Columbia Law professor Sarah Cleveland and Amal Clooney discuss rights of journalists at UK conference
RAPPLER — Amid attacks against journalists across the world, a legal panel on media freedom recommended in a report drafted by Amal Clooney that governments and multinational institutions impose sanctions on human rights violations against journalists.The report recommended that laws on sanctions for violations of international human rights should be drafted to encompass the abuse of…
Read More about Columbia Law professor Sarah Cleveland and Amal Clooney discuss rights of journalists at UK conferenceColumbia Law announces Davis Polk Leadership Fellows
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — The fellows are pursuing projects that are as innovative as they are relevant to society and the world—from protecting financially vulnerable consumers from exploitation and predatory practices to educating a new generation of LGBTQ lawyers in India. Now in its second year, the Davis Polk Leadership Fellowship program provides leadership training, mentorship, and…
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OUTLOOK THE NEWS SCROLL — The Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in India are among the several sensitive legal issues which have drawn the attention of the Cornell Law School for conducting a fact-based study on them. The US-based Ivy League law school, which launched its Cornell India Law Centre here early…
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BENZINGA — The 3rd Annual Healthcare Compliance Symposium will be held on the campus of Delaware Law School and co-hosted by First Healthcare Compliance.
Read More about Widener Delaware Law to co-host Healthcare Compliance SymposiumFlorida Law Review elects Makala Furse as editor-in-chief
THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR — Makala Furse loves to read, edit and learn from the articles in the Florida Law Review — and she was able to prove her passion and tell 59 of her peers why she should be the next person to lead it. Furse, who was elected on Sunday, will be the first woman…
Read More about Florida Law Review elects Makala Furse as editor-in-chiefGeorge Washington Law professor Naomi Cahn summarizes research on gender gap in professional self-promotion
FORBES — During a job interview, we are frequently asked, “what are your strengths?” How you answer may depend on your gender…What is so notable about this research is that the confidence gap does not explain the self-promotion gap—that is, it is not simply that women think they have underperformed. Even when women know they’ve done as well as…
Read More about George Washington Law professor Naomi Cahn summarizes research on gender gap in professional self-promotionHarvard Law Library releases collection of papers from late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
HARVARD LAW TODAY — The Harvard Law School Library has announced the public release of the first batch of papers and other items from the Antonin Scalia Collection. Justice Scalia’s family donated his papers to the Harvard Law School Library after his death in 2016. The papers will be made available to researchers in stages over the…
Read More about Harvard Law Library releases collection of papers from late Supreme Court Justice Antonin ScaliaHarvard Law professor Rebecca Tushnet testifies before Senate Subcommittee on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Rebecca Tushnet, the inaugural Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Law School and a director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Feb. 11 on “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at 22: What…
Read More about Harvard Law professor Rebecca Tushnet testifies before Senate Subcommittee on the Digital Millennium Copyright ActHarvard Law launches Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic addressing voter suppression and redistricting policy
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School has launched a new Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic. The clinic joins the 46 legal clinics and student practice organizations that make up the school’s clinical program. The new externship clinic focuses on voter suppression and redistricting law and policy, with a particular emphasis on voting rights threats and…
Read More about Harvard Law launches Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic addressing voter suppression and redistricting policyHarvard Law to create legal clinic on religious freedom
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School today announced plans to create a new legal clinic focused on cases involving the rights of individuals to practice their religion. Clinical instruction plays an important role in legal education at Harvard Law School. Through the collective efforts of HLS’s 46 legal clinics and student practice organizations, the school deepens…
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