Indiana University McKinney Law professor Karen E. Bravo named dean of school
NEWS AT IUPI — Karen E. Bravo has been named dean of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law at IUPUI, subject to formal approval by the IU Board of Trustees at their next meeting in April. She received the IU Trustees award for excellence in teaching in 2008 and the IUPUI Office for Women…
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KU TODAY — A University of Kansas School of Law team received the highest advocacy honors at the National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition in Berkeley, California. Second-year law students Karen Fritts, of Olathe, and Zachary Kelsay, of Independence, Missouri, received the competition’s first-place award for Best Overall Advocates on Feb. 23 at the…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Maddy Munson ’21 is the third Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. As a Wyss Scholar, Maddy will receive a stipend for a summer position after 2L year with a nonprofit or public sector conservation organization dedicated…
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OLE MISS NEWS — The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear more than a dozen cases when it convenes March 2-5 at the University of Mississippi School of Law. A panel of three judges will hear oral arguments delivered by legal representatives for each case. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals visits…
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MISSOURI LAWYERS MEDIA — The American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section honored University of Missouri law professor Robert H. Jerry II with its Robert B. McKay Award at a reception Feb. 15 in Austin, Texas. Jerry is the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor-Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law, where…
Read More about University of Missouri Law professor Robert H. Jerry II honored by ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice SectionNYU Law professor Bryan Stevenson discusses the film adaptation of his memoir Just Mercy and criminal justice reform
NYU LAW — Stevenson was discussing the film adaptation of his memoir, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, at a screening that was the first event held in the newly renovated Tishman Auditorium in Vanderbilt Hall. In January 2020, the film Just Mercy opened in movie theaters across the country, following a limited release…
Read More about NYU Law professor Bryan Stevenson discusses the film adaptation of his memoir Just Mercy and criminal justice reformA look at the NYU Law Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic
NYU LAW — Bauer and Professor of Practice Sally Katzen are co-directors of the clinic. Longtime Washington insiders, they tap into their deep Capitol connections to arrange students’ fieldwork placements—externships in federal government offices or at government-focused nonprofits. The students spend most of each week at their respective placements, but for three hours each Wednesday evening,…
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REISS CENTER ON LAW AND SECURITY — Its aim is to restore the constitutional balance between Congress and the President in deciding when the nation goes to war. To create the transparency necessary for achieving this goal, the WPR requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of introducing U.S. armed forces into hostilities, deploying…
Read More about NYU Reiss Center on Law and Security launches War Powers Resolution Reporting ProjectNYU co-publishes report on artificial intelligence in federal agencies
VENTURE BEAT — More than 40% of U.S. federal agencies and departments have experimented with AI tools, but only 15% currently use highly sophisticated AI, according to analysis by Stanford University computer scientists published today in “Government by Algorithm,” a joint report from Stanford and New York University.
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NEVADA CURRENT — The California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is donating $9 million to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, positioning the university as the leading source for education in tribal gaming operations and law. In addition to providing tribal gaming operations and law curriculum to the nation’s only master’s degree program in gaming law,…
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