Louisiana State University Law students win three moot court championships
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER — Three traveling moot court teams from the LSU Law Center took home national championships at their respective competitions during the 2017-18 academic year.
Read More about Louisiana State University Law students win three moot court championshipsHarvard Law faculty participate in university’s cross-disciplinary Behavioral Insights Health Project
HARVARD LAW TODAY –A new, interdisciplinary project at Harvard will explore how behavioral science and behavioral economics can help improve health outcomes for patients and decisions made by doctors. It also has the potential to increase cost-effectiveness.
Read More about Harvard Law faculty participate in university’s cross-disciplinary Behavioral Insights Health ProjectGeorgia Supreme Court justice Robert Benham to deliver University of Georgia Law commencement address
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Robert Benham will deliver the keynote address at the University of eorgia School of Law’s Commencement to be held May 19 at 10 a.m.
Read More about Georgia Supreme Court justice Robert Benham to deliver University of Georgia Law commencement addressFordham Law’s Feerick Center for Social Justice wins award and grant from the American College of Trial Lawyers
BUSINESS WIRE — Fordham Law School announced today that the Feerick Center for Social Justice has been selected by the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL or College) as the 2018 Emil Gumpert Award recipient.
Read More about Fordham Law’s Feerick Center for Social Justice wins award and grant from the American College of Trial LawyersFlorida Coastal sues ABA over accreditation standards noncompliance finding
ABA JOURNAL — Florida Coastal School of Law filed a federal court lawsuit against the American Bar Association on May 10, alleging that the organization’s accreditation finding violated the school’s due process rights.
Read More about Florida Coastal sues ABA over accreditation standards noncompliance findingFormer NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks to deliver Drexel Law commencement address
DREXEL NOW — Cornell William Brooks, JD, dedicated civil rights leader, attorney and minister, will address the graduates of the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law at commencement on Friday, May 18, at 3:30 p.m.
Read More about Former NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks to deliver Drexel Law commencement addressReport from Denver Law students looks at the criminalization of homelessness in Colorado cities
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER — A group of law students from the University of Denver Sturm School of Law’s Homeless Advoaccy Policy Project released a report that looks at the criminalization of homelessness in Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver.
Read More about Report from Denver Law students looks at the criminalization of homelessness in Colorado citiesColumbia Law Review names new Editor-in-Chief
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia 2L student Tomi Williams ’19 has been appointed the next Editor-in-Chief of Columbia Law Review.
Read More about Columbia Law Review names new Editor-in-ChiefColumbia Law students visit West Point for perspective on national security law
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law Professor Matthew C. Waxman and law students visited West Point to engage in simulated law-of-armed-conflict exercises. They had to decide, based on hypothetical scenarios, whether United States forces could strike suspected enemy targets.
Read More about Columbia Law students visit West Point for perspective on national security lawColumbia Law Professor John Coffee honored by European Corporate Governance Institute for paper on shareholder activism
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School Professor John C. Coffee, Jr. received the European Corporate Governance Institute’s Allen & Overy Law Prize at a May 2 ceremony in Berlin. His published explored how the interests of activist investors can conflict with those of other shareholders.
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