Nova Southeastern Law dean Jon Garon to step down
FLORIDA POLITICS — The dean of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Shepard Broad College of Law in Davie says he is stepping down at the end of the fall semester. Jon Garon announced the decision in a letter, sent to Florida Politics by a law school spokeswoman on Friday after an inquiry. Garon won’t be leaving the school,…
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW — Professor Catherine Sandoval recently published “Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift: The Risks of Net Neutrality Repeal to Energy Reliability, Public Safety, and Climate Change Solutions”. In her article, Sandoval analyzes cybersecurity issues raised by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2018 repeal of net neutrality rules that prohibited Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from blocking,…
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor Catherine Sandoval publishes research on the risks of net neutrality repealSanta Clara Law professor Kerry McIntosh publishes research on heritable genome editing policy
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY LAW — Kerry Macintosh has published a peer-reviewed article entitled Heritable Genome Editing and the Downsides of a Global Moratorium in The CRISPR Journal. She acknowledges that Dr. He Jiankui acted prematurely when he implanted edited embryos in women, leading to the recent birth of twin girls with modified genomes. However, she argues that a…
Read More about Santa Clara Law professor Kerry McIntosh publishes research on heritable genome editing policySouthern Methodist University Law launches First Amendment Clinic
SMU LAW — SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a First Amendment Clinic in Fall 2020, thanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from the Stanton Foundation. The Clinic will focus on First Amendment issues including free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly and petition. This funding will cover the core operating…
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PR NEWSWIRE — Suffolk University Law School will be offering two courses this spring term as part of their six-course online, part-time Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate program. The two courses, The Business of Delivering Legal Services and Legal Technology Toolkit, will provide insight into how legal professionals and law firms can deliver legal services with…
Read More about Suffolk Law offers new online legal tech courses as part of certificate programUniversity of Tennessee Law launches Vol Talk program to connect students with each other
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The space – offered during special events at the College of Law – is simple, with a few chairs beneath a “Vol Talk” banner, a bright orange rug, and a table bearing small orange boxes that contain conversation-starting prompts. The Vol Talk space is designed to be an open forum for…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law launches Vol Talk program to connect students with each otherWayne Law student appointed vice-chair of ABA committee on privacy and information protection
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — Evening law student Hyunjin Eugene Cho of Howell was appointed vice chair of the Privacy and Information Protection Committee, a part of the American Bar Association’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. According to the ABA, the committee focuses on the intersection of technology, civil rights and privacy protection. It’s an…
Read More about Wayne Law student appointed vice-chair of ABA committee on privacy and information protectionYale Law professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann wins parole rights case in federal court
YALE LAW — Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 and partners won a major ruling in federal court last month for the constitutional rights of people sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as children and who, after serving the minimum sentence required by the legislature, are denied parole despite showing clear signs of…
Read More about Yale Law professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann wins parole rights case in federal courtYale Law students from San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project assist in blocking ‘public charge’ immigration policy
YALE LAW — Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project at Yale Law School (SFALP) assisted in securing a major ruling with nationwide ramifications for immigrant families last week. On October 11, 2019, a federal judge granted an injunction blocking a newly revised “public charge” rule from being applied to residents in California, Maine, Pennsylvania,…
Read More about Yale Law students from San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project assist in blocking ‘public charge’ immigration policyColumbia Law graduate Richard Cleary to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Alito
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has chosen Richard Cleary ’15 to serve as a clerk this fall. Cleary is one of two Columbia Law alumni who have secured clerkships for the Supreme Court October term 2019.
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