University of Arkansas Law Professor Jordan Blair Woods honored for innovative research
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Jordan Blair Woods, assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, received a 2018 Dukeminier Award and the Ezekiel Webber Prize for his article “LGBT Identity and Crime”
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and American University Washington College of Law signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperation in the furtherance of their common goals in respect of intellectual property education.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — American University Washington College of Law Professor Robert K. Goldman joins other well-renowned human rights lawyers as president of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law School received a gift from community leaders that will help establish an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund.
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ABA JOURNAL — ABA president Robert Carlson traveled to South Texas to do pro bono work for asylum seekers through the ABA’s South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project.
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NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — The union contract for faculty and librarians at the University of California seeks to apply academic freedom to librarians.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Being a child of divorce nearly halves the likelihood that a young person will earn a bachelor’s or graduate degree compared to someone whose parents remain married, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK TIMES — New research contains a message for high school students, especially low-income ones, who want to go to college: Take the SAT early and often.
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NEW YORK TIMES — A look into the student debt crisis and the rising rate of students defaulting on loans.
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JACKSON FREE PRESS — Groups exemplifying a diverse array of voices have supported Harvard University with friend-of-court briefs, including AALS.
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