U.N. Human Rights Council taps Colorado Law professor to be North American representative on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
DAILY CAMERA – Kristen Carpenter is the associate dean for research and the Council Tree Professor of Law at CU and focuses on the legal claims of indigenous peoples.
Read More about U.N. Human Rights Council taps Colorado Law professor to be North American representative on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesIIT Chicago-Kent Law professor wins national legal writing award for consumer financial services law
IIT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW – Chicago-Kent Professor Elizabeth De Armond is a winner of the 2017 Annual Writing Competition of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Read More about IIT Chicago-Kent Law professor wins national legal writing award for consumer financial services lawUniversity of St. Thomas Law student wins Fulbright award to study migration and refugee law in Amsterdam
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS – University of St. Thomas law student Christina Espey-Sundt ’17 has been selected for a prestigious Fulbright award to the Netherlands to study international migration and refugee law at Vrije University in Amsterdam.
Read More about University of St. Thomas Law student wins Fulbright award to study migration and refugee law in AmsterdamYale Law’s Rule of Law clinic partners with government officials in battles over immigration ban
YALE DAILY NEWS – Yale Law School students and faculty involved in a new law clinic have become a major force in legal battles against President Donald Trump’s order banning immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries.
Read More about Yale Law’s Rule of Law clinic partners with government officials in battles over immigration banNational Law Journal to become monthly magazine
ABA JOURNAL – The National Law Journal announced that it is introducing a monthly, glossy magazine that will enhance its daily online stories.
Read More about National Law Journal to become monthly magazineBoston University Law-supported accelerator to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – The Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, or CARB-X, announced it is investing $24 million immediately.
Read More about Boston University Law-supported accelerator to combat antibiotic resistant bacteriaBrooklyn Law School holds public talk on potential changes to Dodd-Frank financial regulations
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE – Brooklyn Law School’s “Legal Lunches” series examined — does Trump’s administration mean the end of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act?
Read More about Brooklyn Law School holds public talk on potential changes to Dodd-Frank financial regulationsHouston Law Center hosts People’s Law School public education event
KTRK (ABC HOUSTON) – There will be classes in 14 different areas of law.
Read More about Houston Law Center hosts People’s Law School public education eventTulsa lawyers discuss their experiences opening own law firms
TULSA WORLD – Whether they’ve spent some time working for someone else as an associate, are straight out of law school or are coming off of positions as district attorneys or judges, many juris doctors hang up their own shingles to launch solo or small firms.
Read More about Tulsa lawyers discuss their experiences opening own law firmsPitt Law adds new course on criminal justice system inspired by HBO’s The Wire
OKAY PLAYER – The University of Pittsburgh School of Law has a course inspired by The Wire.
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