Creighton Law hosts Nebraska Supreme Court for cases and discussion with students

May 1, 2018

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY — The Nebraska Supreme Court was in session in the Gross Appellate Courtroom in the Ahmanson Law Center at Creighton University’s School of Law on April 5. Justices heard four cases followed by a question-and-answer (Q&A) session with students.

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UC Irvine Law Professor Alexandra Natapoff’s book on criminal justice honored by Association of College and Research Libraries

May 1, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE SCHOOL OF LAW — UCI Law professor Alexandra Natapoff’s co-edited book, The New Criminal Justice Thinking (NYU Press), has been named one of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2017.

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Brooklyn Law Professor testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on new tax law implications

May 1, 2018

YAHOO! FINANCE — Brooklyn Law professor Rebecca Kysar testified before the Senate Finance Committee on the implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in a hearing on April 24.

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Brooklyn Law Dean Nick Allard weighs in on recommendation to remove LSAT Requirement

May 1, 2018

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Brooklyn Law Dean Nick Allard has issued a statement of support for the proposal put forward by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar that would eliminate the longstanding requirement that law schools use the LSAT for admissions.

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Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the Eastern District of New York to deliver Brooklyn Law commencement

May 1, 2018

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Hon. Dora L. Irizarry, the first Hispanic District Judge to serve in the Eastern District of New York and the first Hispanic woman Chief Judge within the Second Circuit, will address graduates at Brooklyn Law School’s 117th commencement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 18.

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University of New Hampshire Law Professor Sova McCabe selected as Dean of University of Arkansas Law

May 1, 2018

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Margaret Sova McCabe, professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, has been named dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law. She will assume her duties effective July 1.

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Gift to Arizona State University Law to establish global dispute resolution program and endowed scholarship

May 1, 2018

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Les Schiefelbein, CEO and founder of Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution, has announced a gift to the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University to establish the Les Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Program and Endowed Scholarship.

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American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Law and Government celebrates 25th anniversary

May 1, 2018

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — For the last 25 years, American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Law and Government has united law students with the nation’s capital and provided them a firm foundation for a successful career in governmental service.

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Q and A with Professor Jaya Connors, Director of Albany Law School’s Family Violence Litigation Clinic

May 1, 2018

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Professor Jaya Connors returned to Albany Law School in the fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic (FVLC), a course in which students provide legal representation in family court proceedings to survivors of domestic violence.

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New York law school graduates perform better on the state bar exam than graduates from other areas

May 1, 2018

NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — Seventy percent of the graduates of New York law schools who took the bar examination for the first time in February passed, the state Board of Law Examiners announced today.

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