Harvard Law panel reviews plans to reform the US Supreme Court
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — Law and public policy experts weighed potential reforms to the Supreme Court in a panel event at Harvard Law School on November 9th. Law School professor Stephen E. Sachs ’02 moderated the panel, which brought together professors from Yale Law School, Duke Law, the University of Virginia, the University of New…
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MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY — Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law has launched the Perry Weitz Mass Tort Institute. Students are trained on “cutting-edge technology modeled off the most advanced courtrooms in New York,” according to the law school. A Hofstra Law graduate from the class of 1983,…
Read More about Hofstra Law launches Mass Tort InstituteUniversity of Houston Law Center professor Leah Fowler researches technology privacy issues faced by women
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Roe v. Wade’s reversal, by way of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, inadvertently drew attention to the work of consumer health technology researcher Leah Fowler, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law & Policy Institute. Specifically, Fowler’s research examines the accuracy, efficacy, and privacy…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The Association of American Law Schools’ Alternative Dispute Resolution Section selected for its 2021 Article of the Year the paper “Perceptions of Settlement.” The paper was co-written by University of Houston Law Center Assistant Professor Jessica Bregant and University of Illinois College of Law Professors Jennifer Robbennolt and Verity…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center Communications and Marketing team received high rankings in the 10th Annual Education Digital Marketing Awards, which recognize the best websites, digital content, electronic communications, mobile and social media from higher education intuitions across the country. A national panel of industry specialists judged more…
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Justin Hansford, Howard University law professor and executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, has been recognized as a D.C. Rising Star by the National Law Journal. The award highlights lawyers who have wielded influence in their practice areas in D.C. and beyond.
Read More about Howard Law professor Justin Hansford recognized by National Law JournalAn interview with Indiana University Maurer Law dean Christiana Ochoa
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW — Last month, the law school announced Ochoa, 52, who has worked at IU Maurer for around two decades in various teaching, administrative and leadership roles, as the 17th dean in the law school’s history. Ochoa, who moved to the United States from Mexico when she was 8 years…
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MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Carissa Byrne Hessick, professor of law at the University of North Carolina, will deliver Marquette University Law School’s Barrock Lecture on Criminal Law on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 p.m. at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St. Hessick — who is the Anne Shea Ransdell and William Garland “Buck” Ransdell,…
Read More about Marquette Law to host lecture on criminal lawMaryland Carey Law tops rankings for women in new study
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — Maryland Carey Law graduate Sabrina Rubis ’22, has wrote a new paper titled, Women in U.S. Law Schools, 1948-2021, which looks at the progress of women’s representation and achievement in law schools following WWII to the present. The study found that the University of Maryland…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Kennedy Byrd was able to combine her love of sports and social justice and create a path that allowed for both. The University of Miami School of Law gave her a place to not only follow her dreams, but also be in an environment that she loves.
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