LSAC partners with research center to develop updated model of lawyer skills and competencies

March 21, 2024

LSAC —  IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, and the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), today announced a new joint project — Foundations 2.0 — designed to provide a comprehensive updated view of the skills and competencies new lawyers need to succeed and serve clients well in the rapidly evolving legal profession.

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International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution honors law students and faculty with awards

March 21, 2024

CPR ADR — The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), a global non-profit organization that helps others manage conflict so that they might better pursue their purpose, is pleased to announce the 41st Annual Award Winners for contributions to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in 2023 at the awards ceremony during the CPR 2024 Annual

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University of Akron Law hosts symposium on artificial intelligence and intellectual property

March 21, 2024

AKRON LAW NEWS — On March 25, The University of Akron School of Law will host its 26th annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy, bringing together top experts to tackle cutting-edge issues, including the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) law.

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Arizona State University Law professors Justin Weinstein-Tull and Stefanie Lindquist discuss new US Supreme Court code of ethics

March 21, 2024

ASU NEWS — Since it began presiding over the country’s legal system at its inaugural session in 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court has never had to abide by an official ethics code. 

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University of Baltimore Law professor Nienke Grossman attends Inter-American Juridical Committee meeting in Panama

March 21, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Nienke Grossman, co-director of the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL), is in Panama City, Panama, for a March 11-15 meeting of the Inter-American Juridical Committee (IAJC). 

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Podcast: UC Berkeley Law professor Jonah Gelbach discusses the importance for judicial transparency

March 21, 2024

BERKELEY LAW VOICES CARREY — In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Jonah Gelbach, whose research spans a variety of topics, including civil procedure, evidence, statutory interpretation and legislation, and law and economics.

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UC Berkeley Law’s California Law Review symposium looks at equality in US Supreme Court jurisprudence

March 21, 2024

BERKELEY LAW — It seems the spotlight has never beamed more brightly on the United States Supreme Court, with legal experts pointing to recent high-profile decisions they say departed from precedent, veered toward right-wing ideology, and threatened equal treatment under the law. 

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UC Irvine Law highlights recent faculty accomplishments

March 21, 2024

UCI LAW — Professor Sameer Ashar co-authored two chapters of the book “Legal Phantoms: Executive Action and the Haunting Failures of Immigration Law” (Stanford University Press 2024), which tells the story of the nation’s Deferred Action programs, including Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) announced by President Obama in 2014 and enjoined by the Courts in 2015.

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UC Law San Francisco professor Laurie Zimet celebrates 40-year career

March 21, 2024

UC LAW SF — Over the last 40 years, UC Law SF Professor Laurie Zimet ’82 has helped change the way law schools teach, evaluate, and support the success of law students.

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A profile on UC Law San Francisco student Jae Joon Shin

March 21, 2024

UC LAW SF — To help promote diversity in the legal profession, affinity organizations at UC law SF connect aspiring attorneys with peers and mentors who share similar backgrounds. One of these many organizations is the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA). Jae Joon Shin ’25, APALSA’s director of communications and community relations, explains what this

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