Howard Law professor Tiffany Wright and civil rights clinic win racial discrimination case
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Howard University School of Law Professor Tiffany Wright and the Civil Rights Clinic have won landmark case People v. Silas, which recognizes implicit bias in nixing a juror for supporting Black Lives Matter. Wright drafted and filed the brief in her capacity as an Orrick attorney. Before arguing the case, she…
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In support of its public interest mission and commitment to eliminating racism, Northeastern University School of Law is pleased to announce that four faculty members have been awarded inaugural Racial Justice Faculty Fellowships. The fellowships will be used to promote faculty research and scholarship on issues of racial justice and/or…
Read More about Northeastern Law announces inaugural racial justice faculty fellowshipsArizona State University Law celebrates graduates’ bar exam results
ASU NEWS — For the ninth consecutive year, the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University received the highest overall bar passage rate in Arizona, taking into account all first-time takers for the February and July Uniform Bar Exams, according to the July 2021 results released last month. This is the second time in recent years…
Read More about Arizona State University Law celebrates graduates’ bar exam resultsUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Erica Suter to participate in social justice lecture series
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Erica J. Suter, director of the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Innocence Project Clinic, will present the Third Annual Lecture hosted by The Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice & Ethics, on Thursday, Nov. 11. The lecture will be presented in hybrid format. There will be…
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor Erica Suter to participate in social justice lecture seriesUniversity of Baltimore Law Innocence Project Clinic helps exonerate man after 17 years in prison
CNN — David Morris has spent almost 17 years in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit. On Wednesday, a judge threw out his conviction following a review of evidence that determined Morris was wrongfully charged and found guilty in 2005, according to the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City. Baltimore Circuit Judge Charles…
Read More about University of Baltimore Law Innocence Project Clinic helps exonerate man after 17 years in prisonTexas Bar Foundation grant to support Baylor Law mental health initiatives
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY LAW — The Texas Bar Foundation recently awarded Baylor Law a grant of $6,500 to implement comprehensive and consistent mental health and wellness programming at the Law School. With assistance from the Texas Bar Foundation, under the banner of ‘Mind, Body, and Spirit,’ Baylor Law will execute a multi-faceted program to better support the…
Read More about Texas Bar Foundation grant to support Baylor Law mental health initiativesUC Berkeley Law students partner with business school on mock negotiations competition
BERKELEY LAW — For a fast-rising number of lawyers, understanding the business world is more than an intellectual curiosity. It’s an occupational necessity. The Halloum Business Competition provides another case in point. Combining the skill sets of Berkeley Law and Berkeley Haas MBA students to navigate a simulated complex transaction based on actual fact patterns, the unique…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law students partner with business school on mock negotiations competitionUC Berkeley Law launches human rights blog series and podcast
BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law’s Honorable G. William and Ariadna Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law has always been what Professor and Co-Director Laurel E. Fletchercalls “a convener,” bringing scholars, advocates, and students together to tackle some of the world’s toughest problems. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic — with in-person travel restricted even as conflicts and…
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BERKELEY LAW — For more than 25 years, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology has been a hub for the legal and regulatory intersection of the cutting edge — a lodestar for academics, practitioners, and students at Berkeley Law and around the world. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic further driving home the critical importance of breakthrough…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law technology center announces life sciences initiativeUniversity of Cincinnati Law celebrates construction project milestone
UC CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati College of Law hosted a beam signing ceremony for its new home, a $45.6 million renovation of the former Lindner College of Business building. “Today, Cincinnati Law, the nation’s fourth oldest continuously operating law school, reaches another milestone,” said UC College of Law Dean Verna Williams. “From our…
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