Michigan State University Law student Morgan Pattan receives state bar animal law section award
LEGAL ED NEWS — Morgan Pattan is this year’s recipient of the State Bar of Michigan’s Wanda A. Nash Award, named after the founder of the SBM Animal Law Section. The annual award recognizes a 3L law student at a Michigan law school for substantial contributions to animal law. The award ceremony was held via Zoom…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — In a new paper, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Political Science Cary Coglianese considers a key question raised by government agencies’ increased use of digital automation powered by artificial intelligence.
Read More about Penn Law professor Cary Coglianese publishes paper on artificial intelligence in government processesArticle by University of Wisconsin Law professor Nina Varsava explores judicial writing styles and public opinion
ABA JOURNAL — Judges who write colorful opinions that are lively and engaging are undermining the integrity of the judicial role and the legitimacy of opinions, a law professor has argued in an upcoming law review article. “Judicial opinions should conform to an even-keeled, impassive and even formulaic institutional style,” wrote Nina Varsava.
Read More about Article by University of Wisconsin Law professor Nina Varsava explores judicial writing styles and public opinionLaw professors and deans selected for Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
ABA JOURNAL — Law professors make up the bulk of the members on President Joe Biden’s newly created Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, tasked with studying proposals to reform the high court. The 36-member commission will examine the merits and legality of reform proposals.
Read More about Law professors and deans selected for Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United StatesWhat federal student loan forgiveness proposals may mean for law school debt
ABA JOURNAL — People with law school loans could benefit if President Joe Biden authorizes a plan to forgive all or a portion of student debt, but it could exclude those who owe private lenders and impose limits based on income, experts say. Forgiving private school loan debt “would require the government to pay private lenders.”
Read More about What federal student loan forgiveness proposals may mean for law school debtLewis & Clark Law adjunct professor Barbara Creel receives ABA Spirit of Excellence award
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Law alum, Román D. Hernández ’00, and adjunct professor Barbara Creel received the ABA’s Spirit of Excellence award in February 2021, during an online ceremony. Other honorees included Lori Lightfoot, John Yang and Sherrilyn Ifill. The Spirit of Excellence award is presented each year.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law adjunct professor Barbara Creel receives ABA Spirit of Excellence awardNorthwestern Law professor Joyce Hughes honored by the ABA
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION — These esteemed honorees were chosen because they carry forward the legacy of Margaret Brent. Margaret Brent was the first woman lawyer in America. She arrived in the colonies in 1638. She was a master negotiator, an accomplished litigator, and a respected leader.
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ABA FOR LAW STUDENTS — Last weekend in “Chicago,” the final 24 teams in the 2021 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition competed virtually to see who would take the title in this year’s moot court battle. Taylor Holley, Alicia Mpande, and Jay Evans from Texas Tech University School of Law emerged as the victors.
Read More about Texas Tech Law students win 2021 ABA NAAC trial competitionNALP survey: First-year associate pay rises at large law firms
ABA JOURNAL — The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t curtailed base pay for beginning associates, according to the National Association for Law Placement’s survey of mostly larger law firms. The median base salary for first-year associates was $165,000 as of Jan. 1 this year, up $10,000 from 2019,t he time of the last survey.
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ABA JOURNAL — Law firms are getting involved in the controversy over voting restrictions, already passed in Georgia and under consideration in Texas. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s top 100 law firms have signed a statement denouncing voting restrictions, as have 19 general counsels, report Law.com and Bloomberg Law.
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