University of Miami Law professors Daniel Suman and Xavier Cortada attend UN Climate Change Conference
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Daniel Suman, an affiliated professor and adjunct faculty in Miami Law’s Environmental Law Program and Maritime Law LL.M. and professor of environmental science and policy at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and Xavier Cortada, J.D. ’91, a Miami Law Environmental Law Program affiliated faculty, will attend the 2021 United…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s Innocence Clinic won a stunning victory today for client Dustin Duty, securing his release from prison. The now 36-year-old was wrongfully convicted of a 2013 armed robbery in Jacksonville and sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. “After five years of strenuous litigation,…
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COLUMBIA LAW TRIBUNE — The United States government owes a debt to its veterans for their service to the country, said Bart Stichman, special counsel to the not-for-profit National Veterans Legal Services Program. “Unfortunately, the government has not kept that promise since the Vietnam War,” Stichman said. He was the keynote speaker for Friday’s symposium on veterans’ issues…
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NEBRASKA TODAY — Karl Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia, will present the Attorney General Jon Bruning Public Service Lecture at noon Nov. 5 in the College of Law’s Hamann Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public. It will be available via Zoom. (Registration is required). Racine was sworn in as D.C.’s first elected attorney…
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CISION PR NEWSWIRE — Founded by law students Katharine Nakaue(she/they) and Greg Newman-Martinez (he/him), both in the evening program at New England Law, the Identity Affirmation Project aims to assist transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people in the process of legally changing their name or gender marker in Massachusetts, including probate court filings. When a person identifies by…
Read More about New England Law Boston project helps trans and non-binary individuals with legal name change processNorthern Illinois University Law professor Evan Bernick authors book on Fourteenth Amendment
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — NIU Law Professor Evan Bernick was interviewed for the Wall Street Journal article, “The Amendment That Remade America” on his new book, “The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit (2021).” Professor Bernick is featured in the article with his co-author, Georgetown Law School Professor Randy E.…
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — Threats of climate catastrophe and ongoing pressure from student activists have catalyzed universities to adopt international standards for environmental stewardship and spur new research and remediation efforts that span from grassroots to global. As such, schools including Northwestern University are now playing an increasingly important role in setting climate change policy worldwide and…
Read More about Northwestern Law sends six delegates to UN climate change conferenceUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge Law and Sacramento State University launch joint JD/MBA degree program
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law and California State University, Sacramento’s College of Business have partnered to offer students a joint JD/MBA degree. The new program, one of the most frequently requested joint degree programs, will help graduates better pursue the numerous business, law, and business law opportunities in…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — In August, the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law welcomed more than 200 students to its Sacramento campus. Fifty-three different undergraduate degrees from 69 different universities are represented in the class. This year’s class of 170 JD students is comprised of 56 percent women and 36 percent first-generation college students.…
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PENN LAW — With many states across the country moving to restrict voting rights, the need for skilled advocates who can work to increase voter participation, access, and protection is urgent. The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has a strong commitment to protecting and enhancing voting rights and participation among citizens, carried out through various…
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