Harvard Law Animal Law and Policy Program director Chris Green discusses the importance of school’s Animal Law Week
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Animal law advocates will gather at Harvard Law School this week for the eighth annual Animal Law Week. The events, which will be a mixture of Zoom and in-person talks and will run from Mar. 22 through Mar. 29, are co-organized by the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at…
Read More about Harvard Law Animal Law and Policy Program director Chris Green discusses the importance of school’s Animal Law WeekHarvard scholar to analyze legacy of civil rights icon at UH Law Center’s Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial Lecture
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Tomiko Brown-Nagin will lead a discussion entitled, “Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality,” as the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center’s annual Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be held virtually through Zoom and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central on…
Read More about Harvard scholar to analyze legacy of civil rights icon at UH Law Center’s Yale L. Rosenberg Memorial LectureHarvard Law professor David B. Wilkins looks at the history of Black lawyers in the US
HARVARD LAW TODAY — “This is a unique moment, particularly to be a Black law student,” Harvard Law School Professor David B. Wilkins ’80, told an audience of students during a late February talk titled Black Lawyers Matter — Race, Obligation, and Professionalism from the Civil Rights Movement to BLM and Black Corporate Power. Today, he said,…
Read More about Harvard Law professor David B. Wilkins looks at the history of Black lawyers in the USFederal grant to UIC Law to support housing discrimination projects
UIC LAW — Three separate initiatives at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago are getting federal HUD dollars to help continue work that fights housing discrimination and predatory lending, and trains new attorneys and future community leaders in fair housing law.
Read More about Federal grant to UIC Law to support housing discrimination projectsUniversity of Kansas Law students offer tax preparation assistance to area residents
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — As tax season is underway, the University of Kansas School of Law is offering free tax preparation services for those who qualify. KU Law students with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program will prepare returns for taxpayers who are residents of Douglas County, Kansas; make less than $58,000 per household per…
Read More about University of Kansas Law students offer tax preparation assistance to area residentsUniversity of Kansas Law professor Najarian Peters publishes paper on FERPA in the Washington and Lee Law Review
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — Congress passed the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, known as FERPA, in 1974 in large part due to concerns about inaccurate and misleading data collected in schools that could negatively affect students. New research from Najarian Peters, associate professor of law at the University of Kansas, argues that FERPA should…
Read More about University of Kansas Law professor Najarian Peters publishes paper on FERPA in the Washington and Lee Law ReviewLewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen M. Maloney advocates for forced marriage victims
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Visiting Law Professor Kathleen M. Maloney shared her expertise with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague this February, in a first of its kind appeal regarding groundbreaking convictions for forced marriages of young girls and women. The ICC is the world’s only permanent, independent tribunal with jurisdiction to investigate…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen M. Maloney advocates for forced marriage victimsLewis & Clark Law students advocate for criminal justice reform in Oregon
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Criminal Justice Reform Clinic (CJRC or Clinic) students and its director, professor Aliza Kaplan worked diligently to encourage the passage of SB 1511, which would have made Ramos v. Louisiana retroactively apply to those who were convicted by a nonunanimous jury verdict. The bill ultimately did not pass during the…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law students advocate for criminal justice reform in OregonLewis & Clark Law professor Dan Rohlf teaches environmental law course in Italy
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Noted environmental law professor Dan Rohlf received a Fulbright Award to serve as the Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento in northern Italy, teaching a class there entitled “Environmental Law, Sustainability, and Resilience” this Spring. The Fulbright teaching award is part of a busy year-long sabbatical for Rohlf…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Dan Rohlf teaches environmental law course in ItalyAn interview with Mercer Law interim dean Karen J. Sneddon
THE DEN — This Women’s History Month, The Den is celebrating some of Mercer University‘s top leaders — our female deans. Eight of Mercer’s 12 schools and colleges are led by women, and we are highlighting each of these deans on separate days throughout March. Today, we spotlight Karen J. Sneddon, interim dean of the School of…
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