Northwestern Law hosts Senator Tammy Duckworth for discussion on climate change
NORTHWESTERN NOW — U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) addressed the Northwestern community last Thursday and warned that we should think of climate change as a national security threat and an existential challenge to the well-being and success of the United States. “We tend to think of national security as … how many tanks and guns and helicopters…
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The immigration law clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is assisting the local Afghan community with weekly workshops assisting refugees in filing out humanitarian parole applications. More than 30 McGeorge students have provided assistance recently, all under the leadership of Blake C. Nordahl, Immigration Law Clinic Director;…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law immigration clinic assists local Afghan communityPenn Law professor Cary Coglianese publishes essay on the challenges of regulating technology
PENN LAW — In an essay on the challenges of regulating technological innovation, Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, emphasizes the importance of “humans who can maintain vigilance” throughout the regulatory process. In “Regulating New Tech: Problems, Pathways, and People,” which was recently published in the inaugural…
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PENN LAW — After weathering an academic year marked by unprecedented challenges of social distancing, frequent COVID-19 testing, and hybrid learning, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Spring Start LLM Class of 2021 will be honored at a graduation ceremony on December 10, 2021. “Despite the challenges in planning an event during the pandemic, we felt…
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PENN LAW — “Lawyers become leaders in a wide variety of organizations – not just in law firms and corporate legal departments, but in business, academia, government, public interest organizations and non-profits, community organizations, and bar associations,” said Jim Sandman L’76, Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University…
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PENN STATE — Jeffrey A. Dodge, associate dean for academic and student services, assistant professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar at , had his essay proposal, “Teaching Family Law Through the Lens of Minoritized Identities” accepted for publication with Carolina Academic Press in the book titled, “Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Inclusion and Equity Beyond the…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Dickinson Law will host a Summit on Health Justice on Friday, December 10, highlighting efforts to resolve health-related disparities in the U.S. The in-person summit is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Penn State College of Medicine. Members of the Penn State…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law to co-host summit on health justicePenn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle Conway re-elected to AccessLex board of directors
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — AccessLex Institute is pleased to announce that Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, and David A. Brennan, Immediate Past Dean and Frost, Brown and Todd Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law, have…
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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law students Roxanne Baker and Shayna Elian of the Restoration and Justice Clinic successfully represented a client in the Florida criminal justice system. Baker and Elian prevailed on a motion to quash their client’s bench warrant and dismiss the underlying prostitution charge. Baker and Elian’s client is…
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RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Emahunn Campbell RLAW ’21 is the first Rutgers Law School graduate to be awarded the prestigious Karpatkin Fellowship from the ACLU, which will allow him to serve in a yearlong fellowship working in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program. Campbell was chosen as this year’s recipient out of over 100 applicants. The program challenges racial discrimination and…
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