Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice joins University of Georgia Law as chair in political leadership
THE RED & BLACK — Harold D. Melton, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, has been named the holder of the Carl E. Sanders Chair in Political Leadership at the University of Georgia School of Law, and will teach a class in the law school in the spring, according to UGAToday. Melton will teach…
Read More about Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice joins University of Georgia Law as chair in political leadershipGeorgia State University Law Review hosts legislative forum
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — The Georgia State University Law Review will offer a new way to explore recently passed legislation at its inaugural Legislative Forum in the Lower Ceremonial Courtroom on Oct. 29, from 1 to 5 p.m. The Georgia State Law Review is no stranger to examining new legislation. It releases its “Peach Sheets” issue…
Read More about Georgia State University Law Review hosts legislative forumGeorgia State University Law discussion looks at the history of involuntary sterilization in women’s prisons
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Forced sterilizations are commonly thought to be an unethical practice of the past, but that is not the case. This issue was explored at the College of Law through a discussion with Regents’ Professor and Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law Paul Lombardo and Attorney Sarah Owings (J.D. ’07) of Owings…
Read More about Georgia State University Law discussion looks at the history of involuntary sterilization in women’s prisonsGeorgia State University Law student Abigail Stout reflects on clerkship experience at Georgia Supreme Court
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Clerking for a judge is a highly regarded accomplishment for a recent law school graduate and attaining clerkships for three judges is nearly unheard of. Yet that’s exactly what Abigail Stout (J.D. ’19) has done. She clerked for Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren on the Supreme Court of Georgia, for Judge Kathryn…
Read More about Georgia State University Law student Abigail Stout reflects on clerkship experience at Georgia Supreme CourtHarvard Law students Anoush Baghdassarian and Sondra Anton bond over dedication to international human rights
HARVARD LAW TODAY — It was against the din of barroom conversation and clinking glasses at Grendel’s Den that new first-year Harvard Law School students Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 first realized how remarkably similar their lives had been up to that moment. They had both been raised in families scarred by mass atrocity. Both had studied in…
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THE GLOBAL LEGAL POST — Harvard Law School is teaming up with artificial intelligence-powered contract platform Evisort to help provide a course on legaltech entrepreneurship and innovation. Evisort founding members and Harvard Law graduates Jerry Ting and Memme Onwudiwe will be teaching on the course in March next year alongside other global business leaders to share expertise…
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PENN LAW — In the Penn Program on Regulation’s 10th Annual Distinguished Regulation Lecture, Professor Guy-Uriel Charles, the Charles Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will explain how recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have weakened the Voting Rights Act and undermined its race-based model for protecting voting rights, exploring what the implications are…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII NEWS — The eyes of the world are focused on the climate crisis negotiations for the next two weeks as more than 200 world leaders and 20,000 participants, including six from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, gather in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. for the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The…
Read More about University of Hawaii Law students and faculty to attend UN climate change conventionA look at the University of Iowa Law class of 2024
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — This fall Iowa Law welcomed the Class of 2024–the most academically qualified class in school history.“The Boyd Law Building has come back to life this fall. Our new entering class marks not only the start of a new academic year, but it feels like a new chapter in our…
Read More about A look at the University of Iowa Law class of 2024University of Iowa Law details focus on legal writing
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Iowa Law has long been at the forefront of legal writing education. Although the program has evolved over time, current students and alumni alike attest that the emphasis on one-on-one instruction and consistent feedback sets the Iowa Law writing program apart and teaches the art and science of legal…
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