Harvard Law dean John Manning welcomes new students during virtual orientation

September 17, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — In a welcoming address during virtual orientation Thursday, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 predicted that many incoming students would use their legal education to help confront two of the most pressing challenges facing the United States and the world today: the COVID-19 pandemic and the longstanding fight against racism, racial inequality,…

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Harvard Law announces Weil Legal Innovators fellowship program

September 17, 2020

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School today announced plans to participate in the 2021–2022 Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI), a paid fellowship that enables incoming students to defer their first year of law school to work at a WLI partner nonprofit organization.

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University of Hawaii Law library features exhibit on the state’s labor movement

September 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII NEWS — A unique exhibit that seeks to facilitate dialogue between the labor movement in Hawaiʻi and the current Native Hawaiian Sovereignty movements, was launched at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law library as a digital exhibit and is open to the public.

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University of Houston Law professors Meredith Duncan and Renee Knake Jefferson appointed to legal textbook advisory board

September 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center professors Meredith Duncan and Renee Knake Jefferson were appointed to the West Academic Publishing Advisory Board in August.

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A look at the University of Houston Pre-Law Pipeline Program’s sixth year

September 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The first online-only classes in the University of Houston Law Center Pre-Law Pipeline Program recently celebrated their introduction to the study of law during a reception event held via Zoom.

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University of Houston Law professor Zachary Kaufman named to Marshall Scholarship selection committee

September 17, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman was recently appointed by the U.K. government to the regional committee that selects Marshall Scholars.

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University of Houston Law professor Guerra Thompson discusses community engagement and bail reform

September 16, 2020

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Measures taken after Harris County’s historic bail reform have been successful, according to a six-month report recently filed in federal court with contributions from University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson.

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Lewis & Clark Law professor Jim Oleske receives Huffman Scholarship Award

September 16, 2020

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Jim Oleske is the first recipient of the annual Huffman Scholarship Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty scholarship.

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University of Maryland Carey Law professor Paula Monopoli discusses book on the 19th Amendment

September 16, 2020

MARYLANDREPORTER.COM — MarylandReporter.com spoke with Sol & Carlyn Hubert professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law Paula Monopoli on Friday about her new book: Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment.

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Video: University of Minnesota Law professor Francis X. Shen discusses neuroscience and the law in TEDMED Talk

September 16, 2020

TEDMED — In this powerful TEDMED 2020 Talk, Neurolaw Rebel Francis X. Shen makes a compelling case for merging the field of neuroscience with the legal system to move our society constantly closer to the truth.

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