American University Washington College of Law hosts mental health wellness event
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — American University Washington College of Law students gave each other the gift of encouragement during “Duck Day” on Monday, Jan. 13. The event brought light to “Duck Syndrome,” a term coined by psychologists for students that may seem to be “floating along” fine, but under the surface are struggling to…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW — Directors of the UB School of Law’s Human Trafficking Prevention Project and Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic contributed to a publication intended to assist lawyers and advocates for survivors of human trafficking.The 28-page publication, An Advocate’s Guide to Tax Issues Affecting Victims of Human Trafficking, offers resources for attorneys and advocates, who likely…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Nienke Grossman, co-director of UB School of Law’s Center for International and Comparative Law, participated in a panel at the United Nations on ways to improve the selection of judges for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Oct. 31 event focused on a recently published report, Raising the Bar,…
Read More about University of Baltimore Law professor Nienke Grossman participates in UN panel on selection of International Criminal Court judgesUC Irvine Law dean L. Song Richardson appointed to Committee on Revision of the Penal Code by California Governor
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson has been appointed to the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES — The city of Laguna Beach has reached a settlement with a Laguna resident who was held by local police for federal immigration officers in 2018 despite his status as a DACA recipient. As part of the settlement approved Jan. 16, Laguna Beach will pay Edgar Torres Gutierrez $18,750 and show a training…
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UCI LAW — As rapidly developing technologies outpace the law, profound ethical questions and challenges are being raised. At the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), faculty members are using their interdisciplinary expertise to ensure that law, policy and ethics keep up with these technological changes, and they are working to develop the…
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CU BOULDER TODAY — Members of the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hosted their first field hearing in a decade in the University of Colorado Law School’s Wittemyer Courtroom.
Read More about University of Colorado Law hosts Congressional hearing on tech company regulationFlorida Coastal Law appoints Peter Gopelrud as dean
JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD — The board of directors of Florida Coastal School of Law has appointed President Peter Goplerud dean as well, replacing interim Dean Jennifer Reiber, who has returned to her full-time faculty position. Reiber was appointed interim dean in September, after the resignation of former Dean Scott DeVito.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Immigration advocates learned about immigration appellate issues, preserving the record, and how to set the stage for removal proceedings through five panel discussions, a keynote address and a presentation on community lawyering, at the Joseph A. Vail Asylum Law Workshop last Friday at the University of Houston Law Center. The event,…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — An article by a University of Houston Law Center 3L student and a recent graduate is currently being featured in the January 2020 issue of Environmental Law Institute’s Environmental Law Reporter. “The Case for a Legislated Market in Minimum Recycled Content for Plastics,” was authored by 3L student Rachael Beavers Horne…
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