Mitchell Hamline Law’s Dispute Resolution Institute publishes book connecting dispute resolution to Star Wars

September 11, 2023

MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Luke Skywalker’s galaxy may be far, far away but “Force”-ful lessons for settling differences in this world abound in “Star Wars and Conflict Resolution: There Are Alternatives to Fighting.” The book is the latest publication from Mitchell Hamline’s nationally ranked Dispute Resolution Institute and its publishing arm, DRI Press.

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University of Montana Law student Noah Gipson discusses summer work drafting energy policy

September 11, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — Within three days of taking his final test as a University of Montana first-year law student, Noah Gipson found himself sitting in a brasserie in Paris, about to start an internship with the International Energy Agency.

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University of Nebraska Law establishes First Amendment Clinic

September 11, 2023

NEBRASKA TODAY — The clinic will support First Amendment rights by focusing on local and regional cases concerning freedoms of speech, the press, assembly and petition. It will also enhance law students’ understanding of the First Amendment and serve as a resource for organizations, students, journalists and citizens defending First Amendment rights.

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Gift to UNLV Law supports small business initiatives

September 11, 2023

UNLV WILLIAM S. BOYD SCHOOL OF LAW — Long-term donors to the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Tom and Leslie Thomas, pledged a transformational gift to establish a Small Business Initiatives Endowment Fund, named after them, within the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic.

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NYU Law highlights law professors working around the world

September 11, 2023

NYU LAW — This past summer, dozens of NYU Law professors left Washington Square for destinations across the country and around the globe, following a long stretch when the pandemic had limited travel. Their voyages took them to locales as disparate as Bali, Indonesia, and Bristol, England, to teach, lecture, participate in conferences and workshops,…

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Northeastern Law Action Lab files federal complaint against prison medical contractor 

September 11, 2023

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In a novel lawsuit, Northeastern Law’s Action Lab at the Center for Health Policy and Law filed a federal complaint in West Virginia challenging the discriminatory and harmful practices of a national prison medical contractor, Wexford Health Sources, Inc. 

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Former Notre Dame Law dean Nell Jessup Newton returns to faculty after interim deanships at Miami and Wake Forest law schools

September 8, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Professor Nell Jessup Newton returned to Notre Dame Law School’s faculty this fall after serving as interim dean at the University of Miami School of Law for the 2021-22 academic year and Wake Forest University School of Law for the 2022-23 academic year.

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Notre Dame Law professor Derek Muller elected to American Law Institute

September 8, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law Professor Derek Muller was recently elected to be a member of the American Law Institute.

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Notre Dame Law Exoneration Justice Clinic welcomes new students as interns

September 8, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — This summer, eight students from Notre Dame and beyond worked as interns at Notre Dame Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic (EJC).

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University of Oregon Law dean Marcilynn A. Burke elected to Law School Admission Council board of trustees

September 8, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Oregon School of Law Dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law Marcilynn A. Burke has been elected as the 2023-2025 chair of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Board of Trustees.

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