University of Wisconsin Law student Tiffany Mitchell wins armed forces law writing contest
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON LAW SCHOOL — Tiffany Mitchell, a third-year student at University of Wisconsin Law School, won the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law 2025 writing contest with her paper “Unaccountable: Command Responsibility and Army Officers’ Impunity for Subordinate War Crimes.”
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YALE NEWS — From Jan. 6 through 10, Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken traveled to China and Japan for the Law School’s first official visit to Asia in over two decades.
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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING — Two University of Wyoming College of Law students have been selected for guest editorships with a well-known legal journal.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — Professor David Schleicher, an expert in local government law, land use, federalism, state and local finance, and urban development, joined the Law School faculty in 2015 and was named Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law in 2024.
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YALE DAILY NEWS — Many law students had federal government internships and job offers secured for this summer. Then President Donald Trump declared a “hiring freeze.”
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Advocates for victims of sexual violence said the decision would put students at greater risk of harassment while conservative lawmakers and advocates applauded the move, arguing it would make students safer.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.
Read More about Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programsRecent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific research
INSIDE HIGER ED — As the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation review grants and programming for verboten topics—including DEI and “gender ideology”—many researchers aren’t sure if their projects will pass Trump’s nebulous, ideological tests.
Read More about Recent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific researchSurvey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The majority of college presidents surveyed by Inside Higher Ed believe the Trump administration will have a negative impact on the sector.
Read More about Survey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher educationUS Department of Defense bars diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum at military academies
HIGHER ED DIVE — The three colleges under the U.S. Department of Defense are also banned from teaching “gender ideology,” as defined by recent executive orders.
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