American Law Institute approves arbitration guidance lead by Columbia Law Professor George Bermann
ALI — At today’s 96th Annual Meeting, members of The American Law Institute voted to approve the Proposed Final Draft of Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial and Investor–State Arbitration.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Robert F. Smith, a billionaire who is the chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, stunned the 396 graduates he addressed at Morehouse College Sunday when he pledged to repay all their student debt.
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COLUMBIA LAW — Alexandra Carter, a clinical professor of law whose students laud her as a mentor and role model, was honored by Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger ’71 with the university’s Presidential Award for Teaching at commencement on May 22.
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LAW.COM — In his two-plus years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch has earned a reputation as someone who did not always follow court traditions or norms when it came to his oddly written opinions or his snippy questions at oral argument.
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COLUMBIA LAW — On a warm evening with a refreshing breeze, Columbia Law School held graduation exercises for the Class of 2019. More than 700 J.D., LL.M, and J.S.D. candidates, along with some 4,000 guests, gathered on May 20
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ABA JOURNAL — Western State College of Law, which is part of the embattled Argosy University System, has submitted a proposed teach-out plan with the ABA after losing its federal student loan money, being placed in receivership and conducting a search for an acquisition partner.
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COLUMBIA LAW — International law to protect refugees, forged in the aftermath of World War II, is in retreat, International Rescue Committee President David Miliband told current and former editors of Columbia Law School’s Journal of Transnational Law at the 45th annual Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Banquet.
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UCLA LAW — More than 2,000 people convened as UCLA School of Law hosted its 68th commencement ceremony on May 17, celebrating the Class of 2019 with glitz, grandeur and inspiring speeches.
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UCLA LAW — Culminating years of work led by UCLA School of Law professor Jill Horwitz, on May 20 the American Law Institute approved a comprehensive compendium of the legal issues that confront charitable nonprofit institutions.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW — After serving 25 years in prison following wrongful convictions for conspiracy to commit murder, brothers Kenneth “J.R.” McPherson, 45, and Eric Simmons, 48, were fully exonerated on May 3 and went home to their families.
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