UC Berkeley Law professor Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler author research on surveillance technology and law enforcement
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — President Joe Biden’s new administration has already outlined a long list of early priorities. With help from a science- and technology-focused think tank, Berkeley Law Professors Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler are pushing forward their policy ideas.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law professor Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler author research on surveillance technology and law enforcementUC Davis Law professor Jasmine E. Harris appointed to The Arc’s national board of directors
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Jasmine E. Harris has been named to the national board of directors of the The Arc, the largest national community-based organization advocating for and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Harris will chair the Arc’s legal advocacy subcommittee.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — The 2021 symposium focused on climate change and its effect on weather patterns. Panel topics included hydropower relicensing, freshwater flow regulations, achieving water justice in a changing climate, and innovations in water storage.
Read More about UC Davis Law hosts California Water Law SymposiumUC Davis Law professors Raquel Aldana and Christopher Elmendorf elected to American Law Institute
UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Raquel Aldana and Christopher Elmendorf have been elected to the American Law Institute. The institute oversees projects that often form the basis of laws and become standards cited in judges’ opinions, legal briefs and scholarly articles.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Ed Imwinkelried has been selected as an external member of the Centre for Evidence & Criminal Justice Studies. The center is headquartered at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Professor Imwinkelried is a world-renowned evidence expert who has published extensively in the field.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Kimberly Clausing has joined the Biden administration as a deputy assistant secretary at the treasury department. Clausing will focus on tax analysis and policy, lead the Office of Tax Analysis and work to further tax policy development.
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DAILY PILOT — An associate professor at UC Irvine’s School of Law since 2012, Reiter is now spearheading an important effort to expand educational opportunities for the state’s prison population. Reiter saw a chance to go a step further and create the means for inmates to earn bachelor’s degrees through in-prison classes.
Read More about UC Irvine law professor Keramet Reiter discusses the link between college and reducing recidivismCase Western Reserve Law professor Cassandra Burke Robertson appointed to Supreme Court of Ohio commission on rules of practice and procedure
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko—BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Ohio to its Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure.
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UC NEWS — Verna Williams, UC College of Law Dean and Nippert Professor of Law, has been appointed by Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley to a new nine-member task force to evaluate the city’s development practices. Cincinnati City Council voted unanimously last year to create the task force, which will independently review development practices.
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law dean Verna Williams appointed to anti-corruption task force in cityColumbia Law professor Suzanne Goldberg appointed to US Department of Education civil rights post
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the Biden administration appointed Suzanne Goldberg, a Columbia University law professor and top university administrator, to oversee civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education last week, some civil rights advocates believed it signaled a new era of federal protections for LGBTQ students and a revival of policies.
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