Nicola Boothe selected as dean of UIC Law
UIC LAW — Nicola “Nicky” A. Boothe has been named Dean of the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (UIC Law), effective June 16, 2022, pending approval by the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) at Lewis & Clark Law School is now welcoming applications for its newly launched Master of Studies (MSL) in Animal Law. The MSL is designed to equip non-lawyers with a foundational background in animal law and is the first of its kind…
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DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION –The University of Louisville (UofL) has appointed legal scholar Melanie B. Jacobs as the next dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Jacobs, currently at Michigan State University, is a globally renowned expert in family law. Interim UofL President Dr. Lori Gonzalez said the institution held listening sessions in…
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FOX BANGOR — Maine women are impacting the lives of citizens throughout our state. As Women’s History Month draws to a close, we are choosing to highlight the work of just a few remarkable Maine females. Maine School of Law Dean Leigh Saufley is a Mainer through and through. The South Portland native graduated from the University of Maine…
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UMASS LAW –Applicants to UMass Law can now choose to submit either the results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the results of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) with their law school application. In a November 2021 decision, the Council for the Section of Legal Education of the American Bar Association voted to permit…
Read More about UMass Law accepts GRE for admissionsUMass Law professor Ralph Clifford co-publishes article on computer programming
UMASS LAW — UMass Law Professor Ralph Clifford along with UMass Dartmouth colleagues co-published an article titled An Initial Examination of Computer Programs as Creative Works which challenges the misconception that set expressions limit computer programs, leaving no room for creativity. The article gives an analysis of the variation in expression and differences in the…
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THE DEN –For nearly 20 years, a Mercer Law School program has been bridging a gap in legal assistance in Georgia while giving students experience working with real clients and cases. The Habeas Project was founded by Sarah Gerwig-Moore in 2006 after she joined the school’s faculty, and the clinic has provided representation for about…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW –Students with an interest in immigration law and litigation get hands-on experience in the Immigration Clinic. Clinic students at the University of Miami School of Law Immigration Clinic won the release of a Mexican woman from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at Baker County jail, near Jacksonville. While in…
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IOSCO COUNTY NEWS HERALD — Two speakers with diametrically opposing viewpoints can at least agree on one thing. Both encouraged University of Michigan law students Tuesday to welcome and engage with speakers holding beliefs students might oppose. About 30 people attended the event hosted by the Michigan Law Federalist Society, but none heckled or disrupted the…
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ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH –Sixty-five law professors representing all four Missouri law schools signed onto a letter this week backing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “Judge Jackson’s record of intellectual accomplishment, practical experience, and public service is among the most distinguished of any Supreme Court nominee in recent memory,” the attorneys…
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