Columbia Law professor Katharina Pistor looks at legal systems and wealth inequality in new book
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law Professor Katharina Pistor, the Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law and director of the Center on Global Legal Transformation explores the fundamental role of lawyers in creating the rights and structures that help the rich get richer in her new book, The Code of Capital.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Continued activism by shareholders seeking to influence corporate policy means that proxy advisory firms will remain busy—but they themselves may be subject to new forms of regulation, business law faculty members said at a June 7 conference on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School Professor Brett Dignam and five student members from the Challenging the Consequences of Mass Incarceration Clinic sought injunctive relief for their client, Richard Reynolds, who has been in solitary confinement for 24 years.
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COLUBMIA LAW SCHOOL — Launched in October 2018, the Executive LL.M. in Global Business Law Program is a hybrid online program that focuses on business law with a global perspective. The curriculum includes four three-week modules combining core classes and electives as well as a 12-week long colloquium that covers eight practice areas.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School’s commitment to making a world-class legal education accessible for any qualified student has been significantly bolstered by the successful completion of the two-year Greene Scholarship Challenge. The Jerome L. Greene Foundation is matching dollar-for-dollar 50 gifts of $100,000 each from Columbia Law alumni and friends.
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FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — Florida A&M University Law student Diona Willis is working at the Bronx Defenders in New York this summer as part of the Veterans Legal Corps, an AmeriCorps program that helps low-income and homeless veterans secure access to income, housing, employment, and health care.
Read More about Florida A&M Law student Diona Willis selected for Veterans Legal CorpsGift to University of Georgia Law to support student scholarships
UGA TODAY — The Brian and Kim Cain Family Scholarship Fund will offer two full scholarships for University of Georgia Law students who have demonstrated success in the face of challenging circumstances while on their journey to law school.
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MANOA NOW — The search for a new dean for the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has begun. In March 2019, longtime law school dean Avi Soifer announced his retirement after 16 years in the position, and will continue until the position is filled.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Juvenile defense attorneys were instructed on best practices to help defend their young clients last week during the 18th Annual Zealous Advocacy Conference at the University of Houston Law Center. The two-day conference is the premier professional development training for juvenile defense attorneys practicing in the Southwestern United States.
Read More about University of Houston Law hosts juvenile defense attorneys conferenceIndiana University McKinney Law signs agreement to benefit master’s program students from Myanmar
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Indiana University McKinney School of Law has signed a letter of intent with officials from the Burmese American Community Institute. The agreement, entered into on July 10, 2019, welcomes Myanmar law graduates to apply for enrollment in the Master of Laws, or LL.M., program beginning in Spring 2020.…
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