A look at the career of North Carolina Central University Law Dean Phyllis Craig-Taylor

July 23, 2018

DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Phyllis Craig-Taylor is in a position to shape and inspire the next generation of lawyers at the North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she has served as professor and dean since 2012.

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Pepperdine Law Professor Maureen Weston co-authors book on arbitration

July 23, 2018

PEPPERDINE LAW SURF REPORT — Pepperdine Law Professor Maureen Arellano Weston has co-authored Arbitration: Law, Policy, and Practice, a recently published book from Carolina Academic Press.

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Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy teaches in Pacific McGeorge Law’s summer program in Austria

July 23, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW — United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has returned to Salzburg for a 28th year to teach in McGeorge School of Law’s annual Salzburg, Austria Summer Program.

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North Dakota Law selects judge to chair law dean search committee

July 23, 2018

GRAND FORKS HERALD — North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle and University of North Dakota law professor James Grijalva will serve as co-chairs of the search committee to fill the dean’s position at UND’s School of Law.

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New York Law School to launch legal tech pipeline program

July 23, 2018

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — New York Law School will launch a Business of Law Institute this fall. The Institute will create a pipeline of new lawyers to join the growing legal tech sector and will align NYLS’s related educational offerings with the evolving needs of 21st-century businesses and law firms.

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Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law honors students with award

July 23, 2018

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School students and Co-Directors of Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) Mae Bowman ’18 and Maral Cavner ’18 were honored with the Animal Law Award for their dedication to SALDF and the Animal Law Review.

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UMass Law and Framingham State partner on ‘3+3’ accelerated bachelor’s/JD program

July 23, 2018

WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL — Framingham State University and the University of Massachusetts School of Law have signed an agreement allowing students to get their bachelor’s and law degrees in six years.

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Howard University Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker reflects on the legacy of the institution

July 23, 2018

DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — As dean of Howard University Law, Danielle Holley-Walker is adding to the school’s legacy. The School of Law made a name for itself decades ago, blazing trails with graduates and professors making the legal arguments in courts across the country for civil rights for minorities.

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A look at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s background teaching at Harvard Law

July 23, 2018

BOSTON GLOBE — When Elena Kagan was dean of Harvard Law School, she was in search of rising conservative legal stars and hired visiting professor Brett Kavanaugh, then a newly appointed federal appeals court judge from Washington.

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University of Iowa closes seven centers including Labor Center at the College of Law

July 23, 2018

THE GAZETTE — Responding to state budget cuts, the University of Iowa hopes to save $3.5 million by closing seven centers, one of which is the UI College of Law Labor Center, known for education on worker rights related to sexual harassment in the workplace, health and safety violations and recovery of wages.

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