Digest of recent law school faculty moves and hires
AALS — Compilation of recent law school faculty moves and hires in the news.
Read More about Digest of recent law school faculty moves and hiresCongressional fix to Public Service Loan Forgiveness has not resulted in relief for borrowers
NPR — A new report from a government watchdog reports that Congress’s efforts to increase public service loan forgiveness is not working. The expansion program was created last year due to outcry among public servants, but documents show that even this program is not working.
Read More about Congressional fix to Public Service Loan Forgiveness has not resulted in relief for borrowersA recession could hit law firms hard
ABA JOURNAL — A recession could be the final nail in the coffin for struggling law firms. The prior recession was an aggravating factor in the dissolution of several law firms, Bloomberg Law reports.
Read More about A recession could hit law firms hardUC Berkeley Law to accept GRE and GMAT for some law applicants
BERKELEY LAW — As part of a three year pilot study beginning with the fall 2019-2020 application cycle, Berkeley Law will now allow certain applicants to be considered on the basis of a GRE or GMAT score without needing to take the LSAT.
Read More about UC Berkeley Law to accept GRE and GMAT for some law applicantsUC Irvine Law professor Michele Goodwin awarded Be the Change award
UCI LAW — Chancellor’s Professor of Law Michele Goodwin will be honored on Sept. 6, 2019, at the 3rd Annual Diversity & Inclusion, Unity In Service Celebration Youth Conference & Be the Change Awards, hosted at Chapman University Fowler School of Law. Prof. Goodwin will be recognized with the Be the Change award for her…
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Michele Goodwin awarded Be the Change awardUC Irvine Law professor Gregory Shaffer presents on the future of trade law in Chile
UCI LAW — Chancellor’s Professor of Law Gregory Shaffer was recently invited to give a keynote address on the processes of transnational legal ordering at the Law and Society Conference in Santiago, Chile. He also gave a presentation, titled “The Future of Trade Law: Emerging Powers and the World Trading System,” at the Centro de…
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UCI LAW — UC Irvine Law congratulates Professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen (UCI Law) for winning the 2019 Best Article Award from the Canadian Review of Sociology for her article, “Nevertheless They Presisted: Gendered Frameworks and Socialization Advantages in Indian Professional Service Firms.”
Read More about UC Irvine Law professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen honored by Canadian Review of Sociology for researchCase Western Reserve Law to host Judge Amy Coney Barrett for talk on Justice Scalia and legal analysis
CASE WESTERN UNIV. LAW — On Sept. 19, Judge Amy Coney Barrett (US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit) will reprise Justice Antonin Scalia’s 1989 Eleventh Sumner Canary Lecture in honor of it’s 30th anniversary. She will consider whether the errors that Justice Scalia identified are still applicable in the present age.
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THE NEWS RECORD — The University of Cincinnati continues to proceed with plans to renovate the old Carl H. Lindner Hall at 2925 Campus Green Drive into a new facility for the College of Law. The renovations, approved by the UC Board of Trustees Oct. 24, 2017, will cost $40 million.
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law plan to update facilities moving forwardUniversity of Chicago Law looks back on visits from Supreme Court Justices
UCHICAGO NEWS — Ruth Bader Ginsburg will visit Harris School of Public Policy for Sept. 9 talk. Article recounts previous Supreme Court Justice appearances on the University of Chicago’s campus.
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