Albany Law Justice Center details future efforts
WAMC — Celebrating an anonymous $15 million donation it received over the winter, Albany Law School recently unveiled a new sign for its Justice Center. Albany Law School President Alicia Ouellette says the former “Law Clinic and Justice Center” was renamed “The Justice Center” following the January donation – the biggest in the school’s history. Between…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — On Wednesday, Sept. 25, American University Washington College of Law hosted an in-depth panel discussion covering key issues the U.S. Supreme Court will address when its new term commences on Oct. 7. AUWCL Professor and Supreme Court expert Steve Wermiel moderated “On the Docket: Looking Ahead at the New Supreme Court Term,”…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW — American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is pleased to announce that UN Women has awarded AUWCL’s War Crimes Research Office, Academy on Human Rights, and Women and the Law Program a grant for the programs’ joint Gender and International Criminal Law Project initiative, “Documenting Good Practice on Accountability for Conflict-Related…
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ARIZONA SPORTS — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State recently announced the Master of Sports Law and Business program will be named after former MLB commissioner Allan “Bud” Selig. The school also announced the creation of the Marie Selig Professorship, in honor of Selig’s mother.
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COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE — In a visit to U.C. Berkeley Law School Monday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on studying law, divisive politics and the career disappointments that led to her reaching the highest court in the nation.
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UCLA LAW — Alex Wang, professor at UCLA School of Law and a member of the school’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, will serve as co-chair of the Institute’s academic advisory committee. The Institute is a multi-campus project housed at UC Berkeley with collaboration from UCLA, UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and…
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BC LAW — BC Law’s Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) began the 2019-2020 academic year by hosting a school-wide Day of Service on September 7 that drew more than 60 faculty and students to five service placements across Greater Boston. Volunteers served at Stray Pets in Need, Women’s Lunch Place, Y2Y Youth Homeless Shelter, Allston Brighton Food…
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL– Anita Bernstein, Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law, has been selected to receive the 2020 William L. Prosser Award by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Torts and Compensation Systems. The Prosser Award recognizes “outstanding contributions of law teachers in scholarship, teaching, and service” related to torts and compensation systems.
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BROOKLYN LAW — The Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL) honored Professor Lawrence Solan, director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language & Cognition, with its 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, along with Kate Haworth of Aston University. The awards were presented at the GSFL Annual Roundtable held at the University of Graz, Austria, in…
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY — Campbell Law Dean Emerita Melissa Essary has been appointed as a member of the Emerging Markets and Innovation Committee of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), a new committee at LSAC. Essary previously served four years on the LSAC’s Finance and Legal Affairs Committee. The LSAC is a non-profit organization committed to…
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