University of Texas Law to launch center for the discussion and scholarship of the First Amendment
UT NEWS — The School of Law at The University of Texas at Austin is opening the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, which will be dedicated to advancing the discussion, education and scholarship of the First Amendment.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — With anti-Semitism surging globally, scholars are convening to discuss the role of law in combating religious and racial hatred, at a conference Sept. 10 co-hosted by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The decision to admit women to study at the University of Virginia School of Law had nothing to do with administrators’ belief in equality. Instead, their hand was forced by intense social pressure, which reached an apex after women became enfranchised in 1920.
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER — Ali Soufan, a former FBI counterterrorism agent, told lawyers from Yale Law School the reason the CIA redacted portions of his 2011 memoir about the war on terrorism was that it didn’t agree with the agency’s version of events.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — In her new book, The President and Immigration Law (Oxford University Press, September 2020), Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law Cristina Rodríguez ’00 examines how immigration policy became concentrated in the hands of the president and whether this state of affairs should give us pause.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — This year, to respect social distancing guidelines, the Law, Ethics & Animals Program speaker series will take place entirely by webinar, which means you will be able to attend wherever you are by registering with the links below.
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U.S. NEWS — WELCOME TO THE LATEST installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a feature that provides law school admissions advice to readers who send in inquiries. If you have a question about law school admissions, email us for a chance to be featured in a future post.
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FORBES — New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is continuing to bang the drum for improving the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program in the next stimulus.
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YALE JOURNAL ON REGULATION — Although scholars may not be able to see each other at conferences or other events for the foreseeable future, they can still maintain some virtual connection. The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Administrative Law continues its initiative: “Meet a Member.”
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UCONN TODAY — In the months since Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were killed by police last spring, public outrage over anti-Black racism has inspired widespread protests, conversations and calls for reform.
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