UCLA Law welcomes health law expert Lindsay F. Wiley to faculty
UCLA LAW — Lindsay F. Wiley, an internationally renowned expert and leader in health law and policy, will join the UCLA School of Law faculty as a professor of law starting in January 2022. A widely published author and frequent speaker in the field, Wiley comes to UCLA Law from American University Washington College of Law, where…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Steven Dean, an expert in international tax policy, has been named co-director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law, joining co- directors Professors Julian Arato and Robin Effron to lead one of the most active international law institutions in New York. Professor Roberta Karmel, who founded the…
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Syracuse University College of Law alumnus Brian Gerling L’99 is the new Executive Director of the Innovation Law Center (ILC). Gerling, who brings nearly two decades of intellectual property and commercial litigation experience to the role, takes the helm from M. Jack Rudnick L’73, who will remain engaged with the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I NEWS — As a scholar of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and environmental law, Professor Rebecca Tsosie has been selected as an endowed chair at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Tsosie will headline a live presentation “Rethinking Reconciliation: Toward a Land-Based Indigenous Citizenship” on October 28, at 12 p.m. Tsosie was selected to serve as…
Read More about Law professor Rebecca Tsosie chosen as distinguished chair at University of Hawai’iA look at the changes to improve access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Hundreds of thousands of borrowers with so-called F.F.E.L. student loans, people who paid late and military members could now get credit for years of payments toward erasing their debts. Changes that the Education Department is making to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program should help hundreds of thousands qualify for relief much…
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EIS PRESSWIRE — California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert today highlighting important information regarding recent changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. On Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that over the coming months, it will be implementing critical improvements to the PSLF program that should provide more eligible public servants…
Read More about California Attorney General Rob Bonta advices graduates on accessing Public Service Loan ForgivenessPodcast: Drexel Law dean Dan Filler discusses the history and future of the law school with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty Roberts
ANCHOR BY SPOTIFY — Legal education is experiencing explosive applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will explore the opinions of legal education leaders regarding…
Read More about Podcast: Drexel Law dean Dan Filler discusses the history and future of the law school with St. Mary’s Law dean Patty RobertsUMass Law professor Richard Peltz-Steele challenges collective bargaining law for university staff
ABA JOURNAL — A University of Massachusetts School of Law professor is suing his union, his university and the state over a law that gives the union exclusive rights to represent him in salary negotiations and grievance procedures. Richard Peltz-Steele is not a member of the UMass Faculty Federation, but a state law gives the organization…
Read More about UMass Law professor Richard Peltz-Steele challenges collective bargaining law for university staffAccessLex Institute makes bar exam prep courses available at no cost for 4,000 law graduates
ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE — Leading legal education nonprofit AccessLex Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Helix Bar Review by AccessLex®, the only national nonprofit bar preparation program. Consistent with its history and mission of working to improve access for the next generation of lawyers and create a more diverse legal profession, AccessLex is offering more…
Read More about AccessLex Institute makes bar exam prep courses available at no cost for 4,000 law graduatesTexas Board of Law Examiners releases July 2021 bar exam results
REUTERS — The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t appear to have hurt the performance of law graduates who sat for the Texas bar exam in July. The overall pass rate for that full-length, in-person exam was 68%, according to figures released Friday by the Texas Board of Law Examiners. That’s the same pass rate as the July 2019 test,…
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