A look at the University of Akron Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Law Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — With four wins in the five asylum cases that it took on this past fall, along with a 100% grant rate for five bond cases, the Immigration and Human Rights Law Clinic at The University of Akron School of Law continued its high rate of success in representing asylum-seeking…
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THE BALTIMORE SUN — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Monday that her husband, John Besser, has tested positive for the coronavirus….Besser began feeling sick when she was in Minnesota and he was in Washington, D.C., and that he immediately quarantined himself.
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor John Bessler tests positive for coronavirusUCLA Law Prison Law and Policy program launches database on COVID-19 cases in prisons
UCLA NEWSROOM — UCLA School of Law has created expansive databases that keep track of developments related to COVID-19 in prisons and jails nationwide. Launched amid the mounting coronavirus crisis — including reports of infections in high-risk places where large numbers of people are packed into tight quarters — the resources address two key areas.
Read More about UCLA Law Prison Law and Policy program launches database on COVID-19 cases in prisonsUCLA Law publishes guide summarizing state, federal, and local regulations related to coronavirus pandemic
UCLA NEWSROOM — The guide, Legal Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19), provides students, lawyers, academics and the general public with access to a detailed list of local, state and federal statutes, rules or executive orders that address key areas of concern in the current atmosphere.
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UCONN TODAY — Eboni S. Nelson has been named the next dean of the UConn School of Law, bringing strong academic leadership experience and a commitment to service and scholarship. President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Nelson’s appointment on Wednesday, and she begins in the role on Aug. 1.
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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — UConn Law Professor Sara Bronin has been appointed to the Connecticut Bar Association’s 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force. The task force—composed of lawyers, judges, and other professionals—is charged with responding to legal issues and needs in Connecticut arising from the pandemic.
Read More about University of Connecticut Law professor Sara Bronin appointed to Connecticut Bar Association’s COVID-19 Pandemic Task ForceFordham Law student Nadav Ben Zur honored with national legal writing award
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Nadav Ben Zur ’20 first learned about the distinction between legislative and nonlegislative rules in his 1L Legislation and Regulation (“Leg-Reg”) class. This is an important concept in administrative law because agencies are required by law to provide stakeholders with notice and the opportunity to comment on legislative rules, but they need…
Read More about Fordham Law student Nadav Ben Zur honored with national legal writing awardGeorgetown Law professor Peter B. Edelman speaks at Fordham Law on criminalization of poverty
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Peter B. Edelman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy and faculty director of the Center of Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center, visited Fordham Law on February 27 to discuss the criminalization of poverty in the United States.
Read More about Georgetown Law professor Peter B. Edelman speaks at Fordham Law on criminalization of povertyHarvard Law professors discuss the legal and ethical implications of public health measures and health care delivery
HARVARD LAW TODAY — …scholars at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School are working to raise important legal and ethical questions about health care delivery and the enactment of extraordinary public health measures in response to the ongoing epidemic.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Communication and Marketing Department of the University of Houston Law Center has won six awards, including three gold, in the 2019 Collegiate Advertising Awards competition for the nation’s graduate school programs. Awards were announced this month.
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