Boston College Law reflects on events and accomplishments from the past semester

December 19, 2024

BC LAW — Topics were wide ranging at BC Law’s events this semester, featuring everything from current global issues, such as the Israel-Palestine conflict, to historic legal doctrines that have shaped both US and international law.

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Boston University Law Intellectual Property Program graduates discuss their experience

December 19, 2024

STUDY INTERNATIONAL — Technology, especially the boom in artificial intelligence, may have changed Intellectual Property law forever in the last few years. But when it comes to advancing your IP law career, the roadmap to success remains the same: you need to learn from the right people and be in the right place.

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Boston University Law professor Jonathan Feingold discusses how diversity mandates could affect higher education

December 19, 2024

THE DAILY FREE PRESS — President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to reform higher education are sparking concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion at Boston-area universities. 

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University at Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic students write op-ed on racially discriminatory deeds

December 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — An op-ed written by law school clinic students, Khalia Muir ’26 and Chris Fynn ’25, along with fair housing researcher James Coughlin, discusses their findings of discriminatory and illegal racial covenants in the deeds of Buffalo-area homes.

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A look at the University at Buffalo Law Mediation Advocacy Competition and Mediation Clinic

December 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Fifty-two law student competitors. Seventy volunteer attorneys who help make the big event happen as mediators or scoring judges.

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University at Buffalo Law professor Meredith Lewis recognized for work in international education

December 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO — Nowhere is UB School of Law’s engagement with the wider world more apparent than in the work of Professor Meredith Kolsky Lewis. 

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UC Berkeley Law professor co-authors article on stipulated protective orders

December 18, 2024

UC BERKELEY LAW — Stipulated protective orders, or SPOs, seal discovery information in a civil lawsuit from the public and have become increasingly common in recent decades. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) permits these orders if the parties show “good cause” to the judge in the case. 

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UCLA Law professor Scott Cummings recognized for legal ethics scholarship

December 18, 2024

UCLA LAW — UCLA School of Law professor Scott Cummings has been awarded the Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility, the top annual honor in legal ethics that the Association of American Law Schools presents.

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A profile on UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) visiting professor Cheryl I. Harris

December 18, 2024

UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — Professor Cheryl I. Harris has spent decades working to understand the systems and structures that perpetuate inequality, and this year she will share her knowledge and insights with law students as a visiting professor at UC Law San Francisco.

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UC Law San Francisco celebrates recent graduates at swearing-in ceremony

December 18, 2024

UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly 100 recent graduates of UC Law San Francisco celebrated their swearing-in as licensed attorneys before a packed auditorium of supporters on Dec. 2. 

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