Q&A with Karen McCarthy Woolf, new Fulbright Scholar at UCLA Law Promise Institute for Human Rights
UCLA — Celebrated British poet Karen McCarthy Woolf, recently named a Fulbright All Disciplines Scholar, is settling in for a residency at UCLA, bringing her poet’s eye to the work of students and faculty at UCLA School of Law’s Promise Institute for Human Rights. Through a collaboration with UCLA’s English department, McCarthy Woolf will spend the…
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Law School announced the launch of an accelerated joint JD/MBA program enabling students to receive both degrees in just three years.The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Law School announced the launch of an accelerated joint JD/MBA program enabling students…
Read More about University of Chicago Law announces accelerated 3-year joint JD/MBANew book by University of Colorado Law professor Helen Norton looks at government speech and the constitution
COLORADO LAW — In her new book, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution (Cambridge University Press), constitutional law scholar and Professor Helen Norton investigates the variety and abundance of government speech, from early proclamations and pamphlets to the electronic media of radio and television and to today’s digital age.
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COLORADO LAW — Associate Professor Craig Konnoth, as counsel of record, led an effort by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Section of the American Association of Law Schools to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The brief focused…
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COLORADO LAW — The Acequia Project Completes Multi-Year Case Assisting Southern Colorado Farmers. The project recently completed one of its most ambitious and technical cases, spanning four years and nine law students.
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THE EMORY WHEEL — Amid recent controversies surrounding Emory Law School, Dean Mary Anne Bobinski addressed the use of racial slurs in class and her vision of the school’s future in an exclusive interview with the Wheel. Bobinski became the first woman dean in the school’s 103-year history on Aug. 1 of this year. She will…
Read More about Emory Law dean Marry Anne Bobinski discusses challenges and future of legal educationA look at the Fordham Law conflict resolution program
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Fordham Ulster Conflict Resolution Program lives on in the law school’s most popular summer program, the Belfast-Dublin Program. It is the first American program to link educational institutions in Northern Ireland participants spend one week in Belfast, studying human rights and conflict resolution at Queen’s University, followed by a week…
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GEORGETOWN LAW — Georgetown Law Associate Dean and Professor Paul Ohm and Alexandra Givens, founding executive director of the Institute for Technology Law & Policy, have won a $36,000 grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) for their initiative “Building Bridges: Strengthening Cross-Disciplinary Connections in Computer Science and Law.”
Read More about Georgetown Law receives grant for tech law initiativeHarvard Law clinics recognized by Boston Bar Association for housing rights efforts
HARVARD LAW TODAY — In September, two Harvard Law School clinics and their community partner organizations were recognized by the Boston Bar Association (BBA) for their collaborative efforts to fight housing displacement in greater Boston. The award, presented annually by the BBA, recognizes “professional legal services attorneys for their outstanding work on behalf of indigent clients in…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center recently became an academic partner of the American Society of International Law. Law Center faculty and students will be able to take advantage of the academic partnership benefits, including career and teaching resources, special events, discounts on individual memberships, conference attendance and more.
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