UC Irvine Law professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen receives grant from National Science Foundation
UCI NEWS — Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, assistant professor of law and co-director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession at the UCI School of Law is the principal investigator of a team awarded a $511,230 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund a project titled: “Diversity and Networking in Law School: Are Law Students from…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen receives grant from National Science FoundationCapital Law professor Susan Giles presents sample law school class to Ohio University pre-law students
OHIO NEWS — Susan Giles, the John E. Sullivan Professor of Law in the Capital University Law School, joins the Center for Law, Justice and Culture and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Bentley Hall 136. The event is open to all students and alumni. Those interested in…
Read More about Capital Law professor Susan Giles presents sample law school class to Ohio University pre-law studentsCleveland State University trustees delay vote on law school name change
THE CLEVELAND SCENE — Members of a Cleveland State University student group advocating for the removal of former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall’s name from the law school say that the university’s board of trustees will not vote on changing the name at their March meeting. The March meeting is the board’s final meeting before…
Read More about Cleveland State University trustees delay vote on law school name changeUniversity of Colorado Law to host Colorado governor Jared Polis for graduation address
CUINDEPENDENT — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will be the speaker for the class of 2022 graduation recognition ceremony, the University of Colorado Law School announced last Tuesday. “We are thrilled to celebrate [graduates’] accomplishments with friends, family, and such an esteemed guest speaker,” said CU Law School Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss in a statement. The ceremony will be…
Read More about University of Colorado Law to host Colorado governor Jared Polis for graduation addressUniversity of Colorado Law American Indian Law Clinic provides legal services to Southern Ute Indian tribe
COLORADO LAW — On March 1 and 3, 2022, student attorneys in Colorado Law’s American Indian Law Clinic delivered remote will drafting legal services to tribal members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The Tribe is located on the Southern Indian Ute Reservation approximately 330 miles south of Boulder, Colorado. The Reservation spans roughly 1 million…
Read More about University of Colorado Law American Indian Law Clinic provides legal services to Southern Ute Indian tribeUniversity of Connecticut Law to host Human Rights Watch chairman Joel Motley for commencement speech
UCONN TODAY — Joel Motley, chairman emeritus of the board of Human Rights Watch and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, will be the featured speaker at the May 15, 2022, commencement at the UConn School of Law. “UConn Law is honored that Mr. Motley will be our commencement speaker especially because this year’s…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law to host Human Rights Watch chairman Joel Motley for commencement speechDuke Law professor Laurence R. Helfer nominated as candidate for UN Human Rights Commission
DUKE LAW NEWS — The U.S. Department of State has launched a campaign to elect Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law Laurence R. Helfer to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Helfer was announced as the U.S. nominee for the position on the international monitoring body in December 2021. The Committee is comprised of 18 independent…
Read More about Duke Law professor Laurence R. Helfer nominated as candidate for UN Human Rights CommissionGift to Duke Law will endow LLM scholarship for international students
DUKE LAW NEWS — When Mengyu Lu LLM ’08 was considering coming to the United States to pursue graduate studies after earning her undergraduate degree at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, she wasn’t sure her parents would support her financially. “They wanted me to stay in China,” she says. “They were afraid that…
Read More about Gift to Duke Law will endow LLM scholarship for international studentsNew Duke Law student-produced podcasts explore criminal and environmental injustices
DUKE LAW NEWS — Two new podcasts produced by Duke Law students launched Feb. 22 on major podcast platforms. Voices of Innocence, produced by the Duke Law Innocence Project, is a season-long exploration of the case of former Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Dontae Sharpe, who was convicted of murder by a Greenville, N.C., jury in 1994 and sentenced…
Read More about New Duke Law student-produced podcasts explore criminal and environmental injusticesDuke Law International Human Rights Clinc launches online tracker of human rights advancements
DUKE LAW NEWS — While governments around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that violate human rights, other official efforts have tried to protect rights from incursion or even improve them. To track measures that advance civil and political, equality, governance, and socio-economic rights, Duke Law’s International Human Rights Clinic has launched…
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