USC Gould Law hosts alternative early-intervention program for juvenile offenders

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW – The students are part of Teen Court, an alternative early-intervention program that allows eligible juvenile offenders to be questioned, judged and sentenced by a jury of their peers.

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Columbia Law launches worldwide antitrust law enforcement data project

June 29, 2017

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL – Bradford and her colleagues across Columbia and around the world are drawing on the data to inform research into a series of questions about competition and markets worldwide.

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ABA Criminal Justice Section task force recommends due process protection in campus sexual assault investigations

June 29, 2017

ABA JOURNAL – Both the accused and the accuser should have due process protections when colleges and universities resolve allegations of campus misconduct, according to a report by an ABA task force.

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Microsoft’s legal department pilots artificial intelligence for contract management

June 29, 2017

BLOOMBERG LAW – Microsoft Corp. is testing the use of artificial intelligence in contract management—a move that ultimately may cut down the work for its in-house attorneys.

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University of Minnesota Law professor selected for human rights post at U.N.

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL – The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin as the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.

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American University Law professor appointed director of the Program on Law and Government

June 29, 2017

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – AUWCL announced that Fernando Laguarda has been appointed Professorial Lecturer and the new Director of the Program on Law and Government.

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Chicago Law professor’s research helps convince the U.S. Supreme Court to take up gerrymandering case

June 29, 2017

CHICAGO MAROON – Law School assistant professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos developed a redistricting model that has led justices to reconsider whether it is impossible to measure partisan gerrymandering.

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UC Davis professors launch podcast about Constitutional Law in the Trump Era

June 29, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Elizabeth Joh is co-hosting a podcast, “What Trump Can Teach Us about Con Law,” that quickly shot to the top of the iTunes charts.

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Brooklyn Law professor’s work cited in U.S. Supreme Court decision in case about right to public trial

June 29, 2017

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL – The U.S. Supreme Court cited work by Professor Jocelyn Simonson in its majority opinion issued on June 22 in Weaver v. Massachusetts, a case about the right to a public trial.

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American University Law student honored with medal of excellence by the American Bankruptcy Institute

June 29, 2017

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW – Third-year student Bradley Jensen received the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence for his outstanding performance in Professor Walter Effross’ Corporate Bankruptcy Course this spring.

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