Duke Law professor Kelli Raker honored by ABA Law Practice Division
DUKE LAW — Kelli Raker, coordinator of the Entrepreneurial Law Program and managing director of the Duke Law Tech Lab, was named to the seventh annual “Women of Legal Tech” list by the Legal Technology Resource Center, part of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Division.
Read More about Duke Law professor Kelli Raker honored by ABA Law Practice DivisionDuke Law professor Brandon L. Garrett publishes a book exploring forensic evidence in criminal cases
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS — Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. Noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day.
Read More about Duke Law professor Brandon L. Garrett publishes a book exploring forensic evidence in criminal casesFlorida State University Law moot court team wins national competition
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — For the fourth consecutive week, the Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won first place in a national competition. The team won the 2021 Seigenthaler-Sutherland Cup National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, which was hosted by Columbus School of Law.
Read More about Florida State University Law moot court team wins national competitionFlorida State University Law professor Carla Laroche discusses efforts to address social injustice
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — FSU law professor Carla Laroche arrived in Tallahassee to open the newest office of the Southern Poverty Law Center on the same day that Hurricane Hermine came ashore. “Learning a new job and a new town after a hurricane was interesting,” she says. Thankfully, only one of them stayed.
Read More about Florida State University Law professor Carla Laroche discusses efforts to address social injusticeStudent Tatiana Hyman elected first Black editor-in-chief of the Fordham Law Review
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Second-year student Tatiana Hyman ’22 was recently elected editor-in-chief of the Fordham Law Review. She is the first Black student to ever hold the position in the history of the journal, which has been published continuously since 1935.
Read More about Student Tatiana Hyman elected first Black editor-in-chief of the Fordham Law ReviewNew York State AG Letitia James speaks at Fordham Law Review symposium on election law
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The annual Fordham Law Review spring symposium, held on Feb. 26, focused on election law, voting systems, and the future of American elections on the national and state levels and featured a recorded keynote speech by New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
Read More about New York State AG Letitia James speaks at Fordham Law Review symposium on election lawFordham Law student Abdulai Turay honored by National Jurist magazine
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Abdulai Turay ’22 was named the 2021 Law Student of the Year by The National Jurist. Abdulai Turay learned about America from afar, by watching TV. To the young Turay, who was born in the war-torn West African nation of Sierra Leone, America seemed amazing. There were things he had never seen before.
Read More about Fordham Law student Abdulai Turay honored by National Jurist magazineFordham Law Dispute Resolution Society team wins regional ABA mediation competition
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s Dispute Resolution Society (DRS) took first place at the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) Representation in Mediation Regional Competition, hosted by Cardozo School of Law over Zoom. The two-day competition, held on Feb. 28 and March 1, included 10 teams from law schools across the country.
Read More about Fordham Law Dispute Resolution Society team wins regional ABA mediation competitionFordham Law hosts virtual New York City mayoral candidates forum
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On March 18, television news anchor and journalist Bill Ritter moderated a conversation among eight of the candidates running in the 2021 New York City mayoral election. The event was co-hosted by Fordham Law’s Access to Justice Initiative and the National Center for Access to Justice.
Read More about Fordham Law hosts virtual New York City mayoral candidates forumGeorge Washington Law dean Dayna Bowen Matthew to discuss racial health disparities in the US at Wake Forest Law
WAKE FOREST NEWS — Wake Forest’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project and Wake Forest Baptist Health are sponsoring a two-day Colloquium that begins on Sunday, March 28, with a keynote lecture at 6 p.m. and concludes on Monday, March 29. Dayna Bowen Matthew will discuss racial health disparities in the U.S.
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