University of Maine Law dean Leigh Saufley discusses her vision for the school
MAINEBIZ — When Leigh Saufley spoke to Mainebiz last year in her first week as dean of the University of Maine School of Law, she talked about the “surreal” experience of being in an empty building. Eighteen months later, we sat down with Maine’s former chief justice again over Zoom to find out about this year’s…
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UMASS DARTMOUTH — On November 16, UMass Law unveiled the newly renovated Arc of Justice Atrium, which was dedicated to Chancellor Emerita Jean MacCormack and the late Margaret “MarDee” Xifaras ’78 and all those who worked to create an excellent, inclusive, and affordable public law school. As the central gathering place at UMass Law, the Arc of Justice…
Read More about UMass Law unveils new Arc of Justice AtriumUniversity of Miami Law Innocence Clinic helps to overturn wrongful conviction
NEWS@THEU — In the first hour of his newfound freedom, Dustin Shane Duty consumed half of a double bacon cheeseburger while sitting in the restaurant of a Jacksonville, Florida, hotel. Then, he borrowed his attorney’s cellphone to call the mother he hadn’t seen in more than eight years.“I love you, Dottie,” Duty told his weeping mom. The…
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NPR KANSAS CITY — When the federal eviction moratorium ended in August of 2021, eviction courts resumed hearing cases. Many renters found themselves in a legal environment without representation. Enter the attorneys of the Tenant Representation Initiative. The team consists of four Truman Fellows, a managing attorney and three current law students serving as law clerks. They joined…
Read More about University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Tenant Representation Initiative helps area residents facing evictionMitchell Hamline Law Child Protection Institute celebrates legal successes
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — After years of work, Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection was part of an event in October with Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan to celebrate several legislative wins for Minnesota families. The institute had worked specifically on two proposals that became law. The measures were part of…
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law Child Protection Institute celebrates legal successesUNLV Law to recognize local philanthropist during ceremony
LAS VEGAS SUN — When 96-year-old Joyce Mack moved to Las Vegas more than 70 years ago, the valley was mostly empty desert and scrub. The population — some 2.7 million today — was about 35,000, and just a handful of early resorts dotted today’s Strip. But Mack’s late husband, Jerry, and his father, Nate, had…
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NIU TODAY — The NIU College of Law Race and the Law Conversations series provide a platform with expert panelists who will engage in much needed conversations on a wide range of racial and social justice issues including, but limited to, racial inequality, police brutality, and mass incarceration. Our inaugural Conversation on police accountability and reform in August 2020 was…
Read More about Northern Illinois University Law to host conversation on marijuana laws and restorative justiceNorthwestern Law hosts symposium on how property law can address housing inequality
NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In November, Northwestern University Law Review hosted its 2021 Symposium, “Reimagining Property in the Era of Inequality,” bringing together scholars of legal history, property, tax, land use, fair housing, environmental law, and family law. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered the keynote address, which was followed by a discussion with Dean…
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NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic continued its series on Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century with the event “Surveillance Redlining in Chicago: ShotSpotter, the Gang Database, and other Surveillance Tools.” The hybrid discussion, co-sponsored by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, was held in the student area…
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NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — In November, the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Negotiation and Mediation held a virtual symposium series “Restorative Justice Origins, Applications, and Futures.” The three-day event was co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law’s Public Interest Law and Policy Program and the Promise Institute for Human Rights, South Carolina’s Restorative Justice Initiative,…
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