Pace Law School receives large naming gift

May 9, 2016

WALL STREET JOURNAL – The law school is announcing the donation along with news that it’s renaming itself after the donors’ late matriarch, Elisabeth Haub, a philanthropist and businesswoman who championed environmental causes.

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NYU Law center holds colloquium focusing on the intersection of law and economics in intellectual property

May 9, 2016

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL – Are we running out of trademarks? Professor Jeanne Fromer and John M. Desmarais Professor of Intellectual Property Law Barton Beebe posed this question to an intimate gathering of students, law scholars, and practitioners in the opening session of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy spring colloquium.

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Proposed ABA anti-discrimination rule faces mixed response from lawyers

May 9, 2016

WALL STREET JOURNAL – On its face, a proposed new rule from the American Bar Association’s ethics committee urging lawyers not to be discriminatory doesn’t seem like it would be too controversial. But lawyers have found a whole lot to hate about the idea.

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USC Gould Law to offer JD certificate in entrepreneurship and technology

May 9, 2016

LOS ANGELES BUSINESS – The University of Southern California Gould School of Law will offer a J.D. certificate in entrepreneurship and technology law beginning this fall.

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Opinion: Lawyers can be strategic hires in early-stage startups

May 9, 2016

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW – “Lawyers can add value in the obvious ways, helping to avoid early mistakes like issuing stock too late in the game, when the company has grown in value and the employees can no longer take advantage of favorable tax treatment.”

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Cleveland-Marshall, Ohio Northern, and Toledo law schools enter partnership with Ohio university on accelerated law school program

May 9, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY – The University of Findlay is excited to announce that it has entered into law school articulation agreements with Cleveland State University, the University of Toledo and Ohio Northern University that will save students time and money while earning their Juris Doctor degrees.

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Sen. Durbin addresses Supreme Court justice nomination controversy during talk at Southern Illinois Law

May 9, 2016

WSIU (NPR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS) – Faculty and staff at the SIU School of Law heard directly from a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of a new Supreme Court justice.

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Harvard Law School triples membership in student government, adds seven new student action committees

May 9, 2016

HARVARD LAW TODAY – For Harvard Law School Student Body Vice President Mavara Agha ’16, making change happen is about capacity.

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University of Michigan Law alumna to clerk for Chief Justice Roberts

May 9, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL – It’s not your average day at the office when your work is interrupted by a call from the U.S. Supreme Court. So when Caroline Flynn, ’13, recently answered her phone and found Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on the line, her day took a turn toward the extraordinary.

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Indiana law schools prepare for graduation ceremonies

May 9, 2016

THE INDIANA LAWYER – Graduation season is beginning with law schools around Indiana hosting ceremonies the next two weekends in May.

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