University of Arizona Law co-creates pre-law online course and test as alternative to the LSAT

January 19, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW — The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and authors affiliated with the school created JD-Next, which aims to teach potential students how to analyze cases and then test them. The course lasts 7 to 10 weeks and is fully online. At the end of the course, students…

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law panel reports on named professorship process

January 19, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, LITTLE ROCK LAW — A faculty appeals committee at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has found in favor of a law professor who filed an internal complaint regarding the handling of named professorships by the dean. Robert Steinbuch, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H.…

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Brooklyn Law professors Stacy Caplow and Danielle Sorken named to AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll

January 19, 2023

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has bestowed honors on two faculty members who have played pivotal leadership roles in developing and expanding Brooklyn Law School’s robust pro bono legal programs. Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Professor of Law Stacy Caplow and Public Service Office Director and Adjunct Professor of…

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Five UC Berkeley Law students present at international law forum

January 19, 2023

UC BERKELEY LAW — Every year, the American Society of International Law receives submissions for its annual research conference. Predictably, those selected are almost always faculty scholars. But at the recent event in Miami, Berkeley Law flipped the script with five current or recent students chosen to discuss their work: Anthony Ghaly ’23, Helena von…

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Gift to UC Berkeley Law will create chair in criminal justice

January 19, 2023

UC BERKELEY LAW — The University of California Berkeley School of Law received a $5.5 million gift that will create an additional faculty position at the school: The Barry Tarlow Chair in Criminal Justice. Providing endowed support for a Chancellor’s Chair, which will be awarded to a tenured professor, the gift will expand the school’s…

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UC Berkeley Law reflects on their biggest stories of 2022

January 19, 2023

UC BERKELEY LAW — Erwin Chemerinsky didn’t ease in slowly when his year-long term as the American Association of American Law Schools president began in January. The Berkeley Law dean’s opening address pointedly urged legal education to confront society’s increasingly vexing problems head-on. The theme for his presidency — how law schools can make a…

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UC Berkeley Law professors Catherine Crump and Rebecca Wexler appointed to tech-related White House positions

January 19, 2023

UC BERKELEY LAW — Recently, the White House tapped two UC Berkeley Law professors for high-level roles to help influence federal policy improvements. Clinical Professor Catherine Crump, director of the school’s Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, is a senior policy advisor for criminal justice for the White House Domestic Policy Council. Assistant Professor…

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A look at new UC Berkeley Law courses

January 19, 2023

UC BERKELEY LAW — As the spring semester gets underway, students are taking part in a massive slate of new courses at Berkeley Law — 18 in all. Berkeley Law walks through its new programs in this article.

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UC Davis Law to host fourth annual MLK Day of Service and Celebration

January 19, 2023

UC DAVIS LAW — The UC Davis School of Law will host its fourth annual MLK Day of Service and Celebration, this coming Monday (Jan. 16), honoring the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday. The law school’s home, King Hall, is named after the slain civil rights leader.

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UC Irvine Law professor Shauhin Talesh named co-editor of Law & Society Review

January 19, 2023

UC IRVINE LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that UCI Law Professor Shauhin Talesh has been named co-editor of the Law & Society Review (LSR), the flagship journal published by the Law & Society Association (LSA).

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