Touro Law faculty members present at 2022 AALS Annual Meeting
TOURO LAW — A number of Touro Law faculty members participated in this year’s AALS Annual Meeting while others are taking leadership positions in AALS sections. The 2022 Conference, “Freedom, Equality, and the Common Good,” was held virtually from January 5- 9. The annual conference is the largest gathering of law faculty in the world.
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BERKELEY LAW — At times, the descriptions of Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky seem wholly contradictory. Colleagues joke that he’s a machine, that no human could write so many books, op-eds, and articles; answer so many emails, phone calls, and letters; and lead so many organizations, initiatives, and committees. But they’re also quick to note his humanity,…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors Frederick Schauer and Rachel Bayefsky of the University of Virginia School of Law are being recognized by the Association of American Law Schools for their scholarship in legal theory. Schauer won the Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy, given annually to a scholar who has made significant and lasting contributions…
Read More about University of Virginia Law professors Frederick Schauer and Rachel Bayefsky recognized by AALS sections for scholarshipFordham Law professor Courtney Cox receives honorable mention in 2022 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Professor Courtney Cox received an honorable mention from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in its 36th Annual AALS Scholarly Papers Competition. The competition is open to new and emerging law school faculty members who have been teaching for five years or fewer. Using trade secrets as a case study, Professor Cox’s…
Read More about Fordham Law professor Courtney Cox receives honorable mention in 2022 AALS Scholarly Papers CompetitionAALS president Vincent Rougeau inaugurated as president of College of the Holy Cross
COLLEGE OF HOLY CROSS — Vincent D. Rougeau was installed as College of the Holy Cross’ 33rd president – the first lay and first Black president to lead the 178-year-old institution – in a ceremony punctuated by inspirational words and feelings of excitement and hopefulness. The installation, held in the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex,…
Read More about AALS president Vincent Rougeau inaugurated as president of College of the Holy CrossUCLA Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw awarded AALS lifetime achievement award
UCLA NEWSROOM — Kimberlé Crenshaw, the Promise Institute Professor of Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, has received a lifetime service award from the Association of American Law Schools. The triennial award is the association’s highest honor and was given to Crenshaw in recognition of her establishment of the concept of intersectionality and advancement of…
Read More about UCLA Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw awarded AALS lifetime achievement awardAALS Section on Women in Legal Education to honor Camille deJorna with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Women in Legal Education will honor Camille deJorna, deputy for legal and global higher education at Law School Admission Council (LSAC), as the recipient of the 2022 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be presented at the section’s award…
Read More about AALS Section on Women in Legal Education to honor Camille deJorna with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement AwardAALS honors UCLA Law and Columbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw with lifetime service award
REUTERS — The Association of American Law Schools will give its highest award to Kimberlé Crenshaw, who established the concept of intersectionality and helped to advance and define critical race theory. Crenshaw, who is on the faculties of both Columbia Law School and the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, will receive the 2021…
Read More about AALS honors UCLA Law and Columbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw with lifetime service awardAALS Section on National Security Law co-sponsors call for nominations for the 2021 Mike Lewis Prize
LAWFARE — The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law (ONU), in consultation with the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law, have established the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship. The prize honors Professor…
Read More about AALS Section on National Security Law co-sponsors call for nominations for the 2021 Mike Lewis PrizeUIC Law Professor Allison Bethel named co-chair elect of AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education
UIC LAW — Clinical Professor Allison K. Bethel, director of John Marshall’s Fair Housing Legal Support Center & Clinic has become co-chair elect of The Association of American Law School’s Section of Clinical Legal Education. Her co-chair is UCLA Law Professor Scott L. Cummings.
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