University of Minnesota Law professor Francis Shen awarded Early Career Scholars Medal by the American Law Institute
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — The American Law Institute has announced that Professor Francis X. Shen will receive its Early Career Scholars Medal. The award is presented every other year to one or two outstanding early-career law professors whose work has the potential to influence improvements in the law.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — A Minnesota Law mock trial team recently won the American College of Trial Lawyers/Texas Young Lawyers Association Region 12 mock trial competition. The team will advance to the national competition and will compete against the best trial advocacy programs in the country.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — A team of four Minnesota Law students emerged as Midwest Region champions in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) National Patent Application Drafting Competition. The team defeated Notre Dame Law School in the final round to take the championship.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Professor Christopher Turoski, director of Patent Law Programs and lecturer in law, has received a key endorsement for comments that he submitted to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office advocating for greater student participation and diversity in the patent practice bar.
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MPR NEWS — As part of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic in the University’s Law School, students represent clients in juvenile delinquency and child custody cases under the supervision of the two licensed attorneys who lead the clinic. The students work as their clients’ primary lawyers for free.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN COLLEGE OF LAW — The University of Nebraska College of Law was recognized as a 2020 Pro Bono Leader for its dedication to pro bono work and participation in the American Bar Association’s Free Legal Answers Program. Nebraska Law is receiving this recognition for the third consecutive year.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law recognized by ABA as Pro Bono LeaderUniversity of New Mexico Law professor Sherri L. Burr discusses history of free African Americans pre-Civil War at University of Houston Law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Emerita Sherri L. Burr shared the elaborate ancestral history of Africans in America before the Civil War era. Burr served the keynote speaker at the University of Houston Law Center’s annual Black History Month lecture.
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BLOOMBERG TAX — Lily Batchelder, a tax professor at the New York University School of Law and former Obama administration official, has been nominated for the position of assistant secretary for tax policy—Treasury’s top tax job. Batchelder was an expected frontrunner for the job, having worked on the Biden administration’s transition team.
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ABA JOURNAL — An easy way to teach law students technology is incorporating it into existing classes, according to April Dawson, the associate dean of academic affairs and pedagogical enrichment at North Carolina Central University School of Law. She spoke Thursday at the ABA Techshow 2021.
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — A new $5 million gift from Michael ’88 JD, MBA and Cari Sacks will include scholarship support for former Chicago Public Schools students attending Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Pritzker School of Law. The gift brings the couple’s total giving throughout We Will.
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