GMU Antonin Scalia Law dedication launches scholarships for students in need
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ANTONIN SCALIA LAW SCHOOL – The $20 million anonymous gift that inspired the name change are earmarked for scholarships that will enhance the school’s diversity and stature while benefiting students.
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NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL – Anthony Kroese, 3L, has been on a mission to take student events and make them more fun, more efficient, more consequential.
Read More about Notre Dame Law School student looks to improve social and academic experience for fellow studentsHofstra Law Dean Eric Law to step down, Judge A. Gail Prudenti selected as interim dean
MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY – The Hon. A. Gail Prudenti, executive director of the law school’s Center for Children, Families and the Law and senior associate dean for operations, has been appointed interim dean.
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ARKANSAS TIMES – Michael Schwartz, dean of UALR’s Bowen School of Law, has announced he’s stepping down as dean June 30 to go to a full-time teaching position.
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IIT CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW – The American Society for Legal History has awarded Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Christopher Schmidt the 2016 Surrency Prize for the best article published in the society’s 2015 edition of its journal Law and History Review.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW – The lunches provide an informal setting for professors to pick the brains of their fellow academics in deciding how, or if, to move forward on ideas for research.
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STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW – Stetson University College of Law competed with 15 other top advocacy teams from around the U.S. to win the National Civil Trial Competition in Los Angeles, California.
Read More about Stetson Law students win national civil trial competitionHarvard Law professor shares vision for new program on Jewish and Israeli Law
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, spoke recently about the scope of Jewish law, his aspirations for the program, and his own background in the subject.
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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE – Brooklyn Law School (BLS) hosted a showing of and reception for “Luminarias de la Ley: An Exhibit of the First Latina Lawyers 1900-1980,” a pictorial timeline of the history of Latina lawyers in the U.S.
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ABA JOURNAL – So far, 17 Michigan state courts have set up online dispute resolution services through Matterhorn.
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