Penn Law students share experiences in online international commercial arbitration contest
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Vis Moot Team competed in a series of online hearings for the 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The moot was held between April 4-6 and is the most prestigious competition of its kind.
Read More about Penn Law students share experiences in online international commercial arbitration contestPenn Law faculty hold joint appointments with university’s business school
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Approximately half of the Law School’s standing faculty hold secondary appointments at the University’s sister schools, and we have previously featured four such law professors in the first installment of this series of articles.
Read More about Penn Law faculty hold joint appointments with university’s business schoolPenn Law professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia speaks at University of Houston Law on immigration law
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia of Penn State Law said current U.S. immigration practices seek to create more undocumented people in the country during a Zoom conference book talk presented by the University of Houston Law Center’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee on Tuesday.
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NIU TODAY — Cassandra Hill has been named the next dean of the Northern Illinois University College of Law. Hill will begin her role on July 1, pending approval by the NIU Board of Trustees, and she will be the first African-American woman to lead the law school.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — When the University of Richmond announced a transition to online classes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, faculty had one week to prepare: one week to learn how to use new online meeting software, to adapt their syllabi to a digital format, and to explore best practices in remote teaching.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWSROOM — On Monday, April 13, the University of Richmond School of Law will host a special webinar to recruit/train law students and soon-to-be-grads to volunteer for the statewide Eviction Legal Helpline. The Eviction Legal Helpline was established by the Virginia Poverty Law Center and the Campaign to Reduce Evictions as a free resource…
Read More about University of Richmond Law hosts eviction hotline trainingRoger Williams Law names Gregory W. Bowman as dean
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Roger Williams University School of Law Board of Directors on Monday announced that Gregory W. Bowman, a nationally recognized scholar who has been serving as dean of the highly regarded West Virginia University College of Law, will become RWU Law’s sixth dean, effective July 1, 2020.
Read More about Roger Williams Law names Gregory W. Bowman as deanSuffolk Law Legal Innovation & Technology Lab helps Massachusetts courts provide online legal service tools
THE NATIONAL JURIST — Suffolk University Law School students and leaders of its Legal Innovation & Technology Lab (LIT Lab) are spearheading an effort to help Massachusetts state courts better serve the public’s legal needs during the pandemic.
Read More about Suffolk Law Legal Innovation & Technology Lab helps Massachusetts courts provide online legal service toolsUniversity of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff hosts podcast on historic responses to pandemics
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — On the show, McMillen and the hosts discuss the coronavirus pandemic’s similarities and differences to past pandemics, how misinformation plays a role, and how nations handled restricting the rights of their citizens, among other topics.
Read More about University of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff hosts podcast on historic responses to pandemicsUniversity of Virginia Law launches CARES project to answer unemployment benefit questions
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The project is named after the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, recently passed by Congress. The legislation adds $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits for up to four months, in addition to what workers receive from the state. The new benefits start this…
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