Book from Columbia Law Professor Michael Gerrard explores climate engineering and the law
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Columbia Law School Professor Michael B. Gerrard and Tracy Hester ’86, co-edited a new book, Climate Engineering and the Law, that considers the legal consequences of large-scale manipulations made to combat climate change.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — In February, Columbia Law announced that seven students were awarded competitive public service fellowships. Now, in April, eight more students from the Class of 2018 have been awarded prestigious fellowships that provide stipends for a year of full-time work at both small nonprofits and global NGOs.
Read More about Columbia Law students awarded postgraduate public service fellowshipsUCLA Law professor Devon Carbado named American Bar Foundation Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
PUBLIC NOW — University of California, Los Angeles School of Law professor Devon Carbado has been named the 2018-19 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the American Bar Foundation. The appointment is among the highest positions dedicated to the promotion of diversity and equality in the legal profession.
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DAVIS ENTERPRISE — Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye ’84 will return to University of California, Davis to be the keynote speaker for the 2018 School of Law commencement at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
Read More about California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to deliver UC Davis commencement addressBrooklyn Law dean Nick Allard discusses separation of powers during Brooklyn Supreme Court’s Law Day celebration
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — The Brooklyn Supreme Court celebrated Law Day and this year’s theme of “Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom” with a celebration at the courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn on May 8. Brooklyn Law School Dean Nicolas Allard also made remarks regarding separation of powers.
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PRNEWSWIRE — Bingham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, a leading national law school focused on innovation in the law and legal education, is pleased to announce its LawX legal design lab is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 Cyber Pioneer Award
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Trevon Logan, a professor of economics at Ohio State University, posted on Twitter this week that he had banned all electronics from his courses, with positive results.
Read More about A look at laptop bans in college and law school lecture hallsTrump administration scales back consumer protection office related to student loans
MAINE PUBLIC — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney, announced that the Office of Students and Young Consumers will be folded into the Office of Financial Education within the agency.
Read More about Trump administration scales back consumer protection office related to student loansPentagon warns eliminating Public Service Loan Forgiveness will hurt military recruitment efforts
MILITARY TIMES — Veteran education advocates are continuing to fight a controversial bill that would sunset a student loan forgiveness benefit for public-sector employees, including service members, hoping their efforts — and the Pentagon’s opposition — can keep it from ever getting to a vote
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BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT — 13 Republicans urged the House education panel’s chairwoman to not eliminate the program that discharges student loans for qualified public workers, in a letter acquired by Bloomberg Government May 7.
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