Howard Law dean Danielle Holley-Walker receives AALS Impact Award for the creation of Antiracist Clearinghouse Project
HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) inaugural Impact Award will be presented to the five law deans who created the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project, including Danielle Holley-Walker (Howard University School of Law).
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN — The University of Nebraska College of Law has joined other U.S. law schools and the American Bar Association to address issues in policing and police work. The consortium will make recommendations to the American Bar Association that will be implemented into the law college curriculum.
Read More about University of Nebraska Law joins ABA Legal Education Police Practice ConsortiumPenn State Dickinson Law dean Danielle M. Conway receives AALS Impact Award for the creation of Antiracist Clearinghouse Project
PENN STATE NEWS — Penn State Dickinson Law Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law Danielle M. Conway has been honored with the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) inaugural Impact Award with four other law school deans for the creation of the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project.
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RUTGERS-CAMDEN NEWS NOW — Kimberly Mutcherson, co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden, has received the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Inaugural Impact Award with four other law school deans for the creation of the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project (LDACP).
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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — In a time of social unrest, society continues to look for answers and ways to restore harmony. The Southern University Law Center wants to create a space for discussion of such timely topics. Therefore, the Law Center will host a virtual book launch and panel discussion with alumna LaToya Burrell.
Read More about Southern University Law Center hosts virtual panel discussion on racial reconciliationYale and Columbia law schools launch website tracking health inequities and vulnerabilities during the pandemic
YALE LAW SCHOOL — An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Columbia and Yale universities today unveiled an interactive map that guides policy makers and the public in deploying health care workers to communities most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The online map, Mapping the New Politics of Care, uses a wide array of data.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The District of Columbia has joined several states to announce that it will be holding its February 2021 bar exam online. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee also have said their February exams will be offered remotely, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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CALIFORNIA COURTS NEWSROOM — The Supreme Court of California on Monday approved a charter for the commission that will study the future of the Bar Exam, allowing the State Bar to begin recruitment for the group in November. The commission will also consider whether the Bar Exam, or any of its parts, should be administered online and/or in-person.
Read More about California Supreme Court approves commission to study the future of the bar examNew York announces February bar exam will be administered online
REUTERS — New York’s high court has announced that the state’s February 2021 bar exam will be administered online as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, making in-person testing a health risk. At least three other U.S. jurisdictions – Maryland, Pennsylvania and Connecticut – have decided the same.
Read More about New York announces February bar exam will be administered onlinePitt Law IT director Kim Getz discusses technology support for faculty during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY TIMES — If this were a normal year, one of the highlights for School of Law IT director Kim Getz would be heading downtown to the convention center to support students taking the bar exam. Recently, Getz sat watching a live class go out remotely to nearly 90 students online.
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