University of Richmond Law professor Hank Chambers appointed to Virginia commission on racial inequity
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Hank Chambers, an expert in constitutional and criminal law, was recently appointed to Governor Ralph Northam’s newly formed Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The Commission is tasked with reviewing the Virginia Acts of Assembly and the Code of Virginia “with the goal of identifying and making recommendations to…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Chiara Giorgetti will spend her sabbatical semester as Scholar-in-Residence at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, D.C. Established in 1966, the ICSID is the only global institution dedicated to international investment dispute settlement. Professor Giorgetti is the second scholar to hold this position.
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SNJ TODAY — The Rutgers Law School Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) has received a $50,000 grant from the Rowan University/Rutgers–Camden Board of Governors recently to help expand their program according to a press release. Working alongside the Camden Coalition’s nurses, social workers, and community health staff, MLP attorney Jeremy Spiegel handles a variety of legal issues, including…
Read More about Rutgers Law receives grant to aid health care patients with legal issuesUniversity of St. Thomas Law partners with Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine on wellness initiative
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS — The University of St. Thomas School of Law, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine and EXOS have formed a collaborative relationship to support the well-being of St. Thomas law students, faculty, staff and alumni. This partnership will contribute to the innovative ways the law school educates the whole person and currently promotes wellness,…
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law partners with Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine on wellness initiativeSeton Hall Law hosts conversation between former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
YAHOO FINANCE — The Christie Institute for Public Policy (CIPP) will host its inaugural lecture series event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 26 at Seton Hall University School of Law, featuring a conversation between former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The conversation will be an hour-long policy discussion…
Read More about Seton Hall Law hosts conversation between former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew CuomoSouthern University Law and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana partner to create Native American Law and Policy Institute
DIVERSE — A partnership between the Southern University Law Center and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana has led to the establishment of the Native American Law and Policy Institute (NALPI). The Institute offers Federal Indian law courses, seminars and conferences including the Louisiana Rural Economic Development Summit and the Tribal Sovereignty Symposium, according to Southern University…
Read More about Southern University Law and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana partner to create Native American Law and Policy InstituteUSC Gould Law welcomes Class of 2022
USC GOULD — The newest class of JD students has officially arrived at USC, and in many ways, the Class of 2022 is among the most distinguished, distinctive and diverse to study at the Gould School of Law.This year’s impressive cohort brings with it the highest ever median GPA at USC Gould, at 3.80. The incoming…
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STANFORD LAW — On September 19, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a crucial decision in favor of clinic clients Pit River Tribe and several environmental organizations in one of the Environmental Law Clinic’s longest-running cases. Affirming the district court’s ruling, the Ninth Circuit held that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to…
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UVA LAW — Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87 of the University of Virginia School of Law and five of her students helped draft legislation now before Congress that aims to reduce environmental harms to minority communities. The Environmental Justice Act of 2019 would require the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal departments to act directly to alleviate…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professor and students help draft Senate environmental and civil rights billUniversity of Virginia Law announces new season of Common Law podcast
UVA LAW — “Common Law,” a podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia School of Law and hosted by Dean Risa Goluboff and Vice Dean Leslie Kendrick ’06, will return for its second season Oct. 1 with a focus on “When Law Changed the World.”Kicking off the first show, UVA historian Sarah Milov, the author of…
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