Podcast: Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses alternative licensing for law school graduates
BLOOMBERG LAW — Several states opted to temporarily suspend their bar exams when the pandemic broke out last year. This led many in the legal community to question why the exam exists in the first place.Now at least one state is seriously considering alternative ways to certify new law school grads. The Oregon Supreme Court is…
Read More about Podcast: Willamette Law dean Brian Gallini discusses alternative licensing for law school graduatesABA honors Northwestern Law professor Joyce Hughes and Stanford Law professor Pamela Karlan with Margaret Brent Awards
ABA JOURNAL — The commission established the annual awards in 1991 to recognize and celebrate female lawyers who have achieved professional excellence within their specialty and helped pave the way for other women. It is named for Margaret Brent, who arrived in the colonies in 1638 and is recognized as the first female lawyer in North…
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ASU NEWS — When Arizona voters approved Proposition 207 last fall legalizing recreational marijuana, a provision in the law allowed expungement of marijuana offenses from criminal records. This fall, Arizona State University’s Post-Conviction Clinic in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law will begin assisting eligible people to expunge those convictions. The clinic will partner with the Arizona Justice Project…
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NATIONAL JURIST — Sylvester joined ASU in 2002 as an associate professor, then quickly rose through the ranks to become a full professor, then associate dean for faculty research and development in 2008 before being appointed dean. He ended up being one the longest-tenured deans in the history of the school and helped transform it in…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, has been named chair of the American Bar Foundation Fellows. She, along with ABF board president and executive director, will also accept a $3.49 million grant presented by American Bar Endowment…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — At the closing ceremony of the competition on June 26, Mark Ellis, executive director of the IBA, presented Dean Scharf with a special leadership award for his “extraordinary work with the IBA International Criminal Court Moot Court competition.” Ellis lauded Scharf for his creativity, energy, and expertise in…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf honored by International Bar AssociationDuke Law Tech Lab supports new legal technology companies focused on access to justice
DUKE LAW — Four early-stage legal technology companies with a core mission of expanding access to legal services make up the new cohort of Duke Law Tech Lab’s summer 2021 pre-accelerator program.
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DUKE LAW — In a unique partnership with the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, two district attorney’s offices are providing unprecedented access and information about the little-understood world of plea agreements in criminal cases.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) has named recent graduate Rafita Ahlam ’21 as the recipient of the annual Westin Scholar Award. The IAPP announced the launch of the annual Westin Scholar Awards in December as part of its 20th anniversary events and as a way to advance the IAPP’s mission to…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s office of professionalism has announced its new cohort of professionalism fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The fellowship program launched in June 2020. The new group of fellows will build upon the many successes the inaugural set of fellows achieved in the past year, despite operating in a mostly remote…
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