Connecticut Supreme Court cites article by UC Davis professor Gabriel Chin
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — In Moore v. Commissioner of Correction, a unanimous Connecticut Supreme Court cited Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin‘s article. The article, co-authored with a former University Cincinnati College of Law student, has been relied upon by many other courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Peter Lee recently presented a piece titled “Autonomy, Copyright, and the Structure of Creative Production” at the Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium. The piece examines the role of copyright in promoting vertical disintegration and creative autonomy in the film, music, and publishing industries.
Read More about UC Davis Law professor Peter Lee presents paper at works-in-progress intellectual property colloquiumUC Irvine Law professor Gregory Shaffer named president-elect of the American Society of International Law
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Gregory Shaffer, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, has been named President-Elect of the American Society of International Law. A nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization, ASIL was founded in 1906 and chartered by Congress in 1950.
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Gregory Shaffer named president-elect of the American Society of International LawUC Irvine Law students help develop app on California’s parental leave laws
NEOTA LOGIC — California law provides job-protected leave from work to qualified employees who have a pregnancy related disability or need time off to bond with a new child from childbirth, adoption, or foster care. Starting in 2021, both forms of leave apply to California employers with just 5 or more employees.
Read More about UC Irvine Law students help develop app on California’s parental leave lawsUCLA Law students win Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law students Delaney Gold-Diamond ’21 and Avery Hitchcock ’21 won the prestigious Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition, which was held virtually over the course of several weeks. The moot court tournament was hosted by the Federal Bar Association’s Younger Lawyers Division.
Read More about UCLA Law students win Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court CompetitionCase Western Reserve Law creates First Amendment Clinic and Fellowship
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Case Western Reserve University School of Law received $1.3 million from the Stanton Foundation to establish a First Amendment Clinic and Fellowship in the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. The clinic will focus on litigation involving freedom of speech, press, assembly and petition, and will offer pro bono services.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law creates First Amendment Clinic and FellowshipUniversity of Cincinnati Law students Trane Robinson and Katia Basalla present oral arguments before federal appeals court
UC NEWS — In January, as most students were returning for the Spring Semester, third-year students Trane “T.J.” Robinson and Katie Basalla were making what would turn out to be a successful oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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UC NEWS — An appeals court granted a new trial for two men who spent the last 14 years in prison for the shooting of two people and the attempted shooting of a Cleveland police officer. One of the men, Michael Sutton, was represented by UC’s Ohio Innocence Project.
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UC NEWS — Leondra R. Kruger, associate justice of the California Supreme Court and a former Obama administration official, will engage in a town hall conversation with the University of Cincinnati moderated by College of Law Dean Verna Williams. The 2021 Judge in Residence lecture is 12:15 p.m., Thursday, March 25 via WebEx.
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UCONN TODAY — Ree Morrow JD ’22 realized something as she drove with her husband from Oklahoma City to Hartford to begin her first year at the UConn School of Law. She wanted to document the varieties of American culture that they were seeing and bring them to schools around the nation.
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