University of Missouri Law Dean Lyrissa Lidsky shares her fight against cancer
LAW.COM — The first week of April was a low point in University of Missouri Law Dean Lyrissa Lidsky’s four-month-old battle with breast cancer. She’d recently wrapped up her fourth round of chemotherapy and a bout of bronchitis had exiled her to her home for a week of recovery—doctor’s orders.
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UNM LAW — This past weekend marked the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. The Celebration consisted of a two-day symposium followed by the two-day high school National Moot Court Competition.
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NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — This month, New York Law School (NYLS) is honoring four new faculty books and hosting special book events at its Tribeca campus to celebrate. The books showcase the NYLS faculty’s broad range of scholarly expertise.
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PACIFIC MCGEORGE — University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law will launch new online law and graduate master’s degree programs in water, environment, and government in fall 2019 and spring 2020.
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NEW HAVEN BIZ — New Haven BIZ today announces the seven winners of its 2019 Women Who Mean Business awards, which recognize outstanding achievement by female leaders across a broad spectrum of professional endeavor.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWS — Settlements are a way of life for civil trial attorneys. As the Hon. Roderick C. Young, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, puts it, “If you graduate from law school and you have a civil practice, most of your cases are probably going…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND NEWS — When Dorie Arthur and her fellow 1L students walked into their first Contracts course with Professor David Epstein, they received a surprising directive: At the close of the lecture, instead of packing up their books and rushing out the door, Professor Epstein asked students to applaud
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RIVARD REPORT — On Thursday, St. Mary’s University President Thomas Mengler wrote to the university community with news that Stephen Sheppard, dean of San Antonio’s sole law school, was resigning his post.
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SANTA CLARA LAW — Many of Silicon Valley’s leading tech and other companies regularly risk running afoul of antitrust laws— be it by using their troves of customer data to preclude competition; illegally colluding with competitors not to poach one another’s employees
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STCL HOUSTON — South Texas College of Law Houston’s Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution and Harry L. Reed Oil and Gas Institute recently hosted the school’s 5th annual Energy Law Negotiation Competition.
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