How universities can preserve academic freedom amid educational censorship bills
HIGHER ED DIVE — For the last few years, state elected officials have begun “intruding” into colleges’ operations and curricula choices, ACE and PEN America argue. Legislators and other state leaders have attempted to clamp down on subjects such as those related to race, gender and LGBTQ issues with restrictions affecting K-12 schools and colleges.
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USA TODAY — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he’s “not confident” how the Supreme Court will rule on his plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loan debt. “I’m confident we’re on the right side of the law,” he told reporters as he was leaving the White House. “But I’m not confident about the outcome…
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ALBANY LAW — The Albany Law School Government Law Review will explore, “Remapping Democracy: Redistricting, Race, and Fair Elections in a Changing Legal Environment,” during its spring symposium in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom on March 6 starting at 5 p.m.
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ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School is excited to announce that Roberta “Robbie” Kaplan, will deliver the keynote address at the Law School’s 172nd Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 10 a.m. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBTQ rights activist Edith Windsor, in United…
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ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School Associate Professor Ted De Barbieri, director of the Community Economic Development Clinic within The Justice Center, is one of five 2023-24 Bellow Scholars. The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Clinical Legal Education’s Committee on Lawyering in the Public Interest (aka the Bellow Scholars Program) selects a…
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — Angela Banks knew she wanted to be a lawyer when she was in the seventh grade. Coming from a family of professors, perhaps it’s no surprise that she chose academia herself. Now, she’s been appointed vice dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced two finalists who are being considered for the deanship at the William H. Bowen School of Law. As part of the interview process, each candidate will meet with the search committee, members of the Bowen School of Law, and offer…
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UC IRVINE LAW — University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic (ELC) students are taking action to combat the harmful impact of fast fashion on the planet by collecting gently used clothing and hosting the ELC Thrift Swap event on February 28. As part of the Global Day of Action for Climate…
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UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that a team of two UCI Law Graduate Tax Program students, Andres Berdugo and Eddie Coronado, were recently named as finalists in the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2023 Law Student Tax Challenge (LTSC), a prestigious national tax…
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UC IRVINE LAW — On February 10, 2023, UCI Law received the California LAW Pathways (Cal LAW) Diversity Champion Award along with UC Davis Law, UC Berkeley Law and UCLA Law for our leadership in withdrawing from the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings. The Diversity Champion Award is presented every year to…
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