University of Montana Law project will assist tribal energy independence efforts
ROUNDUPWEB.COM — Missoula – Monte Mills, acting dean and a professor at the University of Montana Blewett School of Law, is part of a team working to find out how transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy will affect Native American tribes and their lands. Funded by a nearly $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,…
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NEBRASKA TODAY — The University of Nebraska College of Law’s Tenant Assistance Project was one of a few anti-eviction programs highlighted by the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice during a nationwide Jan. 28 webinar. The webinar featured appearances by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and several top officials from the White…
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TNE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — Today, leaders at the highest level recognized 99 law schools across the United States – including The University of New Mexico School of Law – for their rapid response addressing the pandemic housing and eviction crisis that left thousands of Americans on the verge of homelessness. “When I issued the…
Read More about University of New Mexico Law recognized by White House for eviction crisis responseUniversity of New Mexico Law Student Bar Association vice president Taylor Bingham advocates for student involvement
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — Law school is a time to learn and grow as a person, and can also be a time to get involved with the school community. Taylor Bingham (’22) is the interim president, and soon-to-be vice president, of the Student Bar Association (SBA) and advocates for students to…
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YANKTON DAILY — The University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, in partnership with Plains Commerce Bank, is set to host the “Five O’Clock Forum: The Core of Cryptocurrency” at the Hilton Garden Inn Sioux Falls Downtown on Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m. Neil Fulton, dean of the law school, will moderate the Q&A…
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Former network television news executive and producer at ABC News and NBC News A’Lelia Bundles, will deliver the annual Derrick Bell Lecture. The in-person event will take place Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 5:30 pm at the Knight Law Center. Bundles is author of On Her Own Ground: The…
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — Marcilynn A. Burke, Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law, was recently confirmed to the five-member Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC). Governor Kate Brown nominated Dean Burke, the Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law, to serve on this volunteer commission. The Oregon Senate confirmed Burke as the…
Read More about University of Oregon Law dean Marcilynn A. Burke confirmed to Oregon Transportation CommissionGift to University of Oregon Law to support Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — It was the birds in toxic waste that spurred a turning point for UO donor Roger Worthington. When he was 16 years old, his family moved to Houston—far from the forests, rivers, and mountains of his Oregon childhood. He went on to attend the University of Texas, Austin,…
Read More about Gift to University of Oregon Law to support Environmental and Natural Resources Law CenterPenn Law students Duncan Hall and Corina Scott recognized for brief writing and oral advocacy in mock trial competition
PENN LAW — Each year, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Students compete in the Edwin R. Keedy Cup, an internal mock trial competition that combines intramural brief writing and oral advocacy. The Keedy Cup culminates with four participants randomly paired into two teams facing off in front of a panel of esteemed guest jurists.Dean and Bernard…
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PENN LAW — Finkelstein is the founder and academic director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a non-partisan interdisciplinary institute affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). She is a distinguished research fellow at APPC and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Her…
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