Harvard Law professor Martha Minow authors Saving the News book on law and journalism
GBH NEWS — The challenge in providing government assistance to ease the local news crisis is to find ways of helping those who really need it while keeping the bad actors out. Which is why Martha Minow said this week that she’s “hopeful” but “fearful” about a federal bill that would create tax credits to subsidize…
Read More about Harvard Law professor Martha Minow authors Saving the News book on law and journalismUIC Law welcomes fall class of students
UIC LAW — UIC Law has welcomed its 2021 entering class with 318 JD students, up from 316 JD students last year. This is the first fall class to start under Interim Dean Julie Spanbauer, whose appointment as Dean became effective June 1. Dean Spanbauer, who served as Vice Dean of the Law School from 2017-2021, assumes…
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UIC LAW — Registration is now open for the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s 65th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, to be held virtually on Thursday and Friday, November 4–5, 2021. Modeled after the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos and the Annual Fordham IP Conference in New York, the conference features highly interactive…
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UIC TODAY — The university seeks an experienced and strategic leader who will continue to advance the school’s mission of access, opportunity, academic excellence, community building and public engagement; integrate the law school into the broader UIC community; promote diversity, equity and inclusion regarding faculty and students; uphold the school’s commitment to academic freedom; promote the…
Read More about UIC Law launches dean searchIU McKinney to Present Symposium on Gun Laws and Violence on October 1
IU ROBERT MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — National experts on gun laws and gun violence will join two IU McKinney Law Program on Law and State Government (PLSG) Fellows for a day-long symposium, “Gun Laws and Gun Violence: State Governments Making a Difference,” on October 1. The symposium agenda includes Joseph Blocher of the Center of Firearms…
Read More about IU McKinney to Present Symposium on Gun Laws and Violence on October 1Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin recognized by school for outstanding scholarship
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Lisa Benjamin is the second recipient of the Huffman Scholarship Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty scholarship. Emeritus Dean and ProfessorJames Huffman endowed the award to be given annually to a faculty member based on scholarship written the year prior. The recipient is chosen by a three-member faculty committee. Professor Benjamin…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin recognized by school for outstanding scholarshipLewis & Clark Law welcomes fall class
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School welcomes an academically strong 1L class to campus this fall as the law school returns to in-person instruction. The incoming class continues the upward trend in entering class’ admissions statistics. The Class of 2024 raised the LSAT median to 162, a jump of 4 points from…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law welcomes fall classLSU Law adjunct professor, students in the Parole Assistance and Re-entry Clinic working to help ’10-6 lifers’ in Louisiana
LSU LAW — Jane Hogan, an adjunct professor in our Parole Assistance and Re-entry Clinic, is quoted by The New York Times about her work to remedy sentencing injustices for some of Louisiana’s oldest and longest-serving prisoners, who have become known as “10-6 lifers.” Hogan has been hired by the Louisiana Parole Project to represent two such…
Read More about LSU Law adjunct professor, students in the Parole Assistance and Re-entry Clinic working to help ’10-6 lifers’ in LouisianaLoyola New Orleans Law Clinic sues city over juveniles being jailed with adult prisoners during Hurricane Ida
WDSU NEWS — The city of New Orleans is being sued for evacuating jailed children, teens and young adults due to Hurricane Ida from the city’s Juvenile Justice Intervention Center to a state prison that houses adults. Loyola Law Clinic attorney Grace Bronson said Louisiana Children’s Code “is crystal clear” that youths are not allowed to be…
Read More about Loyola New Orleans Law Clinic sues city over juveniles being jailed with adult prisoners during Hurricane IdaUniversity of Montana Law students protest response to sexual assault allegations
ABA JOURNAL — Following a Title IX lawsuit brought by former administrators and a current professor at the University of Montana, law students at the school claim they were dissuaded from filing administrative complaints alleging repeated use of slurs in the classroom and sexual misconduct. Jennifer Robichaud, a third-year law student, told the ABA Journal she intends…
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