George Washington Law professor Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. appointed to National Institute for Trial Advocacy board
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Roger A. Fairfax, Jr., the Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Criminal Law and Policy Initiative, has been named a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). Professor Fairfax is one of four new members for 2021.
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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — Students applying to Gonzaga University School of Law for the 2021-2022 academic year will be able to apply to the school’s newest full-tuition scholarship program, the Carl Maxey Social Justice Scholarship Program. The program provides a unique opportunity for exceptional students to further their commitment to social justice.
Read More about Gonzaga Law announces social justice scholarship programHarvard Law students assist public housing tenants amid pandemic
HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Tenant Advocacy Project, a student-run organization at Harvard Law School that advocates for current and prospective public housing tenants, changed the lives and experience of several first-year students, allowing them to gain skills and learn to practice law in a remote work environment.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Several members of the Harvard Law faculty have assumed important governmental roles, including at the Department of the Interior, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security among others.
Read More about Harvard Law faculty appointed to federal positionsUniversity of Kentucky Law hosts technology law and policy conference
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NEWS — Join the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law for a two-day conference, “Inframarginalism & Internet: A Conference on Markets as Wealth Distributors and the Implications for Tech Policy,” from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19.
Read More about University of Kentucky Law hosts technology law and policy conferenceLewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin participates in ABA section on Civil Rights and Social Justice series on Black History Month
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Lisa Benjamin is participating in a series of webinars the ABA section on Civil Rights and Social Justice is doing during the month of February in honor of Black History Month. Benjamin will be a panelist on Climate Effects on Communities of Color February 26.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Miami School of Law’s International Graduate Law Programs and Human Rights Clinic present A Symposium on International Law and COVID-19: Impacts on Human Rights and Public Health. This symposium will be presented via Zoom on April 12th and 16th.
Read More about University of Miami Law hosts symposium on the pandemic and public health rightsUniversity of Miami Law student Emely Sanchez publishes paper on post-pandemic public health workforce recommendations
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a robust public health system. In a paper published in the ABA’s Health Law Section, third-year Miami Law student Emely Sanchez, describes how the pandemic has led to the reformation and reinvigoration of the public health workforce.
Read More about University of Miami Law student Emely Sanchez publishes paper on post-pandemic public health workforce recommendationsUniversity of Miami Law professor Charlton Copeland awarded grant for research on the history of Jim Crow laws in Miami
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar Charlton Copeland was awarded a Mellon CREATES grant through the collaboration with the UM libraries and the Lowe Art Museum. His project will focus on the fight with the Florida legislature over revealing the group’s membership list.
Read More about University of Miami Law professor Charlton Copeland awarded grant for research on the history of Jim Crow laws in MiamiFormer UN Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez discusses human rights and foreign policy at the University of Miami Law
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — In the recent lecture, “Human Rights and Democracy in a New Era,” at the Ninth Annual Henkin Lecture on Human Rights, Juan E. Méndez, spoke on the connection of human rights to everything from climate change to American foreign policy to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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