American University Washington College of Law hosts symposium on climate change
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On Friday, Feb. 7, environmental scholars gathered for a symposium on Air Quality and Environmental Justice at American University Washington College of Law Hosted by the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief, attendees were encouraged to think through an age-old question: what should we do about climate change?
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Herman Schwartz began the panel with an introduction to the role of courts as a form of weapon in an authoritarian government. Moving to the European context, Professor Francesca Bignami spoke on the European Union and its role in controlling its member states when one state shifts away from…
Read More about American University Washington College of Law hosts discussion on the role of courts in authoritarian governmentsArizona State University Law hosts global dispute resolution conference
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center recently held the Second Annual Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference on Jan. 17, 2020, underwritten by Les Schiefelbein. Attendees, participating in person and online, were treated to discussions from a global cadre of arbitrators, academics…
Read More about Arizona State University Law hosts global dispute resolution conferenceUniversity of Arizona Law professor Sergio Puig looks to improve human rights through international work
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA JAMES E. ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW — As director of the International Trade and Business Law program at University of Arizona Law, Professor Sergio Puig’s teaching and scholarship focus on topics including Business and Human Rights. Beyond campus, his expertise on international law is being called on around the world.
Read More about University of Arizona Law professor Sergio Puig looks to improve human rights through international workA look at the University of Arizona Law externship program in Pheonix
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA JAMES E. COLLEGE OF LAW — Students in the Phoenix Externship Program spend three days a week working in an externship placement and two days in small-group classes with University of Arizona Law faculty and special guest instructors from the Phoenix area, such as Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, Deputy General Counsel to Governor Doug Ducey, Nicole Ong Colyer, and Arizona Attorney General’s Office Chief of Staff, Joe Kanefield.
Read More about A look at the University of Arizona Law externship program in PheonixBaylor Law dean Brad Toben reflects on nearly three decades in role
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY — With the recent retirement of Dean John F. O’Brien from New England Law, Baylor Law’s Dean Brad Toben is now the longest serving dean among the deans of the 203 ABA accredited law schools in the nation, with more than 28 years of service in his role. Dean Toben’s tenure, which began in 1991,…
Read More about Baylor Law dean Brad Toben reflects on nearly three decades in roleBoston University Law to host American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARATIVE LAW — ASCL Vice President and Annual Program Committee Chair, Maximo Langer, has announced that the ASCL 2020 Annual Meeting will be hosted at Boston University School of Law, Thursday, Oct. 15, to Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The theme of the 2020 Meeting will be “Comparative Legal History”.
Read More about Boston University Law to host American Society of Comparative Law Annual MeetingBrooklyn Law professor Roberta S. Karmel elected to Board of Directors of financial planner certification group
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, a leading authority on international and domestic securities regulation, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board). She becomes the fourth public member of the Board of Directors. She joins 15 other members on the Board of…
Read More about Brooklyn Law professor Roberta S. Karmel elected to Board of Directors of financial planner certification groupBrooklyn Law and Legal Hackers group honored by ABA Legal Rebels
ABA LEGAL REBELS — Today Legal Hackers has more than 150 chapters across the world and has organized many more legal hackathons. Some of the things produced at these hackathons have included a bot that checks real estate listings for problems, and a phone app that could be used in place of cash bail, with…
Read More about Brooklyn Law and Legal Hackers group honored by ABA Legal RebelsUC Hastings Law adjunct professor Catalina Lozano recognized for mentorship of minority law students
THE NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL — Since joining the University of California, Hastings College of Law, faculty as an adjunct professor in 1982, Lozano has taught many classes, including legal writing, trial advocacy, an orientation to trial practice, and moot court, a first-year class in which law students take part in simulated court proceedings.
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