Chicago-Kent Law program aims to help legal professionals keep up with evolving technology
LAW.COM — Last year, Chicago-Kent approved a Masters of Law degree in legal innovation and technology. Under that very big umbrella fits knowledge in legal analytics, machine learning and technology-aided access to justice, all of which will be dolloped out to students over the course of one year.
Read More about Chicago-Kent Law program aims to help legal professionals keep up with evolving technologyUniversity of Houston Law Center student organization hosts Women’s Week
UH LAW CENTER — In an effort to highlight women leadership in the legal profession, the Association of Women in Law recently held Women’s Week at the University of Houston Law Center. The event consisted of three panel discussions with women from Big Law, government, corporate law, immigration law and family law.
Read More about University of Houston Law Center student organization hosts Women’s WeekKimberly Robinson joins University of Virginia Law faculty
UVA LAW — Kimberly J. Robinson, who studies civil rights in education and aspires to help end educational disparities in the United States, will join the University of Virginia School of Law faculty this fall as a professor of law.
Read More about Kimberly Robinson joins University of Virginia Law facultyMargaret Ryznar and Christoph Henkel Join John Marshall Law as visiting professors
JOHN MARSHALL LAW — The John Marshall Law School in Chicago welcomes Margaret Ryznar and Christoph Henkel as visiting professors for the Spring 2019 semester.
Read More about Margaret Ryznar and Christoph Henkel Join John Marshall Law as visiting professorsThird-year law students share their journey to the law
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — Third-year University of Akron School of Law students Mark Peasley and his fiancée Kristin Leuchtag are in a good place: finishing up law school, jobs with law firms in their chosen fields, just bought a home, and engaged to be married next year.
Read More about Third-year law students share their journey to the lawDrexel Law Professor Amy Boss leads seminars at women entrepreneurship summit in Cairo, Egypt
DREXEL LAW — Trustee Professor of Law Amy Boss led three seminars at the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Summit II, hosted by the School of Business at American University in Cairo.
Read More about Drexel Law Professor Amy Boss leads seminars at women entrepreneurship summit in Cairo, EgyptFlorida International University Law receives AccessLex grant for pre-law diversity program
SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN NEWS — Florida International University College of Law has been awarded a $124,850 grant by the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence to launch a new pre-law initiative, the Path to the Legal Profession
Read More about Florida International University Law receives AccessLex grant for pre-law diversity programGeorgetown Law professor and former federal inmate Shon Hopwood discusses his work in criminal justice reform
LAW.COM — Shon Hopwood’s improbable journey from federal inmate to professor at Georgetown University Law Center hit another high this week when President Donald Trump—during a White House celebration Monday—credited the convicted bank robber with helping enact a major federal criminal reform bill.
Read More about Georgetown Law professor and former federal inmate Shon Hopwood discusses his work in criminal justice reformHarvard Law holds forum for state attorneys general to learn about technological changes
HARVARD LAW TODAY — When Sara Cable was a Harvard undergraduate, she took Harvard Law School Professor Morton Horwitz’s class about the public-private distinction in the law.
Read More about Harvard Law holds forum for state attorneys general to learn about technological changesUniversity of Houston Law Center hosts symposium on energy tax and investment
UH LAW CENTER — Experts in energy taxation and investment shared the latest developments on issues affecting North America and beyond recently at the University of Houston Law Center’s 1st Annual Denney L. Wright International Energy Tax Conference held at the Greater Houston Partnership in downtown Houston.
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