University of Houston Law Center faculty, staff and students honored with dean’s awards

May 9, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes congratulates the 2023 Dean’s Award faculty and staff recipients, from left, Robert G. Gonzalez, Meredith J. Duncan, Baynes, Bret Wells and Lauren Jansen Simpson.

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University of Houston Law Center building earns interior design award

May 9, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The John M. O’Quinn Law Building recently received the Higher Education Award of Merit at the 2023 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Southwest Chapter Design Awards ceremony on April 20. The IIDA awards honor “design excellence” and “innovative solutions for interior spaces.” This marks the first design award for…

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An interview with on University of Massachusetts Law student Emily Dillan

May 9, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW — Emily Dillan, JD candidate ’23, managing editor of UMass Law Review, enjoyed a range of practical legal experiences and will work as a judicial law clerk with the MA Probate and Family Courts.

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A look at the success of the University of Miami Law moot court team

May 9, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW — Miami Law’s Charles C. Papy, Jr. moot court board jumped 14 spots in one year to become one of the top teams among all U.S. law schools – the highest ranking in its 70-year history.

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Mitchell Hamline Law celebrates 50 years of clinical legal education

May 9, 2023

MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the clinical program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law was not something Roger Haydock foresaw when he helped launch it as one of the nation’s the first such programs in 1973. But that’s what Haydock, a founding professor of the Mitchell Hamline Clinical Program, and other…

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University of Montana Law professor Anthony Devos Johnstone to serve as judge for 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals

May 9, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA LAW — The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 Monday to confirm University of Montana law professor Anthony Devos Johnstone to serve as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Johnstone was nominated by President Joe Biden for the judgeship in September 2022, and had his hearing before the…

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Northeastern Law Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy releases report on water policy transparency

May 9, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE), has released the latest publication in its series on water and human rights in the U.S., “Data on Tap: Realizing Human Rights through Water Utility Reporting Laws.” This briefing paper examines U.S. initiatives to promote water policy transparency through the lens…

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Northwestern Law student HanByul Chang earns a PhD in chemistry and JD at the same time

May 9, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — HanByul Chang has dreamed about attending law school since middle school. But in college, she wanted to pursue her other passion — chemistry — at the same time. As part of the Pritzker School of Law’s J.D.-Ph.D. program, Chang got to do both. This spring, she will graduate with a Ph.D. in…

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Northwestern Law Innovation Lab teams create client-focused technology for the legal profession

May 9, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — Transformational technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning profoundly impact the legal landscape, both in terms of how computation is changing the practice of law and how legal principles govern technology. At the intersection of computer science and law, the COMP_SCI 397, 497: Innovation Lab: Building Technologies for the Law course, co-taught…

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Northwestern Law Center for International Human Rights to represent journalist

May 9, 2023

NORTHWESTERN LAW — Bolot Temirov, a Kyrgyzstani human rights defender and prominent journalist, has been unable to return to Kyrgyzstan since he was forcibly removed to Russia last November. May 3rd, on World Press Freedom Day, the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law is announcing that CIHR will…

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