BYU Law professor Benjamin Cook provides advice on navigating difficult political conversations
PR NEWSWIRE — Since 2002, the BYU Law Center for Conflict Resolution has been committed to transforming conflict on campus and throughout the world through negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution. On October 25, the center will partner with Better Angels to host a Red/Blue Workshop to help conservative-leaning individuals find common ground with their liberal-leaning counterparts.
Read More about BYU Law professor Benjamin Cook provides advice on navigating difficult political conversationsCase Western Reserve Law professors author amicus brief for Supreme Court case on The Hague Child Abduction Convention
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Seven CWRU Law professors were the lead authors on an Amicus Brief submitted by the law school’s Cox International Law Center in August 2019 to the U.S. Supreme Court in Monasky v. Taglieri, a case about The Hague Child Abduction Convention. The brief argues that the Court should be guided by international and foreign…
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CLEVELAND.COM — The victory not only ended a spectacular season for the Empire, but it was a perfect ending of sorts for Quintin Sims. He managed to balance football with his first year of law school at Case Western Reserve while being married with two small children.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law student Quintin Sims shares experience juggling law school and professional footballCase Western Reserve Law professor Cassandra Robertson appointed chair of Uniform Law Commission committee on third-party funding of litigation
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Professor Cassandra Robertson, who has been a member of the national Uniform Law Commission since 2016, has been appointed to chair the commission’s study committee on third-party funding of litigation. The committee Professor Robertson has been appointed to chair will study the need for and feasibility of a uniform or model law governing…
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THE POST AND COURIER — After most Charleston School of Law graduates failed the July South Carolina bar exam for two consecutive years, results from this year show the school’s attempts to improve its pass rate have paid off, according to Dean Andy Abrams. Sixty-eight of the 133 students who took the July exam passed, or around…
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THE LEGAL 500 — Professor Miles, a criminal justice scholar, shares his findings about the impact of racial diversity among judges on the outcomes of judicial decisions, and how The University of Chicago Law School hopes to contribute to a diverse and inclusive future profession.
Read More about University of Chicago Law dean Thomas J. Miles discusses diversity and inclusion effortsDenver Law recognizes Case Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf as distinguished lecturer in human rights
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — On October 9, 2019, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law recognized Dean Michael Scharf as the 2019-2020 Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Lecturer in International Law for his extraordinary contributions and leadership in the advancement of international law and policy.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Brad Smith ’84 returns to the Law School for a conversation with Dean Gillian Lester and Professor Tim Wu about his new book, “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and The Peril of the Digital Age.” Professor Tim Wu, a leading authority on antitrust law who advocates for breaking up Big Tech companies,…
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS — The Florida State University College of Law Trial Team won first place in the 2019 Mockingbird Challenge National Trial Competition held Oct. 9-12 in Montgomery, Alabama. Winning team members are third-year law student R. McLane Edwards, from Quincy, Florida, second-year law student Genevieve Lemley, from Purcellville, Virginia, second-year law student Corie Posey,…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — The event was officially called “Innovation, Justice and Globalization” but to the attendees at Harvard Law School last week, it was informally known as Jerryfest. Hosted by HLS professor and leading intellectual property scholar Ruth Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96, the two-day event held Sept. 26 and 27, celebrated the work…
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