University of Minnesota Law dean Garry Jenkins discusses why a liberal arts education provides a good foundation for law school
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — After serving seven years as dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at Minnesota Law, Garry Jenkins is bidding farewell to an “extremely welcoming” legal community in the Twin Cities. Jenkins has been tapped to be president of Bates College, a liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW — The Theater of the Relatively Talentless (TORT), a theater group made up of students from the University of Minnesota Law School, is performing their show “TORTanic” on Friday and Saturday. “TORTantic” is the group’s 20th-anniversary show and will take place at the Ted Mann Concert Hall on West Bank at…
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW — Latha Ramchand, University of Missouri provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Steve Sowers, CEO Missouri Community Markets today awarded a 2023 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence to S. David Mitchell. Mitchell is the Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law and co-director of the Michael A.…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — The dean of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law plans to step down when his contract expires in June 2024. Anthony Niedwiecki, who has helmed the St. Paul law school since July 2020, said in a note to alumni on Monday that his decision was driven by the need to focus…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE LAW — Mitchell Hamline Professor Kim Vu-Dinh was recently named to the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Political Economy as director of operations and logistics.
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Lieutenant General Christopher F. Burne, United States Air Force (retired), served as the 17th Judge Advocate General of the Air Force. In that capacity, General Burne was the Legal Advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff, and all officers and agencies of the Department of the…
Read More about Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Christopher F. Burne to deliver Penn State Dickinson Law commencement addressPepperdine Law professor Christine Chambers Goodman recognized for excellence in leadership
PEPPERDINE LAW — On Thursday, April 13, the Office of the Provost and the Seaver College Committee for Women Faculty will honor Christine Chambers Goodman, professor of law at the Caruso School of Law, with the University’s Award for Excellence in Leadership at a dinner reception at 6 PM in the Caruso School of Law…
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QUINNIPIAC LAW — Vanessa Avery, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, received the Quinnipiac Black Law Students Association’s Thurgood Marshall Award on March 21. In addition, Scot X. Esdaile, a member of the NAACP national board of directors and president of the Connecticut State Conference, received the Community Service Award.
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RUTGERS LAW — In this episode, Co-Deans Rose Cuison-Villazor and Kimberly Mutcherson are interviewed by the Rutgers Law SBA Presidents, Dalila Haden RLAW’23 and Caitlin Pennel RLAW’23. The co-deans are the 2023 recipients of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association’s Trailblazer Award, which will be given on March 28, 2023 at the 15th Annual Women’s…
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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — International legal expert Paul D. Paton, JSD, has been named dean of Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law. Paton, who has been a professor and university administrator in the United States and Canada and has helped lead legal organizations in both countries, will begin his appointment on June 30, 2023.
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