Native American organizations and some alumni call for UC Hastings Law name change
YAHOO!NEWS — Documented in letters and depositions held in California’s state archives, the Gold Rush-era massacres are today at the heart of a dispute at one of the country’s most prominent law schools whose graduates include generations of California politicians and lawyers like Vice President Kamala Harris. For the past four years, the University of California, Hastings…
Read More about Native American organizations and some alumni call for UC Hastings Law name changeLMU Loyola Law School to address systemic inequality as part of core curriculum
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL — Transformative. The word captures LMU Loyola Law School, the first law school in the country to enact and mandate throughout its core curriculum a learning outcome devoted to deconstructing systemic inequality. It reflects the law school’s commitment to Structural Change Within. The required Systemic Inequality Learning Outcome urges the evolution of the…
Read More about LMU Loyola Law School to address systemic inequality as part of core curriculumNortheastern Law clinic student Kaylie Simon helps investigate Jim Crow-era lynching
MOTHER JONES DAILY — For more than a year, the country has been gripped by a racial reckoning caused by the high-profile killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black men and women. The reckoning has fueled a public desire to reexamine murders that happened decades ago and still haunt surviving families, some…
Read More about Northeastern Law clinic student Kaylie Simon helps investigate Jim Crow-era lynchingABA to host conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion with law school leaders
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is certainly not a new concept. However, the social upheaval and protests that occurred during summer 2020 in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others brought racial, gender, LGBTQ+, and disability inequities to the forefront of public consciousness. Countless corporations, industry leaders,…
Read More about ABA to host conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion with law school leadersArizona State University Law professor Benjamin van Rooij’s new book analyzes how legal punishment influences public behavior
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR — A 5-year-old steals and eats a grape at the grocery store. A teenager “rolls” past a stop sign without really stopping. An adult decides not to report cash earned from a gig on a tax return. Knowing one might get in trouble for doing something wrong isn’t quite enough to keep…
Read More about Arizona State University Law professor Benjamin van Rooij’s new book analyzes how legal punishment influences public behaviorLarge gift to Boston College Law to establish deanship in honor of alumna
REUTERS — Boston College Law School has received a $10 million donation from alumna Marianne Short, a senior UnitedHealth Group executive and former leader of law firm Dorsey & Whitney. The donation will endow the law school’s deanship, currently filled on an interim basis by Diane Ring. Former dean Vince Rougeau stepped down this summer after a…
Read More about Large gift to Boston College Law to establish deanship in honor of alumnaPodcast: Boston University Law professor Jessica Silbey discusses how intellectual property law is changing amid social justice movements
ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Intellectual property is most often understood in terms of its economic value, but how do our current laws affect everyday creators and innovators? Meg Steenburgh welcomes Professor Jessica Silbey to discuss current issues in IP law and how the mindsets and expectations of younger generations seem to be at odds with the…
Read More about Podcast: Boston University Law professor Jessica Silbey discusses how intellectual property law is changing amid social justice movementsCharleston Law creates housing clinic to support low-income families
CHARLESTON SCHOOL OF LAW — Charleston School of Law and Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services are partnering to create the Charleston Pro Bono Housing Clinic, a new program designed to support low-income families in need of legal representation. Last June, the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission published “Measuring South Carolina’s Justice Gap,” a report that included…
Read More about Charleston Law creates housing clinic to support low-income familiesUConn Law celebrates a century of legal education
UCONN TODAY — Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered at the UConn School of Law on Monday to celebrate a century of progress since the law school’s first class was held in rented rooms in downtown Hartford.“That small night school for insurance workers who desired a legal education has grown into a preeminent law…
Read More about UConn Law celebrates a century of legal educationDePaul Law professor Susan Bandes discusses how emotions play into legal reasoning during Hofstra Law lecture
YAHOO! —A law professor from DePaul University said emotions play an “integral part of legal reasoning” during a guest lecture Wednesday. Susan Bandes, who presented a lecture at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, argued that putting emotions aside in order to be rigorous, tough, and what is considered “lawyer-like” can lead to negative…
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