Susan Freiwald named interim dean of University of San Francisco Law
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO — USF Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Susan Freiwald has been appointed interim dean of USF’s School of Law. The appointment by USF Provost Don Heller takes effect July 1 and runs until August 2020.
Read More about Susan Freiwald named interim dean of University of San Francisco LawPepperdine Law starts online master’s degree program in dispute resolution
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution announced that it will deliver its renowned Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) degree online. The degree will be delivered in partnership with 2U, Inc. and is a part of the Law@Pepperdine graduate program.
Read More about Pepperdine Law starts online master’s degree program in dispute resolutionPepperdine Law professor Jeff Baker named President of the Clinical Legal Education Association
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Law professor Jeffrey R. Baker has been named President of the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) for 2018.
Read More about Pepperdine Law professor Jeff Baker named President of the Clinical Legal Education AssociationFour Northeastern Law Students awarded Peggy Browning Fellowships
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Peggy Browning Fund has awarded 10-week summer fellowships to Queen Arsem-O’Malley ´19, Nicholas Balatsos ´19, Keally Cieslik ´19 and Alaina Gilchrist ´20. In 2018, the Peggy Browning Fund will support at least 80 public interest labor law fellowships nationwide.
Read More about Four Northeastern Law Students awarded Peggy Browning FellowshipsNortheastern Law professor Woodrow Hartzog looks at technology design and public privacy in new book
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law professor Woodrow Hartzog argues that the law should require software and hardware makers to respect privacy in the design of their products in new book, Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies (Harvard University Press).
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Woodrow Hartzog looks at technology design and public privacy in new bookNortheastern Law’s Margret Burnham leads Restorative Justice Project in effort to uncover truth behind 1930s lynching
CBS NEWS — Northeastern Law professor Magaret Burnham is a co-founder of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northwestern University School of Law, which conducts research and supports policy initiatives on anti-civil rights violence in the United States and other miscarriages of justice during the period 1930-1970.
Read More about Northeastern Law’s Margret Burnham leads Restorative Justice Project in effort to uncover truth behind 1930s lynchingNortheastern Law’s Elizabeth Ennen appointed chair of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s committee on pro bono
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law professor Elizabeth Ennen ’08, assistant director of Northeastern University School of Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, has been appointed chair of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services.
Read More about Northeastern Law’s Elizabeth Ennen appointed chair of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s committee on pro bonoNortheastern Law professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Northeastern Law professor Jessica Silbey, a leading scholar and nationally recognized expert on intellectual property and the use of film to communicate about law, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor awarded Guggenheim FellowshipA look back on the tenure of University of South Dakota Law Dean Thomas Geu
THE VOLANTE — University of South Dakota School of Law dean Thomas Geu recently announced he will be stepping down from the position. Geu has been a member of the law school faculty for 29 years, first becoming interim dean of the law school in 2011 and then dean of the law school in 2013.
Read More about A look back on the tenure of University of South Dakota Law Dean Thomas GeuUNLV Law’s Juvenile Dependency Mediation program looks to resolve child safety and welfare cases outside courtroom
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law faculty and supporters are among those spearheading the new Juvenile Dependency Mediation program, which helps families negotiate an agreeable outcome for child abuse and neglect cases in Nevada.
Read More about UNLV Law’s Juvenile Dependency Mediation program looks to resolve child safety and welfare cases outside courtroom