AALS issues statement on efforts to ban Critical Race Theory
INSIDE HIGHER ED — We must take these dangers to our democracy seriously and combat them at local, state and national levels. Educators, parents, teachers and concerned citizens must come together to oppose these dishonest and often illegal efforts at every level. Historians, humanists and social scientists must lead by applying our knowledge to this common…
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REUTERS — Laws that ban the teaching of critical race theory in schools are setting a “dangerous precedent” by turning the government into an arbiter of ideas, according to the nation’s largest organization of legal educators.
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USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Pauline Aranas, John Stauffer Charitable Trust Chief Information Officer, Emeritus and Law Librarian Emerita, was honored in January with the Association of American Law Schools 2021 Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Award.
Read More about USC Gould Law library dean Pauline Aranas honored by AALS Section on Law Libraries and Legal InformationMary Kay Kane, former AALS president and dean emeritus of UC Hastings Law dies
UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW — Emerita Chancellor & Dean and Distinguished Professor Mary Kay Kane was a phenomenal teacher, nationally and internationally renowned scholar, hugely impactful Chancellor & Dean of UC Hastings, and a beloved friend and colleague. She will be missed more than words could possibly express.
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SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — I am extremely pleased to announce that Southwestern’s next President and Dean is Darby Dickerson, the current Dean at UIC John Marshall Law School and Immediate Past President of the Association of American Law Schools. Her five-year term begins on July 1st.
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — For the past 30 years, Willamette Law Dean Emeritus and Professor Symeon Symeonides spent Thanksgiving weekend collecting up to 6,000 American conflicts-of-laws cases to write an annual survey on the topic. He always completed the survey by his self-imposed deadline of New Year’s Eve.
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BOSTON COLLEGE LAW MAGAZINE — The Association of American Law Schools’ 2021 annual meeting ended January 9 with a speech by the newly elected president, Dean Vincent Rougeau. Rougeau’s speech served as a call to action for all AALS members as the community prepares to respond to various challenges in the nation.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — “When people see there are lots of ‘lawyers,’ they have to remember there are lawyers who could be there for any number of different reasons, but what they share is a certain kind of intellectual training that’s very rigorous and academically demanding,” said Vincent Rougeau, president of AALS.
Read More about AALS President Vincent Rougeau discusses why law graduates are often selected for key government positionsAALS President and Boston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy Cross
BOSTON COLLEGE NEWS — Vincent Rougeau, whose decade-long tenure as dean helped to enhance the reputation and stature of Boston College Law School, has been named president of the College of the Holy Cross. “It has been an honor for me to be the dean of BC Law for the past ten years,” said Rougeau.
Read More about AALS President and Boston College Law dean Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy CrossRutgers Law professors Matthew Shapiro, Norrinda Hayat, and Alexis Karteron honored with AALS awards
RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL — Three Rutgers Law Professors have won national awards. Rutgers Law School Professor Matthew Shapiro won the 2021 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Scholarly Papers Competition with his article “Distributing Civil Justice,” which will be published by the Georgetown Law Journal in June.
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