Widener Commonwealth Law professor John Dernbach honored by ABA for excellence in environmental law
WIDENER UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH LAW SCHOOL — A Widener University Commonwealth Law faculty member who has shaped environmental policy for decades has been honored with one of the highest recognitions in his field. John C. Dernbach, emeritus professor, a leading advocate for sustainable development, received the American Bar Association’s 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award in Environmental Law…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — When Jean Koh Peters was preparing the students in her clinics to present cases before a judge, she gave them a simple rule: five words. “Your theory of the case, the message you want to give to the judge — by the time you get to trial, you want it to…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL — Raymond Perez ’26 discusses his time as a Kirby Simon Fellowship at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
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YALE DAILY NEWS — This fall, the Yale Law School has pioneered interdisciplinary studies into how artificial intelligence will impact the legal field.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — Artificial intelligence is changing law practice by offering benefits like increased efficiency. AI-driven research tools, such as chatbots, allow lawyers to analyze extensive legal databases. Although lawyers are embracing the change, there are also some ethical concerns.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges in west and central Florida canceled classes for part of the week as they prepared for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 storm that’s expected to slam into Tampa on Wednesday night and move across central Florida.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent shoutout to apprenticeships and other alternatives to four-year college degrees may have surprised those who are accustomed to the Democratic Party’s longstanding promotion of “college for all.”
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — We asked higher ed leaders and thinkers to take stock of the fraught year just past and offer a vision for the future. They gave us a quarrelsome, eloquent earful.
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NPR — College administrators, reeling from campus protests over Gaza, are now implementing programs to foster civil discourse.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral?
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