Stanford Law launches center for the rule of law
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School (SLS) announced the launch of the Sally B. and William H. Neukom Center for the Rule of Law in late October, an endeavor funded by donations from SLS alum William Neukom and his wife Sally Neukom. The Center will begin academic research and teaching in 2023 about issues…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The United States Supreme Court is engaged in behavior never before seen in American history argues Mark Lemley, the William H. Neukom Professor of Law, in a new Harvard Law Review article. In analyzing what he calls “the era of the imperial Supreme Court,” Lemley notes that the Court’s power grab…
Read More about Stanford Law professor Mark Lemley publishes Harvard Law Review article on US Supreme CourtStanford Law hosts panel on history and future of affirmative action
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — On November 14, Stanford Law School (SLS) hosted a one-hour speaker panel, “The Supreme Court and the Future of Affirmative Action,” co-sponsored by the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association and the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. The event was held two weeks after the United States Supreme Court heard oral…
Read More about Stanford Law hosts panel on history and future of affirmative actionUniversity of Utah Law professor Jeff Schwartz honored for excellence in legal research
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Jeff Schwartz recently won the 2022 Berkeley Center for Law and Business Best Paper Award. This prestigious award, presented by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley School of Law, highlights current legal research in environmental, social and governance issues and brings together leading legal scholars,…
Read More about University of Utah Law professor Jeff Schwartz honored for excellence in legal researchUniversity of Utah Law Environmental Dispute Resolution Program trains students as negotiators
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Danya Rumore is director of the Wallace Stegner Center’s Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) Program, where increasingly the focus is on teaching the kinds of skills that can turn inevitable differences into what she calls “elegant solutions,” co-created by the very people who are at odds. To…
Read More about University of Utah Law Environmental Dispute Resolution Program trains students as negotiatorsUniversity of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic students attend Organization of American States General Assembly
UNIVERSITY OF VIRIGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Students in the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law attended the Organization of American States’ 52nd General Assembly in Lima, Peru, in October. The students — Salwa Ahmad, Layla Khalid and Sabrina Surgil — recently recounted some of what they experienced there.
Read More about University of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic students attend Organization of American States General AssemblyUniversity of Virginia Law podcast looks at loopholes in character evidence
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — The rules on character evidence in criminal trials are full of exceptions and problems, scholar Teneille Brown on the latest episode of “Common Law,” a podcast of the University of Virginia School of Law.
Read More about University of Virginia Law podcast looks at loopholes in character evidenceUniversity of Virginia Law to host author Helen Wan for graduation address
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Helen Wan, a 1998 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, will serve as the school’s commencement speaker for the Class of 2023 in May. Wan is a lawyer and a diversity and inclusion consultant, as well as the author of a novel that has been…
Read More about University of Virginia Law to host author Helen Wan for graduation addressWake Forest Law clinic helps correct veteran’s military record
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — For nearly 70 years, James Brown had been denied his benefits as a veteran, even being denied status as a veteran. He wasn’t allowed benefits and privileges large and small — such things as access to medical care at the VA, being able to use the GI Bill…
Read More about Wake Forest Law clinic helps correct veteran’s military recordWashburn Law delays construction of new building
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The law building, under construction for the past 17 months, won’t meet an original timeline of being done by December 2022, Washburn School of Law Dean Jeffrey Jackson told The Capital-Journal. The $33 million project hasn’t been immune to same supply chain disruptions that have pushed back most construction…
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