Historically Black colleges respond to bomb threats
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Some historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats this week, the fourth wave of similar threats in less than two months. Fayetteville State University suspended classes and campus operations Wednesday after law enforcement confirmed receiving a threat, according to a press release. Commuter students and employees evacuated the North Carolina campus, and…
Read More about Historically Black colleges respond to bomb threatsGeorgetown Law professor’s use of slur sparks call for apology and changes by students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Students at Georgetown University are demanding accountability after law professor Franz Werro referred to a student in class as “Mr. Chinaman.” A video of the Feb. 10 incident has gone viral, attracting more than 140,000 views. Werro apologized in an email the next day for using the anti-Asian slur, according to the legal news…
Read More about Georgetown Law professor’s use of slur sparks call for apology and changes by studentsPodcast: University of Alabama Law professor Tara Leigh Grove discusses her work on presidential commission
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A presidential commission convened to focus on possible reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court had trouble finding agreement, University of Alabama School of Law professor Tara Leigh Grove says on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law. The bipartisan Presidential Commission…
Read More about Podcast: University of Alabama Law professor Tara Leigh Grove discusses her work on presidential commissionAlbany Law and Albany County partner to provide legal services to Afghan refugees
WAMC — A new partnership between Albany County and Albany Law School will provide free legal services to Afghan refugees relocated to the Capital Region who are seeking permanent citizenship. County Legislature Chair Andrew Joyce joined school officials Thursday to announce a $50,000 grant to help pay for the legal services provided by the U.S. Committee for…
Read More about Albany Law and Albany County partner to provide legal services to Afghan refugeesPodcast: University of Arizona Law Innovation for Justice Lab addresses the justice gap
LEGAL REBELS PODCAST — The Innovation for Justice lablaunched at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law in 2018 with the goal of designing, building and testing new solutions to addressing the justice gap impacting millions of Americans. Stacy Butler, the lab’s director, says Innovation for Justice has focused its innovation efforts on three…
Read More about Podcast: University of Arizona Law Innovation for Justice Lab addresses the justice gapUniversity of Arkansas Law student Dana McGee named inaugural American Bar Association consortium fellow
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Third-year law student Dana McGee has been selected as the American Bar Association’s inaugural Legal Education Police Practices Consortium Fellow. The ABA Legal Education Police Practices Consortium was formed to contribute to the national effort to examine and address legal issues in policing and public safety, including conduct, oversight and the evolving nature…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law student Dana McGee named inaugural American Bar Association consortium fellowUniversity at Buffalo Law to hold panel discussion on Critical Race Theory
UBNOW — What is critical race theory, and why has it sparked debate across the nation? The Graduate School of Education and the School of Law will hold a virtual panel on Feb. 25 to clarify the conversation about the nature and history of race and racism in our nation, and concerns about state legislation throughout the…
Read More about University at Buffalo Law to hold panel discussion on Critical Race TheoryCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal Court
NEWS 5 CLEVELAND — He has testified on Capitol Hill. He has been cited and interviewed in publications far and wide. But now, the co-dean of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law will have the distinct opportunity rarely afforded to American attorneys: argue a case before the world’s highest criminal court, the International Criminal Court. Michael…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal CourtPodcast: Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf discusses the school’s foreign legal studies program
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing explosive applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
Read More about Podcast: Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf discusses the school’s foreign legal studies programPodcast: CUNY Law interim dean Eduardo R. C. Capulong discusses the school’s commitment to human rights
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing explosive applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
Read More about Podcast: CUNY Law interim dean Eduardo R. C. Capulong discusses the school’s commitment to human rights