University of Maryland Law luncheon recognizes the impact of scholarship donors

March 18, 2025

THE ELM — The annual Scholarship Luncheon at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law brings together more than 100 student-scholars with the donors, alumni, partners, and friends connected to their scholarships in celebration and appreciation. This year’s luncheon took place on Feb. 7 in Westminster Hall. 

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A profile on Northwestern Pritzker Law student Nastasya Muller

March 17, 2025

NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — But some students didn’t have to travel far to begin their Northwestern Pritzker Law journey. As a lifelong Chicagoan, Nastasya Muller (JD ’26) grew up only an El or bus ride away from the Law School, attending Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for high school.

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Stanford Law program aims to address disparities in education

March 17, 2025

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Roses Talk: Elevating At-Promise Student Voices in San José Unified is a Stanford Center for Racial Justice Law and Policy Lab (LAW 809X/EDUC 309X) that seeks to directly address persistent disparities in education by centering “at-promise” student voices in education policy and practice.

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Gift to DePaul Law to establish an endowed faculty chair

March 12, 2025
DePaul University Newsroom -- DePaul University’s College of Law is advancing its academic excellence with generous support from DePaul alumnus Jack Martin (LAS ’58, JD ’61, DHL ’13), who has long given back to the university philanthropically and through servant leadership. Read More about Gift to DePaul Law to establish an endowed faculty chair

University of North Carolina Law Pro Bono Program recognized by the ABA

March 11, 2025

UNC SCHOOL OF LAW — The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service has named UNC School of Law’s Pro Bono program a 2024 Pro Bono Leader for answering 133 questions through the ABA’s Free Legal Answers platform. 

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How decreases in university enrollment could affect higher education and the US economy

February 19, 2025

HECHINGER REPORT — Pickup trucks with trailers and cars with yawning trunks pulled up onto untended lawns in front of buildings from which people lugged books, furniture, mattresses, trophy cases and artwork.

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Emeriti law professors Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt discuss careers focused on bar exam and licensing reform

February 18, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — Howarth, who was dean at Michigan State University College of Law from 2008-2016 and, as of July 1, professor emerita at University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd…

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University of Arkansas Law dean Cynthia Nance elected president of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers board

February 13, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Cynthia Nance, dean of the U of A School of Law, has been elected to serve a one-year term as president of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Board of Governors.

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Boston University Law hosts webinar on Comstock conflict in the new presidential administration

February 13, 2025

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On January 17, BU Law hosted a webinar based on the BU Law Review Online written symposium about Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler’s “Comstockery: How Government Censorship Gave Birth to the Law of Sexual and Reproductive Freedom and May Again Threaten It,” 134 Yale Law Journal (forthcoming 2025).

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Case Western Reserve Law professor Max Mehlman appointed to editorial board of Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics

February 12, 2025

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Max Mehlman and Sharona Hoffman have been appointed to serve a three-year term as a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (JLME), a leading multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal originally founded in 1981. 

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