University of Houston Law hosts Q&A with author Malcom Gladwell
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake led a discussion with renowned author and public speaker Malcolm Gladwell in front of a sold out audience Tuesday evening at the Ballroom at Bayou Place. Their conversation focused on Gladwell’s new book, “Talking To Strangers” among other topics, and was…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Parts of an amicus brief that included contributions from University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor Anthony Chase was mentioned in a decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The brief argued that the FCC violated the law by failing to consider the implications for…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The event was presented by OutLaw, a student organization for LGBT concerns devoted to the issues of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at the school. The group is open to all students, regardless of orientation. Participants included 334th Civil Court Judge Steven Kirkland ’90, Scott Nichols an attorney…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Law school teams from five countries participated in the second annual “Write the Award” commercial arbitration writing competition co-sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute with students from Australia taking first place. The Blakely Advocacy Institute gives Law Center students the opportunity to integrate substantive knowledge with…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — First-year students at the University of Houston Law Center received career and professional development training during Session II of the Career Development Office’s Passport to Success Professional Development Series. Passport to Success is a comprehensive professional and career development program consisting of four mandatory 1L learning sessions, as well as…
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LAW — The University of Kentucky College of Law is pleased to announce a $1 million gift from Stites & Harbison, PLLC to support current and future UK Law students as well as the major rebuild of the now-completed Law Building. Stites & Harbison has a long history of supporting UK Law through…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW — Lewis and Clark Law School and the Pound Civil Justice Institute are co-sponsoring a two-day, CLE-accredited academic symposium on November 1-2, 2019 to discuss the future of these lawsuits. The symposium, Class Actions, Mass Torts, and MDLs: The Next 50 Years, will host noted legal scholars from around the country. Lewis…
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THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE — The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women will present the 2019 Hannah G. Solomon Award on Thursday to Madeleine Landrieu, dean of the Loyola University College of Law. The Solomon Award is given annually to a community leader who exemplifies the qualities of Hannah G. Solomon,…
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School (NYLS) and the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) today announced that they will partner on new classroom and community-based training programs to benefit NYLS students, practicing lawyers, and the city’s diverse religious communities. The partnership capitalizes on ICNY’s two decades of work with grassroots and immigrant religious…
Read More about New York Law School adds religious training to diversity programA look at the work of Northwestern Law’s Intellectual Property Scholars
NORTHWESTERN LAW — In an era of rapid technological change, the members of Northwestern Law’s Intellectual Property (IP) faculty are focused on the study of innovation and the law. Collectively, the group represents impressive strength and influence — their scholarship guides countless courts and policymakers who must keep pace with staggering innovations.
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