University of Utah Law students participate in counterterrorism simulation
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LAW — On April 7, the College of Law held a live simulation exercise as part of the “Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism” course. The event—which is the only one of its kind in the country—simulates fictional but true-to-life terrorist incidents and places students in key decision-making roles as they navigate terrorism scenarios…
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VANDERBILT LAW — Vanderbilt Law School hosted Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the 2015 landmark Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage — Obergefell v. Hodges, on April 13. OutLaw, the Law Students for Social Justice, the Hyatt Fund, the George Barrett Social Justice Program, the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab and the Office of Diversity,…
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VERMONT LAW — The Native American Law Students Association at Vermont Law and Graduate School hosted its annual symposium Monday evening at the Chase Center with an engaged audience in person and online. This year’s program put special focus on the Indian Child Welfare Act, Brackeen v. Haaland—a current Supreme Court case that threatens to…
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VERMONT LAW — Vermont Law and Graduate School President Rodney Smolla was sitting in a board of trustees meeting on Tuesday when he found out he won his “own Super Bowl,” he said. Three years ago, Smolla, an expert on defamation and libel law, was pulled on to Dominion Voting Systems’ legal team to craft…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — It’s the second week of the second semester at UVA Law and Carrie Stanton, a young corporate partner in Williams Mullen’s Charlottesville office, has dedicated her Wednesday evening to teaching 50 chattering first-years a scaled-down version of everything she knows about startups and initial entity formation. She’ll come back every…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Like many law students, Ruby Cherian, who will graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law this May, was a very serious child. Deeply concerned about the world around her, and rigorously disciplined about her responsibilities, she would go so far as to ground herself from going to a…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — University of Virginia School of Law professor Danielle Citron, an expert in privacy law who has advanced the idea of intimate privacy as a civil right, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780 during the American Revolution, the American Academy of Arts and…
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WASHINGTON & LEE LAW — Washington and Lee University senior Finn Connor ’23 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to teach English in Germany. At W&L, Connor is a cognitive and behavioral science and theater double major with a minor in poverty and human capability studies and will be graduating with a…
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WMU-COOLEY LAW — Graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus were honored during a graduation ceremony on April 15 at the law school’s auditorium in Riverview. Juris doctor degrees were conferred to 30 members of the law school’s Justice Joseph McKenna Class. Chosen by her peers, Jessica Sivillo presented the valedictory remarks. The keynote…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW — Jeffrey Bellin, Cabell Research Professor and Mills E. Godwin Jr. Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, recently authored a new book offering a critical examination of mass incarceration in the United States. Published this year by Cambridge University Press, its title is “Mass Incarceration Nation: How the…
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