Duke Law professor Arti Rai testifies before Congress on administrative patent judges
DUKE LAW — Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law Arti Rai testified before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on Nov. 19 in a hearing titled “The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Appointments Clause: Implications of Recent Court Decisions.”
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DUKE LAW — In recent months Duke Law student volunteers, collaborating with fronteraTech, a legal nonprofit based in Durham, have provided legal orientation and consultations to more than 100 detained asylum seekers at the Alamance County (N.C.) Detention Center and are seeing encouraging results from their work. So far about 75 percent of the detainees advised…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On Friday, November 22, Fordham Law School will host its 14th annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, “Key Issues in International Commercial and Treaty Arbitration: 2019.” This year, the conference is one of the culminating events of the inaugural New York Arbitration Week, which brings together arbitration advocates and academics from…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — “Cuomo Prime Time” host Chris Cuomo ’95 recently spoke with students in Fordham Law’s Democracy and the Constitution Clinic about the clinic’s projects and how to effectively communicate about legal reform to a general audience. Cuomo drew on his experience as a practicing lawyer and two decades as a television journalist to respond…
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GW LAW — Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to the Judicial Conference of the United States Advisory Committee for the Rules of Criminal Procedure. He will hold this appointment for a three-year term. Within the Judicial Conference, the Advisory Committee for the Rules of Criminal Procedure is responsible for…
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GW LAW — Professor Bignami moderated the panel discussion, “Populist Politics and Asylum Law: Comparing Europe and America,” made up of asylum law experts from around the world. Panelists included Paulina Vera, Professorial Lecturer in Law and Acting Director of the Immigration Clinic, Dr. Lilian Tsourdi, Assistant Professor of European Union Law and Dutch Research Council grantee…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — On Thursday, November 21, and Friday, November 22, Georgetown Law’s Office of Executive and Continuing Legal Education will host a two-day conference, the 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. Georgetown Law’s 16th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute will feature a large array of federal judges and eDiscovery thought leaders,…
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS HUB — The College of Law hosted its 21st annual Swearing-In Ceremony on Nov. 15. Held in the college’s ceremonial courtroom, graduates who have passed the bar can be sworn into the Georgia Superior Court, Court of Appeals and/or the Supreme Court of Georgia during the event. Georgia State is the only…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — One of the most anticipated events of the year, the competition—the culmination of a two-year process which begins during the 2L year in qualifying rounds—draws hundreds of spectators to the Ames Courtroom as two teams of six 3Ls argue a hypothetical case before an illustrious panel of distinguished jurists. This year, Merrick Garland…
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HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean, spoke with Above the Law on Oct. 17 to discuss Hofstra Law’s approach to preparing students for the new legal marketplace in the article “The Attorney of Tomorrow: One Law School’s Approach to Preparing Students for the Future of Legal Practice.”
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