UCLA Law dean Jennifer Mnookin contributes to book on Capitol insurrection
UCLA LAW — Fourteen law school deans from across the country have collaborated on a book called Beyond Imagination? The January 6 Insurrection (West, 2022), which examines that event “from a legal perspective, in hopes of moving the nation forward towards healing and a recommitment to the rule of law and the Constitution.” UCLA School of Law…
Read More about UCLA Law dean Jennifer Mnookin contributes to book on Capitol insurrectionUCLA Law recognized by White House for preventing evictions
UCLA LAW — During an invitation-only event on Jan. 28, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House staff members applauded UCLA School of Law and other law schools nationwide for their work in addressing the country’s housing and eviction crisis. The law schools joined forces after Garland issued a call to action last year, asking for…
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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWS — A Columbus man imprisoned for a 2004 home invasion and robbery was released Wednesday after nearly 16 years and will get a new trial thanks to the efforts of the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP) at the University of Cincinnati. Richard Horton, 45, was convicted in 2006 and sentenced to 23 years in…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law Innocence Project helps client receive new trial after 16 years in prisonUniversity of Cincinnati Law names Erin Farrell visiting scholar at institute for human rights
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWS — Erin Farrell Rosenberg has been named a Visiting Scholar with the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, announced Institute Director Professor Bert Lockwood. As part of her role, Farrell Rosenberg will continue her work on the situation of the Rohingya and Uyghurs, focusing…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law names Erin Farrell visiting scholar at institute for human rightsUniversity of Cincinnati Law to host Emory Law professor Dorothy A. Brown for lecture on systemic racism and federal tax policy
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI NEWS — Dorothy A. Brown, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law, examines how federal tax policy disadvantages Black Americans in her latest book The Whiteness of Wealth: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans – And How We Can Fix It. In her upcoming lecture “The Making of…
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CLEVELAND.COM — Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is among 99 law schools that are assisting a U.S. Department of Justice effort to address the housing and eviction crisis by helping renters with applications for Emergency Rental Assistance, volunteering with legal aid providers and helping courts implement eviction diversion programs, among other activities, the White House announced on…
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UCONN TODAY — The White House recognized the University of Connecticut School of Law on Friday for joining in the legal response to a national eviction and housing crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. UConn Law was among 99 law schools acknowledged during a virtual event with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Associate Attorney…
Read More about University of Connecticut Law students recognized by White House for work to prevent evictionsGift to Duke Law to fund clinic focused on ending mass incarceration
DUKE LAW — Duke University School of Law has received a $2.5 million commitment to launch a criminal defense clinic, James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Kerry Abrams announced. The new clinic, funded by the Barton Family Foundation, will provide Duke Law students with a hands-on, experiential learning course in the practice of criminal representation and…
Read More about Gift to Duke Law to fund clinic focused on ending mass incarcerationGeorgetown Law dean Bill Treanor responds to new center director’s comments on Supreme Court pick
REUTERS — The dean of Georgetown University Law Center on Thursday condemned a new faculty member’s Twitter posts questioning the qualifications of any Black woman that President Joe Biden may nominate to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. “The tweets’ suggestion that the best Supreme Court nominee could not be a Black woman and their…
Read More about Georgetown Law dean Bill Treanor responds to new center director’s comments on Supreme Court pickGift to University of Georgia Law to support Veterans Legal Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The Veterans Legal Clinic, operated by the University of Georgia School of Law, has helped approximately 370 veterans and their family members claim over $1 million in additional benefits since its establishment in 2018. This impact is expected to grow exponentially with the expansion of services for Georgia military veterans…
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