UC Irvine Law Jane Stoever honored with Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic (DV Clinic) at UCI Law Jane Stoever received a 2020 Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award. The award supports faculty activities and projects that promote inclusion.
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UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UCI Law has been named to the 2021 Population Services International (PSI) Board of Directors.
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Michele Goodwin named to the Population Services International Board of DirectorsUC Irvine Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and Criminal Justice Clinic assists Los Angeles District Attorney with review of officer-involved shootings
UC IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Civil Rights Litigation Clinic (CRLC) and Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) will be assisting Los Angeles District Attorney-elect George Gascon is his effort to review officer-involved shootings dating back to 2012. Gascon pledged to reopen four fatal officer-involved shooting cases.
Read More about UC Irvine Law Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and Criminal Justice Clinic assists Los Angeles District Attorney with review of officer-involved shootingsUCLA Law professor Laura E. Gómez honored as outstanding scholar by the American Bar Foundation
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Professor Laura E. Gómez has been honored with the 2021 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. She will receive the award – among the nation’s highest honors for scholarship in law or government – at the ABF’s annual banquet, which will be virtual.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA School of Law Distinguished Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw is the recipient of the 2021 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Women in Legal Education. Crenshaw has been a preeminent leader in legal scholarship and critical race theory.
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DUKE LAW — Duke Law professors Lawrence Baxter, Gina-Gail Fletcher, and Sarah Bloom Raskin are serving on a panel of top economic thinkers who are drafting policy recommendations that will facilitate a resilient and sustainable post-COVID economic recovery. The Regenerative Crisis Response Committee is a non-partisan group.
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DUKE TODAY — Six members of the Duke faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. They are among 489 new fellows elected this year. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s moot court team won big at the National Moot Court Competition’s Regional Finals. After mooting five rounds over Zoom, captain Frank Piacenti ’21, Kevin Sette ’21, and Cody Anthony ’21 eventually beat out the NYU Law team in the final round to win the championship and best brief.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The November 18 event, hosted by the Fordham Irish Law Students Association, Fordham Law Ireland Program, and Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, featured experts on both sides of the Atlantic and covered topics ranging from human rights to the economic impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland.
Read More about Fordham Law Leitner Center for International Law and Justice hosts webinar on the economic impact of Brexit on Northern IrelandFordham Law students argue for compassionate release of client before federal court
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Federal Litigation Clinic students Elizabeth Marley ’21, Kelly O’Connor ’21, and Bayron Flores Tapia ’21 argued a compassionate release motion in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The students represented a client convicted on a drug-dealing charge who three years remaining on his sentence.
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