Pace Law professor Margot Pollans wins honored for scholarship
PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Professor Margot Pollans was awarded the 2022 Goettel Prize for Faculty Scholarship for her article, “Eaters, Powerless by Design” published by Michigan Law Review (120 Mich. L. Rev. 643 (2022)).
Read More about Pace Law professor Margot Pollans wins honored for scholarshipRecent Notre Dame Law graduates secure clerkships
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law School has always had a strong record of graduates securing highly coveted judicial clerkships. The Class of 2022 continued that tradition with a significant increase in clerkship placements.
Read More about Recent Notre Dame Law graduates secure clerkshipsGift to Northwestern Law to support faculty
NORTHWESTERN NOW — Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis “Lanny” Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H and Sharon Martin (’02, ’08 P) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Read More about Gift to Northwestern Law to support facultyGift to Northern Kentucky University Law will create endowed faculty chair
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY — Cincinnati philanthropists David and Nancy Wolf have extended their commitment to justice and fairness through a $1 million gift to Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law to endow a faculty chair in legal ethics and professionalism.
Read More about Gift to Northern Kentucky University Law will create endowed faculty chairNortheastern Law professor Margaret Burnham publishes book on the Jim Crow era
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022), Burnham examines the true scope and nature of Jim Crow-era violence, the laws that condoned it, and their legacy today.
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NEWS @ NORTHEASTERN — Northeastern Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan and Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi, vice chancellor of University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have signed a memorandum of understanding expressing a mutual desire to work together and find areas of collaboration and opportunity.
Read More about Northeastern Law signs memorandum of understanding with university in South AfricaNortheastern Law professor Daniel Medwed publishes book on innocent people being released from prison
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Daniel Medwed has spent more than 20 years in the field of criminal justice, serving as a public defender, as cofounder of a law school clinic that investigated post-conviction innocence claims, and now as a professor at Northeastern University School of Law advocating for justice reform.
Read More about Northeastern Law professor Daniel Medwed publishes book on innocent people being released from prisonMitchell Hamline Law students collaborate on case win for Wisconsin tribes
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A federal appeals court ruled this month that the state of Wisconsin can’t impose property taxes on tribal lands, so long as the land is currently owned by the tribes or their members. Students from Mitchell Hamline worked on various aspects of the case as it moved through the…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Mitchell Hamline professor Brad Colbert ‘85 is one of six people being recognized by the Minnesota Justice Foundation. The organization is honoring Colbert with its Legal Services award for his years of work to increase access to justice for people impacted by incarceration.
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Law professor Brad Colbert honored for outstanding serviceMitchell Hamline Law Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing Clinic works with Minnesota Attorney General’s office
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A new clinic at Mitchell Hamline is giving students the opportunity to work with a unit of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office that is investigating cases of people possibly being wrongfully convicted.
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