND FORKS HERALD — Brian Pappas has been named as the new dean of the UND School of Law. Pappas was announced as the new law school dean on Monday, April 25, by UND Provost Eric Link, according to a UND press release.

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Northern Illinois University Law professor Evan Bernick cited in Supreme Court case

May 3, 2022

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — In a concurrence in United States v. Vaello Madero, United States Supreme Court Justice Thomas argued that the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits both the federal government and the states from discriminating against U.S. citizens on the basis of race.

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Northwestern Law hosts Assistant Attorney General of Civil Rights Kristen Clarke for conversation with dean Hari Osofsky

May 3, 2022

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In April, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law was proud to welcome Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, for the 2022 Pope & John Lecture Series on Professionalism. The hourlong conversation with Dean Hari Osofsky covered Clarke’s philosophy of “lawyering for good,”…

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