University of Richmond Law Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service partners on voter protection effort
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Amidst this year’s pandemic, the scenario will be a bit different. One thing that won’t change this year is the Carrico Center for Pro Bono & Public Service’s partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee, VCET, and Election Protection to connect students with service opportunities surrounding the voting process.
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ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY — The St. Mary’s University School of Law, in partnership with several law schools across the U.S., will be hosting a national virtual advocacy competition through Zoom. The All Star National Challenge is the second of three virtual tournaments inspired by a need to create more opportunities for law students.
Read More about St. Mary’s Law to co-host virtual national advocacy competitionSMU Dedman Law receives grant to support criminal justice reform research
SMU DEDMAN LAW SCHOOL OF LAW — The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at SMU Dedman School of Law was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the Chrest Foundation for general operating funds to support prosecution reform research in Dallas County and research the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in rural Texas.
Read More about SMU Dedman Law receives grant to support criminal justice reform researchSouthern University Law Center hosts webinar on Native American history
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — For 30 years, November has been nationally recognized as Native American Heritage Month. In recognition of the month, Southern University Law Center is hosting a seminar taking place on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Law Center associate professor, Michael Oeser, will serve as the presenter.
Read More about Southern University Law Center hosts webinar on Native American historyVermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Harvard Law release report on food policy
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL — The coronavirus pandemic exposed major long-standing problems in the U.S. food system. Harvard and Vermont Law Schools’ “Urgent Call for a U.S. National Food Strategy: An Update to the Blueprint” identifies a framework to create more effective and coordinated policy solutions.
Read More about Vermont Law Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and Harvard Law release report on food policyUniversity of Virginia Law to host online symposium on the federal right to education
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — An online symposium to be held at the University of Virginia School of Law on Nov. 9 will explore whether the United States should recognize a federal right to education and what that would look like. In UVA Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson’s view, federal intervention is a must.
Read More about University of Virginia Law to host online symposium on the federal right to educationWayne Law Review hosts online panel on congressional oversight of digital corporations
LEGALNEWS.COM — The Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School and the Wayne Law Review will present “Congressional Oversight of the Digital Marketplace: Protecting Competition, Privacy and the Truth.” The panel will discuss how Congress oversees digital corporations raising antitrust, privacy, and disinformation concerns.
Read More about Wayne Law Review hosts online panel on congressional oversight of digital corporationsA look at William & Mary Law’s Election Law Program
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — In each of their efforts, the goal of the Election Law Program is to expose students to different facets of this field, help them make connections with practitioners, and find ways that they can have a positive impact on American democracy.
Read More about A look at William & Mary Law’s Election Law ProgramNew William & Mary Law student group recruits election volunteers
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — If there’s an urgent ring to the name of William & Mary Law School’s new student organization, ASAP, it’s deliberate. With a contentious national election coming up fast, and with endless headlines about problems at the polls during the primaries, students knew that help was needed as soon as possible.
Read More about New William & Mary Law student group recruits election volunteersYale Law professor John Fabian Witt publishes book on the history of US public health approaches to diseases
YALE LAW SCHOOL — In his new book American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19 (Yale University Press), Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law John Fabian Witt ’99 explores the ways in which American law has shaped and responded to the experience of contagion throughout history.
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