Judge Jack B. Weinstein honored by AALS Section on Torts and Compensation Systems
THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Retired) has been honored with The Association of American Law School’s prestigious William L. Prosser Award from the Section on Torts and Compensation Systems. The award recognizeS outstanding contributions of law teachers.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law Professor Richard H. Fallon, an award-winning scholar and teacher, has been recognized by the Association of American Law Schools with the 2021 Daniel J. Meltzer Award. The AALS Section on Federal Courts established the award in 2017 to honor the life and work of the late Daniel J. Meltzer.
Read More about Harvard Law professor Richard H. Fallon honored by AALS Section on Federal CourtsIndiana University McKinney Law professor George Edwards participates in panel discussion on international law at AALS Annual Meeting
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor George Edwards took part in a panel discussion, “The United Nations at 75 and the Challenges Facing International Law,” as part of the association of American Law School’s annual meeting. The presentation took place January 8.
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law professor George Edwards participates in panel discussion on international law at AALS Annual MeetingIndiana University McKinney Law assistant dean Patricia Kinney named chair of Standing Program Committee for the AALS Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — Patricia Kinney, ’02, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at IU McKinney, was selected to lead an AALS committee. She has been named Chairperson of the Standing Program Committee for the AALS Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to Law School.
Read More about Indiana University McKinney Law assistant dean Patricia Kinney named chair of Standing Program Committee for the AALS Section on PreLegal Education and Admission to Law SchoolUniversity of South Carolina Law professor Pam Robinson honored by AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — Pamela D. Robinson, director of the Pro Bono Program at the University of South Carolina School of Law, was awarded the 2021 Father Robert Drinan Award from the Association of American Law Schools during the organization’s annual meeting in January.
Read More about University of South Carolina Law professor Pam Robinson honored by AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service OpportunitiesUniversity of South Carolina Law professor Lisa Martin named Bellow Scholar by the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW — Assistant Professor Lisa Martin, who leads the University of South Carolina School of Law’s domestic violence clinic, was named one of eight 2021-22 Bellow Scholars by AALS for her project exploring the intersection of two of South Carolina’s most intractable problems.
Read More about University of South Carolina Law professor Lisa Martin named Bellow Scholar by the AALS Section on Clinical Legal EducationColumbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw receives the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award for Lifetime Achievement by the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education
THE REPOSITORY — Canton native Kimberlé W. Crenshaw was presented a Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award for Lifetime Achievement. The honor came last week from the American Association of Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education. It was presented during the group’s annual meeting — this year’s theme was “The Power of Words.”
Read More about Columbia Law professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw receives the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award for Lifetime Achievement by the AALS Section on Women in Legal EducationLegal education mourns the death of former AALS President and Stanford Law professor Deborah Rhode
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law Professor Deborah Rhode was a legal ethics pioneer, prolific scholar, and friend and mentor to countless. Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford University died on Friday, Jan. 8. She was 68 years old.
Read More about Legal education mourns the death of former AALS President and Stanford Law professor Deborah RhodeLegal education mourns the death of Rennard Strickland, former AALS President and dean of four law schools
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Rennard Strickland, a pioneer in the movement for Native rights and a legal historian who received two law degrees from the University of Virginia School of Law, died Jan. 5 at the age of 80. As a student at UVA Law, he earned his LL.B. and S.J.D.
Read More about Legal education mourns the death of Rennard Strickland, former AALS President and dean of four law schoolsUniversity of Akron Law professor Camilla Hrdy presents paper at AALS Section on Biolaw and Intellectual Property panel
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW — University of Akron School of Law professor Camilla Hrdy will present her essay “Enabling Science Fiction,” at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) panel: Science Fiction and the Law, co-sponsored by the Biolaw and Intellectual Property sections.
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