Penn Law invites Chairman of Merck Board of Directors Kenneth C. Frazier for commencement address
PENN LAW — In consultation with University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s 3L Class Officers, Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law Ted Ruger has selected Executive Chairman of the Merck Board of Directors Kenneth C. Frazier to deliver the Class of 2022’s commencement address on May 16. In addition to leading Merck’s innovative efforts to…
Read More about Penn Law invites Chairman of Merck Board of Directors Kenneth C. Frazier for commencement addressPenn Law professor Maureen Reilly discusses neurodiversity in the legal profession
PENN LAW — In the most recent bulletin published by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Maureen Reilly, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Office of Career Strategy, reviewed Great Minds Think Differently: Neurodiversity for Lawyers and Other Professionals by Haley Moss.
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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF LAW — The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics announced the recipients of its second annual CodeX Prize at this year’s CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference. CodeX FutureLaw brings together researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, lawyers, investors, and policymakers worldwide to focus on how technology is changing the legal profession and the law itself…
Read More about Pitt Law professor Kevin Ashley honored for furthering technology in the legal professionUniversity of South Dakota Knudson Law hosts panel to discuss the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
THE VOLANTE — Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on April 7 and will assume office on June 17, becoming the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court. On April 5, USD’s law school held a panel to discuss Judge Jackson featuring Julia Hellwege, Sandy McKeown, Tamara…
Read More about University of South Dakota Knudson Law hosts panel to discuss the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown JacksonUSC Gould Law hosts attorney Melinda Bird for lecture on public interest law
USC GOULD — Renowned public interest attorney Melinda Bird, senior litigation counsel for Disability Rights California, discussed why public interest work has inspired her decades-long career when she appeared March 8 as the keynote speaker for the 10th anniversary of the Alan Sieroty and Allen Neiman Lecture in Civil Liberties at the USC Gould School…
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YOUTUBE — Knoxville Area Urban League partners with UT’s law school to help expunge charges. Event organizers say they are happy to be of service to the community.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas Law students took top honors at the 2022 Interscholastic Transactional Law Competition hosted by Duke University School of Law on March 26. The team of Gwendelyn Butler (1L), Gaurav Mankotia (LLM) and Sri Vaisakhi Muddana (LLM) placed first in the “sellers” category of the…
Read More about University of Texas Law wins national transactional law competitionUniversity of Utah Law class uses simulated scenarios to teach counterterrorism
KSL.COM — The annual event — designed and led by students at the S.J. Quinney College of Law — challenges law and graduate students at the U. to address legal, moral and operational dilemmas in real time as they respond to simulated terrorism scenarios around the globe. The daylong simulation is the culmination of a…
Read More about University of Utah Law class uses simulated scenarios to teach counterterrorismUniversity of Utah Law students attend human rights seminar in England
S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Third-year law students Bernadine Ott, Kim Koeven, and Scott McMurtrey recently spent a week in England learning about human rights, armed conflict, foreign policy, peacemaking, and more. The Oxford Consortium for Human Rights hosted a week-long workshop titled “Human Rights, Armed Conflict and the Struggle for Peace,” an especially…
Read More about University of Utah Law students attend human rights seminar in EnglandUniversity of Utah Law professor Leslie Francis honored with distinguished mentor award
@THEU — The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2022 Distinguished Mentor Award recipients. This year’s awardees demonstrate exceptional commitment to the mentorship of graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and others across campus and beyond. All of our awardees go above and beyond to foster an inclusive and welcoming community and to instill a culture…
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