Penn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes article on mental state and criminal responsibility
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell Professor of Law Stephen J. Morse argues that mental states should remain “central to the ascriptions of culpability and responsibility more generally” despite recent internal and external challenges.
Read More about Penn Law professor Stephen J. Morse publishes article on mental state and criminal responsibilityPenn Law Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice cited in Supreme Court of California decision on pretrial detention
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Pathbreaking work by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice was recently cited in a pivotal Supreme Court of California decision, which held that pretrial detention should be only employed in very narrow circumstances.
Read More about Penn Law Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice cited in Supreme Court of California decision on pretrial detentionPenn State Law dean Hari Osofsky named finalist in University of Iowa presidential search
THE DAILY IOWAN — Hari Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs, will attend campus on Monday as the first of four finalists for the University of Iowa presidency. She leads a roughly 380-student law school, which ranked No. 60 in the most recent US News and World Report.
Read More about Penn State Law dean Hari Osofsky named finalist in University of Iowa presidential searchRutgers Law professor Elise Boddie appointed to Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Elise Boddie, Henry Rutgers Professor, Professor of Law and Judge Robert L. Carter Scholar at Rutgers University–Newark has been appointed by President Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court. She joins other national legal experts who will look at the makeup and size of the Court.
Read More about Rutgers Law professor Elise Boddie appointed to Presidential Commission on the Supreme CourtSaint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses inequality and the government’s pandemic response at University of Houston Law Center
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby of the Saint Louis University School of Law was the most recent speaker in the 2021 University of Houston Law Center Spring Workshop Series, “Race, Social Change, and the Law,” last week.
Read More about Saint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses inequality and the government’s pandemic response at University of Houston Law CenterPodcast: Santa Clara University Law professor Colleen Chien discusses efforts to automate criminal record-clearing
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Colleen Chien spoke with Professor JJ Prescott and Rebecca Vallas of the Center for American Progress about her “important and eye-opening” work that “has been fueling state momentum to make criminal record-clearing automatic for everyone who’s eligible.”
Read More about Podcast: Santa Clara University Law professor Colleen Chien discusses efforts to automate criminal record-clearingGift to University of South Carolina Law establishes Mitchell Willoughby Distinguished Professorship of Advocacy and Public Justice Fund
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — Alumnus Mitchell Willoughby ’75, a partner at Willoughby and Hoefer, has made a gift of $1 million to the University of South Carolina School of Law. This gift establishes The Mitchell Willoughby Distinguished Professorship of Advocacy and Public Justice Fund.
Read More about Gift to University of South Carolina Law establishes Mitchell Willoughby Distinguished Professorship of Advocacy and Public Justice FundUniversity of South Dakota Knudson Law professor Laura Rose named winner of Stetson Law Advocacy Writing Competition
PATCH FLORIDA — Stetson Law is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Advocacy Writing Competition is Laura Rose, an assistant professor of law at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in Vermillion, SD. She also happens to be a 2012 Stetson Law alumna!
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WPSD 6 NBC — An area law professor is being tapped by Illinois’ governor to serve on a state commission tasked with identifying and uprooting sources of discrimination and bias in the state. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is appointing Southern Illinois University School of Law professor Cindy Buys to the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes.
Read More about Southern Illinois Law professor Cindy Buys appointed to Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate CrimesStetson Law students win Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Law School Challenge
PATCH FLORIDA — The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of the 2021 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge April 5, and Stetson University College of Law won the top honor, the MVP Pro Bono Champion Award, for matching the most students with its own alumni.
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