University of Miami Law students attend international climate change conference
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — At the annual meeting of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change (COP 27 because it is the 27th meeting), world leaders, bureaucrats, scientists, activists, and others are coming together to discuss the next steps in achieving the goals of the 2016 Paris Agreement while…
Read More about University of Miami Law students attend international climate change conferenceUniversity of Mississippi Law student Joe Curry awarded diversity scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW — Bradley law firm awarded its 2023 2L Diversity Scholarship to University of Mississippi School of Law student Joe Curry. Bradley’s diversity scholarship is awarded to law students who reflect and promote diversity in the legal profession and who are traditionally underrepresented in the legal marketplace. Each scholarship includes…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS, WILLIAM S. BOYD SCHOOL OF LAW — Much like her fellow students, Jamie Clark was itching to get some real-world, I’m-almost-a-lawyer experience during her second year at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV. She found this experience through the Boyd School of Law’s new Arbitration Practicum which…
Read More about A profile on UNLV Law student Jamie ClarkNortheastern Law professor Margaret A. Burnham publishes book on cold cases of racial violence
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In summer 2020, when the murder of George Floyd was igniting protests in Minneapolis and around the country, it occurred to Margaret A. Burnham that “George Floyd” was a common-sounding name. She then began a search that found the deaths of many others. Burnham is the founder and director…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Margaret A. Burnham publishes book on cold cases of racial violenceNortheastern Law professor Martha Davis named fellow of Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Martha Davis, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, has been appointed as a 2022-2023 fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. The hub of the Harvard Kennedy School’s research, teaching and training in the human rights domain, the Carr Center embraces a dual mission: to…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Martha Davis named fellow of Carr Center for Human Rights PolicyNortheastern Law professor Martha Davis co-authors winner of international law collaborative book prize
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Martha Davis, an internationally recognized expert on human rights, contributed a chapter to the winner of the inaugural European Society of International Law Collaborative Book Prize. Her chapter, “Finding International Law ‘Close to Home’: The Case of Human Rights Cities,” appears in Research Handbook on International Law and…
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Martha Davis co-authors winner of international law collaborative book prizeNortheastern Law will host US ambassador Melanne Verveer for presentation on global women’s issues
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Melanne Verveer, director of Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security and former US ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, will deliver a special presentation at Northeastern Law’s 15th annual Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 5, 2023. As the inaugural US ambassador…
Read More about Northeastern Law will host US ambassador Melanne Verveer for presentation on global women’s issuesNortheastern Law professor Michael Meltsner publishes novel on civil rights-era cold case
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Law professor Michael Meltsner is the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University, and his new novel, “Mosaic: Who Paid for the Bullet?” dramatizes the investigation of a murdered doctor in the Jim Crow-era South of the 1960s.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Michael Meltsner publishes novel on civil rights-era cold caseNotre Dame Law Asian Pacific American Law Students Association celebrates Diwali
NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, along with Notre Dame’s South Asian Student Association and the Graduate Student Union, organized a Diwali Celebration on October 27 in the Dahnke Ballroom. Over 200 students from across campus attended the event.
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NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — The Notre Dame Law Review hosted its second symposium of the academic year on November 11 in Biolchini Hall of Law. The Law Review’s Issue 4 symposium, co-sponsored by the Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School, revolved around the theme of “Liberalism, Christianity, and Constitutionalism.”…
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