University of Maryland Law professor Monique Dixon named executive director of Center for Race and the Law

August 13, 2024

THE ELM — Monique Dixon, JD, a veteran civil rights attorney and former Biden-Harris administration official, has been named the inaugural executive director of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. 

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University of Massachusetts Law professor Faisal Chaudhry publishes book on South Asia and the British Empire

August 13, 2024

UMASS LAW — In his newly published book, South Asia, the British Empire, and the Rise of Classical Legal Thought: Towards a Historical Ontology of Law, Professor Faisal Chaudhry provides a re-reading of the history of legal change under colonial rule in South Asia from 1757 to the early twentieth century. 

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University of Massachusetts Law professor Margaret Drew speaks at Harvard Law Human Rights Workshop

August 13, 2024

UMASS LAW — Professor Margaret Drew was invited to speak at a human rights workshop for University of Ghana Law School students at Harvard Law School. 

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University of Miami Law awarded for pro bono service

August 13, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI — Recognizing its commitment to public service and legal education, the University of Miami School of Law HOPE Public Interest Resource Center has been honored with the 2023-2024 “MVP Pro Bono Award” by The Florida Bar Foundation. 

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Podcast: UNLV Law professor Joan Howarth discusses issues with the bar exam

August 13, 2024

ABA JOURNAL MODERN LAW LIBRARY — The goal of the bar exam is to be a gatekeeper for the legal profession and protect the public. 

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University of New Mexico Law students participate in clinic on the United States and Mexico border

August 13, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — Six students from the UNM School of Law participated in the inaugural clinic at the Border Service Corps over Spring Break as part of the Border Justice Initiative’s Spring Break Intensive course.

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University of New Mexico Law Border Justice Initiative hosts legal education event for practitioners

August 13, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — The UNM School of Law’s Border Justice Initiative hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program for immigration practitioners from across the country on June 28 that reported great success. 

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University of New Mexico Law faculty present at AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education

August 13, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — School of Law faculty members presented at the AALS Conference on Clinic Legal Education this past May in St. Louis.

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University of North Carolina Law professor Eric Muller receives compassionate witness award

August 13, 2024

POWELL TRIBUNE — Author, historian and law professor Eric Muller, who curated the permanent exhibit at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, will receive the LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award during the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage on Saturday, July 27.

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University of North Carolina Law professor Eric Muller honored for work on Japanese American incarceration

August 13, 2024

UNC SCHOOL OF LAW — Eric Muller, the Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law, was honored with the LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award at the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage in Wyoming on July 27, 2024.

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