Boston College Law professor Claire Donohue discusses how she incorporates social work into teaching

November 21, 2024

THE HEIGHTS — Claire Donohue aims to maintain an open-minded and compassionate approach to her work—whether it be guiding students as the current associate dean of experiential learning at Boston College or aiding clients as a public defender. 

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Boston College Law to launch Master of Legal Studies In Cybersecurity, Risk, and Governance

November 21, 2024

THE HEIGHTS — Beginning in the fall of 2025, Boston College Law School will offer a master of legal studies (MLS) in cybersecurity, risk, and governance, which is set to replace the current master of science in cybersecurity policy and governance program at the Woods College of Advancing Studies.

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Boston University Law nonprofit receives funding to develop antibiotics, vaccines, and diagnostics

November 21, 2024

THE BRINK — A Boston University–led nonprofit that’s taking on the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has just received a significant injection of new funding—from the Italian government.

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A profile on Boston University Law visiting professor Preeti Pratishruti Dash

November 21, 2024

THE RECORD — Professor Preeti Pratishruti Dash joins BU Law as the 2024–25 William and Patricia Kleh Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Law.

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UC Berkeley Law to launch Family Defense Clinic

November 21, 2024

BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law has announced plans to launch an in-house Family Defense Clinic, enabling students to represent indigent parents threatened by state intervention with the removal of their children. This new clinic will be the first of its kind on the West Coast, filling an urgent gap in free legal services in the

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UC Law San Francisco highlights students working with state and federal judges

November 21, 2024

UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — Surjit Sadhra ’26 spent last summer working under a federal judge who has overseen major cases on drinking water safety, pharmaceutical business practices, and the right to scrape public data from social media sites.

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Case Western Reserve Law environmental law class hosts Environmental Law Institute senior advisor Jay Pendergrass

November 21, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In October, professor Victor Flatt’s Environmental Law class was joined by Jay Pendergrass, the former Vice President and Current Senior Advisor to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in Washington, D.C.

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Case Western Reserve Law to provide full funding to all Hertz Fellowship finalists

November 21, 2024

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Case Western Reserve University has a new offer for the 25 to 30 students each year who are named finalists for the prestigious Hertz Fellowship but are not ultimately selected as Fellows: Matriculate at CWRU and receive full financial benefits. 

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University of Chicago Law hosts University of Virginia Law professor Megan T. Stevenson for lecture

November 21, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL — What policies and programs can society implement to make a tangible, lasting impact on people’s lives? Social scientists have been trying to answer this question for decades by conducting randomized controlled trials (RCTs), experiments that aim to identify “what works” to engineer improvements for society, from guaranteed

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University of Connecticut Law Asylum and Human Rights Clinic provides legal aid to immigrants

November 21, 2024

U CONN TODAY — The Asylum and Human Rights Clinic helps immigrants along the path to a new life and provides law students with practical, hands-on experience.

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