Stanford Law Center on the Legal Profession launches multidistrict litigation toolkit

April 2, 2025

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession is pleased to announce the launch of its groundbreaking MDL Toolkit, a comprehensive case management resource designed to assist judges, attorneys, litigants, and the public navigate the complex world of multidistrict litigation (MDL).

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Stanford Law professor Rose Carmen Goldberg and student Matthew Rogowski file amicus brief in federal court case

April 2, 2025

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — In this Q&A, Rose Carmen Goldberg, associate director of policy and programs at SLS’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, and Matthew Rogowski, a SLS 2L and Army veteran, discuss the Ninth Circuit amicus brief they worked on together, along with co-counsel Harvard Law School Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic.

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Stanford Law Environmental Law Clinic files amicus brief in DC Circuit and US Supreme Court

April 2, 2025

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — This winter, ELC students filed three separate amicus briefs in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

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Toledo Law to host Case Western Reserve Law professor Atiba R. Ellis for voting rights lecture

April 2, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO — A nationally recognized voting rights scholar will discuss how debates over who is and who is not able to vote reflect broader questions about the democratic principles of the United States in The University of Toledo College of Law’s Cannon Lecture.

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Tulane Law to host symposium on Black women’s fight for the right to vote

April 2, 2025

TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — The historical efforts of Black women’s fight for access to the ballot box and the criminalization of those efforts is the topic of the Gordon J. Gamm Comparative Law and Justice Symposium at Tulane Law School on March 21.

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Tulane Law team wins Black Law Students Association moot court national championship title

April 2, 2025

TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — The BLSA Moot Court Appellate Team is once again the national champions of the Thurgood Marshall National Moot Court Competition, the third time in four years.

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University of Utah Law professor Jorge Contreras named distinguished professor of law 

April 2, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Jorge Conteras has been named a distinguished professor of law, effective July 1, 2025.

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Vanderbilt Law hosts lecture on how neuroscience could change the criminal justice system

April 2, 2025

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — Law and neuroscience expert Francis X. Shen delivered Vanderbilt Law School’s Weaver Distinguished Lecture on March 4. Titled “How Neuroscience Can Revolutionize the Criminal Law,” the talk explored the intersection of neuroscience and the legal system, emphasizing the potential and current limitations of neuroscience in shaping criminal law.

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Vanderbilt Law to launch Innocence Clinic

April 2, 2025

VANGUARD — Vanderbilt Law School has announced it is launching The Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic to work to overturn wrongful convictions in Tennessee while training law students, WZTV Nashville reports.

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Vermont Law and Graduate School students attend Endangered Species Act Conference

April 2, 2025

VERMONT LAW & GRADUATE SCHOOL — During the fall 2024 semester, a group of Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) students and faculty attended the Endangered Species Act: The Next 50 Years conference.

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