Southern California Law Review symposium honors late professor Christopher Stone
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The legacy of the late Professor Christopher D. Stone, J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law, Emeritus, was the focus of the Southern California Law Review’s annual symposium, bringing together colleagues and leaders in environmental and property law to discuss Stone’s influence – as an innovator, a pioneer of…
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The juvenile justice system was created to put youth who have violated the law on the track to becoming responsible citizens. It was designed to be rehabilitative, based on the understanding – which brain science has since proven – that children are different from adults. All of that changed in the…
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Before an expansive view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and downtown Los Angeles, educator, philanthropist and community leader Barbara Bice uttered the words, “Please, light the torch!”
Read More about Gift to USC Gould Law will endow Public Interest Law FoundationSMU Dedman Law student Haley Taylor Schlitz to become youngest African American law school graduate
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Haley Taylor Schlitz will become the youngest American to graduate from law school at 19 years old next month, according to blavity.com.
Read More about SMU Dedman Law student Haley Taylor Schlitz to become youngest African American law school graduateStanford Law hosts White House climate expert David J. Hayes for panel on environmental law
THE STANFORD DAILY — David J. Hayes J.D. ’87, a climate policy expert in the Biden administration, discussed the President’s recent steps against climate change at a Tuesday panel hosted by the Stanford Environmental Law Society and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Cora True-Frost G’01, L’01, Bond, Schoeneck and King Distinguished Professor, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program to join the University of Oslo,Pluricourts as a Fulbright Scholar. Beginning in August 2022, True-Frost will conduct her research and scholarship on European Tribunals and International Disability Law:…
Read More about Syracuse Law professor Cora True-Frost selected as Fulbright scholarTexas A&M Law student Haley Varnadoe discusses her work with the Environmental and Natural Resources Systems Clinic
FORT WORTH REPORT — Growing up in southeast Ohio, Haley Varnadoe always felt a pull to the legal field. Her hometown of Marietta felt the impact of chemical contamination documented in “Dark Waters,” the 2019 film portraying the lives of residents who contracted deadly illnesses from a nearby DuPont manufacturing facility.
Read More about Texas A&M Law student Haley Varnadoe discusses her work with the Environmental and Natural Resources Systems ClinicUniversity of Utah Law professor Paul Cassell hosts mock trial in his class
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — On April 6th, Professor Paul Cassell’s Crime Victims’ Rights class looked a little different. In this seminar-style class, time in the classroom usually involves Cassell lecturing and helping the students explore emerging issues in criminal justice. The students consider questions like who is considered a crime “victim,” whether victims should have…
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Trina Higgins (SJQ class of ’95), current assistant U.S. Attorney for Utah and nominee for the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, will speak at the S.J. College of Law commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on May 13th, 2022.
Read More about University of Utah Law to host US Attorney nominee Trina Higgins for commencement addressUniversity of Utah Law assistant professor Heather Tanana assists indigenous communities with water access
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — When she was in junior high — long before she’d ever heard the term “environmental justice” — Heather Tanana moved with her family from the Navajo Nation to a leafy Maryland suburb, with its lush lawns and water that flowed predictably from every faucet. It was the first time,…
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