Former Boston University Law dean Maureen O’Rourke named associate provost
BU TODAY — Maureen O’Rourke, former dean of Boston University School of Law, has been named associate provost for faculty affairs. In addition, O’Rourke will serve in Morrison’s Cabinet, working on such matters as faculty diversity, development, work-life balance, and the University’s equal opportunity and Title IX commitments.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — To help equip lawyers with the in-depth and cross-disciplinary knowledge they need to excel in the field, the University of Baltimore School of Law created the nation’s first and only post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law in 2017. With the Fall 2019 semester, this innovative curriculum is offered entirely and fully online.
Read More about University of Baltimore Law offers post-JD certificate in family law onlineBrooklyn Law professor Jocelyn Simonson’s research on recording police cited in Supreme Court dissent
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cited Brooklyn Law Professor Jocelyn Simonson’s article, Beyond Body Cameras: Defending a Robust Right to Record the Police (2016) in her dissent to the majority opinion in Nieves v. Bartlett.
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UBNOW — The University at Buffalo School of Law is addressing the changing market for legal services and law-related careers with its first ever bachelor’s degree in law, designed to prepare students for careers that demand a sound understanding of the law but do not require a licensed attorney.
Read More about University at Buffalo Law launches undergraduate degree programUC Irvine Law Criminal Justice Clinic secures compassionate release for non-violent offender
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — The UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic is celebrating the grant of compassionate release for client Arturo C., a 69-year-old man who had served 30 years in prison as part of a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense.
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UCLA NEWSROOM — UCLA Law Professor Steven Bank focuses much of his writing and teaching on the law and history of taxation, corporate governance and executive compensation. But he also kicks out scholarly essays on legal issues involving soccer’s governing bodies, including FIFA.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW — UCLA Law professor Richard Steinberg has been appointed to a position on the Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee, a group that counsels and makes recommendations to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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TEXAS LAWYER — Columbia Law Professor Elora Mukherjee, who heads the Immigrants Rights Clinic, is set to testify Friday before a congressional committee about the “urgent humanitarian crisis” she, fellow lawyers and doctors found when they visited a Texas detention center packed with migrant children.
Read More about Columbia Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic director Elora Mukherjee testifies on conditions at Texas detention centerPodcast: Emory Law professor Nicole Morris discusses the intersection of legal education and legal technology
LEGAL TALK NETWORK — In this episode, Sam Glover talks with Emory Law Professor Nicole Morris about the Ti:GER program, an innovative partnership between Emory and Georgia Tech that brings together graduate students in law, business, science and engineering to work on ways to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace.
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THE ATLANTIC — A new report from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials requested access to DMV databases in Utah, Washington State, and Vermont, with the intention of using facial-recognition technology to scan drivers’ photos and match them against criminal and residency databases without their knowledge.
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