Penn State Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia recognized for community leadership
CENTRE DAILY TIMES — Sitting in her middle school history class, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia was captivated by law and its power to inspire social change. Now she’s at the forefront of the classroom instead of in the seats — sculpting the next generation of immigration lawyers as the founder and director of the Center for Immigrants’…
Read More about Penn State Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia recognized for community leadershipPenn Law professor Lisa Fairfax introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson at Supreme Court confirmation hearing
THE HILL — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be introduced at her Senate confirmation hearing Monday by a former D.C. circuit court judge and a University of Pennsylvania law school professor. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Sunday that Judge Thomas Griffith and professor Lisa Fairfax will each have five minutes to introduce Jackson, who will then have ten minutes for her…
Read More about Penn Law professor Lisa Fairfax introduces Ketanji Brown Jackson at Supreme Court confirmation hearingPenn Law students Alexander Sprenger and Katherine Rohde win administrative law essay competition
PENN LAW — Last spring, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law and History Sophia Lee hosted an essay competition for students enrolled in her “Administrative Law” course. For the competition, students were asked to research and write an essay about a federal rulemaking or proposal. The editorial team of The Regulatory Review, the…
Read More about Penn Law students Alexander Sprenger and Katherine Rohde win administrative law essay competitionPenn Law students Hermes Hein Aedo and Maria Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta apply lessons from law school in Chile
PENN LAW — Hermes Hein Aedo LLM’22 and María Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta LLM’22 came to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School together from their home country of Chile, where they both worked in different sectors of criminal law. As students in the LLM program, they have delved deeply into both U.S. criminal law and international…
Read More about Penn Law students Hermes Hein Aedo and Maria Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta apply lessons from law school in ChilePenn Law course explores leadership and social change
PENN LAW — In the innovative and interdisciplinary course “Leading Social Change,” University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students identify the “One Big Thing” that they would like to change about the world. Over the semester, Lecturers in Law Benjamin Jealous and Dr. Ariel Schwartz help them to create a plan to achieve their goal. “I have…
Read More about Penn Law course explores leadership and social changePenn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes Criminal Law and Philosophy paper on executive function
PENN LAW — In a recently published article at Criminal Law and Philosophy, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law Stephen J. Morse challenges the characterization of executive function as a guiding mechanism that supports both responsible agency and the necessity for some excuses. Executive function is the umbrella term psychologists…
Read More about Penn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes Criminal Law and Philosophy paper on executive functionPenn Law students Kanyinsola Ajayi, Rheem Brooks, and Angel Reed awarded scholarship in honor of the first Black woman to earn a degree at the school
PENN LAW — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is proud to honor the trailblazing legacy of Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Ed’1918, G’1921, L’1927, Hon’1974, the first Black woman to graduate from the Law School, with the introduction of the inaugural class of Sadie Scholars. In addition to being the first Black woman to…
Read More about Penn Law students Kanyinsola Ajayi, Rheem Brooks, and Angel Reed awarded scholarship in honor of the first Black woman to earn a degree at the schoolPitt Law offers two new online certificates in sport, entertainment and arts law and corporate compliance
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG SCHOOL OF LAW — Everspring, a leading provider of education technology and services to universities seeking to build or expand their online capabilities, announces an expansion of its partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pitt Law). The expanded partnership will include two new online certificate programs: a Sport, Entertainment,…
Read More about Pitt Law offers two new online certificates in sport, entertainment and arts law and corporate complianceQuinnipiac Law Black Law Students Association to honor legal leaders at awards ceremony
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY — BLSA will also honor Johnnie Booker, retired diversity executive and former global director of supplier diversity for Coca-Cola and former vice president of the Resolution Trust Corporation, with its Community Service Award. The virtual ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Click here to attend. In its 33rd year, the Thurgood Marshall Award is given in honor…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law Black Law Students Association to honor legal leaders at awards ceremonySamford University Cumberland Law recognizes professor Noelle Fleming Collins for outstanding teaching
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — Cumberland School of Law has announced the inaugural Outstanding Instructor Award for the school’s online master’s program. Noelle Fleming Collins, a Cumberland School of Law graduate from the class of 1998, has been named the first award recipient for the 2020-21 academic year. The award was established to recognize an…
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