University of Chicago Law students co-host national conference connecting Muslim law students
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF LAW — Last month, the University of Chicago and Northwestern MLSA chapters co-hosted the National Muslim Law Students Conference, drawing more than 70 Muslim law students from more than 28 law schools and 15 states—one of the largest gatherings of Muslim law students in the country. The conference, aimed at establishing a national community,…
Read More about University of Chicago Law students co-host national conference connecting Muslim law studentsA look at the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati Law
NORWALK REFLECTOR — The Innocence Project works to exonerate those who are wrongly convicted by using DNA testing and criminal justice reform. The Ohio Innocence Project at Cincinnati Law began in 2003 and is now one of the top-performing groups of the Innocence Network. Their work has exonerated 28 wrongfully convicted men and women who served…
Read More about A look at the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati LawCornell Law professors Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble win case in U.S. Supreme Court
CORNELL CHRONICLE — Flowers wanted to appeal, and two Cornell Law School professors – Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble – agreed to take over the case. Working with two students from the Law School’s capital punishment clinic, they took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 21, 2019, in a 7–2 decision, the court overturned the conviction. The justices…
Read More about Cornell Law professors Sheri Lynn Johnson and Keir Weyble win case in U.S. Supreme CourtUniversity of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson named to Council of the International Association of Evidence Science
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson was recently welcomed as a member of the Council of the International Association of Evidence Science. Thompson, the Newell H. Blakely Chair and director of the Criminal Justice Institute, was nominated by UC Davis Law School Professor Emeritus Edward Imwinkelried. She was…
Read More about University of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson named to Council of the International Association of Evidence ScienceUniversity of Kansas Law assistant dean Leah Terranova discusses how the school helps students deal with stress
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN — With the stresses of law school bearing down on them, law students know there is always at least one person they can depend on to go to for help. Assistant dean Leah Terranova has made an impact on students since she joined the School of Law at the University of Kansas in…
Read More about University of Kansas Law assistant dean Leah Terranova discusses how the school helps students deal with stressUniversity of Kentucky Law receives approval to rename school in honor of large gift
UKNOW — The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has voted to accept the gift commitment of $20 million from J. David Rosenberg and to officially rename the College of Law as the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law.
Read More about University of Kentucky Law receives approval to rename school in honor of large giftLewis and Clark Law student Bruce Myers makes oral argument before Oregon Court of Appeals
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Bruce Myers, 3L, argued a post-conviction relief (PCR) appeal in front of the Oregon Court of Appeals on August 1, 2019 as part of his externship with O’Connor Weber, LLC. The case Myers argued for stated that the client’s criminal defense attorney was constitutionally ineffective because the attorney failed to accurately…
Read More about Lewis and Clark Law student Bruce Myers makes oral argument before Oregon Court of AppealsUniversity of Miami Law professor Natalie Barefoot joins expedition to observe whale watching policy and protections
NEWS@THEU — The University of Miami’s Natalie Barefoot is celebrating Thanksgiving week alongside orcas and humpback whales, as part of an all-women research expedition. As a member of an all-female excursion organized by Sedna Epic Expedition, a nonprofit named for the goddess of the sea and mother of all marine mammals in Inuit legend. Sedna teams…
Read More about University of Miami Law professor Natalie Barefoot joins expedition to observe whale watching policy and protectionsUniversity of Miami Law hosts investiture of dean Anthony E. Varona
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The thread of diversity and inclusion wove through last night’s investiture at the Newman Alumni Center of Miami Law Dean Anthony E. Varona as the M. Minnette Massey Chair. The Massey Chair was established to honor the late, former acting dean who was one of the “First Wave,” the fourteen…
Read More about University of Miami Law hosts investiture of dean Anthony E. VaronaUniversity of Minnesota Law Asylum Law Project sees challenges in navigating recent immigration policy changes
MINNESOTA DAILY — The Asylum Law Project is a University of Minnesota group that allows first-year law students to provide legal assistance to organizations working with refugees and asylum seekers throughout the U.S. and Mexico.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law Asylum Law Project sees challenges in navigating recent immigration policy changes