University of Utah dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner and professor Heather Tanana launch blog series on the impact of climate change on indigenous communities

August 24, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE — This is Part 1 of a two-part blog series on climate change and indigenous peoples in the United States. Part 1 introduces the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities, and Part 2 looks more in depth at how these communities are responding in order to protect their land, people, and resources.

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University of Virginia Law to launch new criminal justice reform project

August 24, 2021

RADIO IQ — The University of Virginia says it will launch a legal initiative early next year – a program that could keep more innocent people out of local jails, state and national prisons.

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University of Virginia Law welcomes new students

August 24, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Law students should embrace their failures and setbacks, and grow from them, Grace Fu ’09 told the Class of 2024 during her orientation address Monday at the University of Virginia School of Law in Caplin Auditorium.

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A look at the University of Virginia Law class of 2024

August 24, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Virginia School of Law is welcoming a first-year J.D. class with the strongest academic numbers and the most racial diversity in the school’s history.

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University of Virginia Law Innocence Project helps secure pardons for two clients in Norfolk-based cases

August 24, 2021

WAVY — Two men convicted decades ago of serious crimes in Norfolk have received pardons thanks to the University of Virginia School of Law’s Innocence Project.

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University of Virginia Law Innocence Project helps client receive pardon

August 24, 2021

UVA TODAY — Emerson Stevens is the third client of the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law to receive an absolute pardon from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in a month’s time.

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Washington University in St. Louis Law dean Nancy Staudt to step down

August 24, 2021

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS — Nancy Staudt, dean of the School of Law and the Howard & Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, will conclude her deanship and leave the university Oct. 1.

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West Virginia University Law Center for Energy and Sustainable Development releases report on how state will benefit from US infrastructure plans

August 24, 2021

WVU TODAY — Analysis from the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development  at the West Virginia University College of Law has determined that energy infrastructure incentives proposed in complementary plans from President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) will benefit the Mountain State in job creation, energy costs and emissions reduction.

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West Virginia University Law veterans’ clinic moves to Charleston

August 24, 2021

CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL — The newest dean of the West Virginia University College of Law says there is still work to do to establish the school’s much-anticipated Charleston presence, but there is at least one clinic moving south this fall.

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Willamette Law launches health law certificate program

August 24, 2021

WILLAMETTE LAW — Willamette Law is pleased to announce a new Health Law Certificate Program now available along with five other robust certificates. Willamette’s certificate programsemphasize the unique and comprehensive training that participants complete in certain legal areas.

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