Lewis & Clark Law professor Robert Klonoff authors book on federal multidistrict litigation
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Multidistrict litigation (MDL) has grown from a secondary procedure that united nationwide economic claims to being a huge part of the federal court’s civil docket and a primary tool for mass torts litigation. Professor Robert Klonoff has written the first complete treatment of this area of law in his new…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Robert Klonoff authors book on federal multidistrict litigationLouisiana State University Law hosts regional ABA Arbitration Competition
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — Roughly 40 law students from schools in six states outside Louisiana will converge at the LSU Law Center this week for a regional round of the American Bar Association Arbitration Competition. Twelve teams—including one from LSU Law—will compete in 10 rooms at the LSU Law Center between Thursday and Saturday evening. The…
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — Robert Rabalais (’89), a Partner in the Houston office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and his wife, Melissa, have made one of the largest scholarship gifts ever received by the Law Center. The Melissa and Robert Rabalais Energy Law Endowment Fund is among the top five largest scholarship funds held…
Read More about Louisiana State University Law receives scholarship gift for students in energy lawLocal immigration organization honors University of Miami Law Immigration Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Last week, WeCount!, the Homestead-based organization committed to building the power of the local immigrant community in Homestead, Florida through education, support and collective action, honored Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic for its work litigating against anti-sanctuary city policies and laws at its annual gala. The clinic is dedicated to…
Read More about Local immigration organization honors University of Miami Law Immigration ClinicUniversity of Missouri Law partners with Pace Law to lead pledge to reduce academic marketing waste
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — In honor of the International Day of Climate Action today, the University of Missouri School of Law has signed the Pledge to Reduce Academic Marketing Waste, which seeks to address the routine and indiscriminate use of paper-based flyers, newsletters, offprints and postcards by law professors and law schools. Mizzou Law is partnering with Elisabeth…
Read More about University of Missouri Law partners with Pace Law to lead pledge to reduce academic marketing wasteNew York State Bar posthumously admits William Herbert Johnson, Syracuse Law’s first African-American graduate in 1903
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — “That wrong” involved the first African American graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Law. William Herbert Johnson excelled in his studies and graduated from the college in 1903. He passed his bar exam, but he was denied admission to the New York State Bar. “The challenge facing him was the character and fitness…
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA — Along with the Women Lawyers Section of the State Bar Association of North Dakota, UND School of Law recently cosponsored a Symposium on Implicit Bias in the Legal Profession in which nearly 100 people participated. Teri McMurtry-Chubb, Visiting Distinguished Professor of Law with the UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago,…
Read More about University of North Dakota Law cosponsored symposium on implicit bias in the legal fieldUniversity of North Dakota Law hosts state supreme court
GRAND FORKS HERALD — The North Dakota Supreme Court returned to the University of North Dakota Law School this week for its annual visit, giving students the opportunity to see the state’s highest court in action as it heard four arguments over the course of two days. The first of the four cases, heard the morning of…
Read More about University of North Dakota Law hosts state supreme courtQuinnipiac Law hosts training seminar on identifying human trafficking
MYRECORDJOURNAL.COM — About 50 law students, prosecutors, medical professionals, educators, foster care workers and law enforcement officials attended a training seminar on human trafficking Friday at Quinnipiac University’s School of Law. Human trafficking is defined by the federal government as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for either a commercial sex act or…
Read More about Quinnipiac Law hosts training seminar on identifying human traffickingUniversity of San Diego Law professor Orly Lobel presents research on human capital law at Houston Law Review lecture
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Warren Distinguished Professor of Law Orly Lobel is set to speak at the 24th Annual Frankel Lecture in Houston, Texas on October 25. The Frankel Lecture is a prominent annual event hosted by the Houston Law Review. The event features a high-profile guest…
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