Texas Tech Law honors Distinguished Service Award recipients
TEXAS TECH TODAY — The Texas Tech University School of Law has announced the 2020 Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Service Award recipients. The Texas Tech Law School Foundation recognizes and honors alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the law school at the Annual Scholarship Gala each March.
Read More about Texas Tech Law honors Distinguished Service Award recipientsUniversity of Virginia Law professor Kenneth S. Abraham publishes article on the financial implications of repealing qualified immunity for law enforcement
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Kenneth S. Abraham, one of the nation’s leading scholars and teachers in the fields of torts and insurance law, examines the question in a new paper. “Police Liability Insurance after Repeal of Qualified Immunity, and Before” is forthcoming in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal.
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FOX 47 NEWS — Today, Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow set aside the conviction of Mr. Kenneth Nixon. Nixon was wrongfully convicted of murder, attempted murder and arson in 2005. Nixon is represented by the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Innocence Project (WMU-Cooley Innocence Project).
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project secures early release for clientYale Law Cyber Leadership Forum hosts discussion on international cybersecurity enforcement
YALE DAILY NEWS — The session, open to the general public on Zoom, was the second of seven biweekly Thursday webinars this semester meant to bridge the divide among law, technology, policy and business communities on the most critical cybersecurity challenges. Each webinar focuses on a different challenge related to the theme of sovereignty.
Read More about Yale Law Cyber Leadership Forum hosts discussion on international cybersecurity enforcementOpinion: UCLA Law dean Jennifer Mnookin argues college student and faculty vaccinations should be a national priority
LOS ANGELES TIMES — The fall semester and higher education remain in jeopardy, despite the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine. Faculty, staff and students need to be given access to the vaccine sooner rather than later so that a full university life can resume in the fall. We aren’t arguing that students should be at the front.
Read More about Opinion: UCLA Law dean Jennifer Mnookin argues college student and faculty vaccinations should be a national priorityCOVID-19 cases at universities rise again
INSIDE HIGHER ED — COVID-19 cases are on the decline nationwide. College campuses are another story. Though the large, mostly public universities that set records for their high case counts last semester are actually doing better than they did last term, other campuses — including those that kept cases low in the fall — have rising numbers.
Read More about COVID-19 cases at universities rise againApproach to vaccinating faculty varies by state
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As states continue fine-tuning their plans for prioritizing scarce doses of COVID-19 vaccines, some in higher education who expected to be vaccinated along with other educators have found themselves pushed farther back in line. Some states are prioritizing vaccinating teachers and staff in pre-K-12 over college faculty members.
Read More about Approach to vaccinating faculty varies by stateHispanic college student enrollment drops due to the pandemic
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — This week, Katie Mangan talked to an expert about one of the most troubling flips in the college-enrollment scene: the decline in Latino/a students, a population many see as key to higher education’s future. For years, Latina/o students have been the fastest-growing segment of undergraduates.
Read More about Hispanic college student enrollment drops due to the pandemicStates set different agendas for higher education funding
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Many states slashed higher education funding last year, fearing the pandemic would torpedo state revenues. The higher education sector, no stranger to steep cuts during economic recessions, braced for further budget reductions in the 2022 fiscal year. But many public higher education officials’ worst fears have not been realized.
Read More about States set different agendas for higher education fundingSurvey: International graduate student enrollment drops amid pandemic and immigration restrictions
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A new survey of international enrollments at U.S. graduate schools found that first-time enrollment of international graduate students dropped 39 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020, an unprecedented drop likely attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, substantial numbers of students deferred admission.
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