Harvard Law hosts panel discussing White House plans to reshape executive power

March 31, 2025

HARVARD LAW TODAY — President Donald Trump’s moves to stymie, purge, and even dismantle administrative agencies represent an unprecedented assertion of presidential power over both Congress and the administrative apparatus of the federal government, argued four experts at Harvard Law School on Monday.

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Hofstra Law professor Eric Freedman speaks at Cardozo Law social justice symposium

March 31, 2025

HOFSTRA LAW NEWS — Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights Eric M. Freedman was an invited panelist at the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice symposium earlier this month.

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Hofstra Law team advances to finals in national trial advocacy competition

March 31, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — A team of Hofstra Law students have advanced to the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) National Finals after winning the virtual regional tournament in early March. 

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Hofstra Law professor Elizabeth Nevins advocates against changes to New York discovery laws

March 27, 2025

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Elizabeth Nevins, clinical professor and Attorney-in-Charge of the Defender Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University has helped lead the effort of more than 80 New York law professors in writing a letter to legislative leaders to reject a proposal in Governor’s Hochul budget that would effectively

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Lewis & Clark Law professor Lisa Benjamin publishes article on colonialism and climate law and policy

March 27, 2025

LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — The article is part of a special Wisconsin International Law Journal issue on Racial Capitalism and Climate Change that Professor Benjamin was invited to contribute to.

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Loyola Law Los Angeles Project for the Innocent’s volunteer night offers part-time students with pro bono opportunities

March 27, 2025

LMU NEWSROOM — Huddled in a trial advocacy classroom on LMU Loyola Law School’s downtown L.A. campus early in the spring spring semester, a cadre of evening students took a break from their jobs, studies, and families to do something truly transformative: pursue justice for wrongfully convicted defendants. 

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University of Maryland Law professor Leigh Goodmark discusses her experience with the school’s Gender Violence Clinic

March 27, 2025

THE NEW YORKER — For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.

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UMass Law professor Lisa Owens presents at junior scholarship conference

March 27, 2025

UMASS LAW — Professor Lisa Owens presented her latest work “Revisiting Gender in Places of Public Accommodation” at the Northeastern Junior Scholarship Conference.

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Gift to University of Missouri Law to support students in study abroad and public interest programs

March 27, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW — As a part of the 2025 Mizzou Giving Day, Professor Emeritus Rodney Uphoff has given a generous gift of $1 million to Mizzou Law to provide important financial support to law students pursuing transformative educational and public service experiences.

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University of Nebraska Law Elsbeth Magilton presents to AALS Section on Leadership

March 27, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Elsbeth Magilton presented “Law Students Learning to Lead through Non-Profit Board Service,” to the Association of American Law Schools Section on Leadership. 

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