Podcast: Florida International University Law dean Antony Page discusses the school’s commitment to first-generation students
ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law School will begin its second annual Academy for the Advancement of Women in Law: RISE—Resilient, Inspired, Strategic, Empowered on Friday, October 7. This online executive education program will meet Friday mornings via Zoom, 9:00 – 10:15 am (New York time), through November 11. Continuing Legal Education Credits for New…
Read More about Fordham Law to host second annual Academy for the Advancement of Women in LawGeorge Mason Scalia Law hosts pipeline program with Hampton University
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — A “once in a lifetime opportunity.” This is how one Hampton undergraduate student described the new pipeline program Scalia Law has developed with Hampton University. Hampton University, one of the Commonwealth’s historically black colleges and universities, and Scalia Law have collaborated on a new and unique pipeline program that provides talented and motivated…
Read More about George Mason Scalia Law hosts pipeline program with Hampton UniversityGeorge Mason Scalia Law hosts scholars for discussion of Dobbs v. Jackson
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY — Two scholars on opposing sides of the abortion debate led a spirited discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in a webinar at the Scalia Law School on July 21.
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UH LAW CENTER — Students attending the University of Houston Law Center will soon have the opportunity to participate in a joint academic program with the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) in Saudi Arabia. The UH Law Center and PMU recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, a contract to establish an official collaboration between…
Read More about University of Houston Law Center partners with university in Saudi Arabia for joint academic programGrant to University of Iowa Law professor Anya Prince will fund human genome research
IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW — Anya Prince, professor of law at the University of Iowa, along with a multidisciplinary team of researchers from across the country, was recently awarded a R01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH titled, “Beyond the Medical: The ELSI of Polygenic Scores for Social Traits.”
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KANSAS REFLECTOR — A two-year inquiry into federal whistleblower programs created to thwart corporate fraud led a University of Kansas law professor to conclude two prominent initiatives aimed at identifying misconduct were undermined by cronyism and secrecy.
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UK ROSENBURG COLLEGE OF LAW — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law students recently volunteered to assist eastern Kentucky residents impacted by massive flooding that took lives and damaged property in several counties. Billy Devericks, president of the law school’s Appalachian Law Caucus, organized a donation drive to provide victims of the catastrophic flooding…
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY NEWS — University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law Professor Joshua Douglas has been selected to join The American Law Institute (ALI), the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Jeffrey Bain Law Scholar and Professor of Law Melissa Powers ’01 has been named as one of the newest members of The American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL). Membership in the College is by invitation, and members are recognized by their peers as preeminent in their field.
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