New York Law School professor Lenni B. Benson appointed Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — Lenni B. Benson has been appointed the Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights Law at New York Law School (NYLS), Dean Anthony W. Crowell announced today. Professor Benson is an internationally recognized advocate who has taught at NYLS for 25 years and established NYLS’s Immigration Law and Litigation Clinic.
Read More about New York Law School professor Lenni B. Benson appointed Distinguished Chair in Immigration and Human Rights LawUCI Law adds five new faculty members for 2019-2020 academic year
UCI LAW — UCI Law is pleased to introduce five new faculty members for the 2019-2020 academic year. These new faculty members are lauded scholars and superb teachers in their respective fields. Their areas of expertise include banking law, empirical legal studies, gender and the law, the legal profession, international law, contracts, and torts.
Read More about UCI Law adds five new faculty members for 2019-2020 academic yearProfessor Juliet P. Kostritsky named Director at Case Western Reserve University Law
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW — The Center for Business Law at Case Western Reserve has appointed a new director, award-winning scholar Juliet P. Kostritsky. Professor Kostritsky has a business background having practiced in the corporate/banking department at Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York.
Read More about Professor Juliet P. Kostritsky named Director at Case Western Reserve University LawWayne State University Law appoints James H. Townsend as Director of Levin Center
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW — James H. (Jim) Townsend, a former member of the Michigan legislature and former legislative director in the office of U.S. Rep. Nita M. Lowey, has been appointed director of the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School. Townsend previously was an attorney in the Detroit office of Butzel Long and…
Read More about Wayne State University Law appoints James H. Townsend as Director of Levin CenterCase Western Reserve Law appoints professor Juliet P. Kokostrisky as Director of the Center for Business Law
CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — The Center for Business Law at Case Western Reserve has appointed a new director, award-winning scholar Juliet P. Kostritsky. Professor Kostritsky has a business background having practiced in the corporate/banking department at Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York. Her innovative, interdisciplinary Business Law Colloquium brings in business leaders, lawyers, corporate general counsels and business school professors to co-teach…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law appoints professor Juliet P. Kokostrisky as Director of the Center for Business LawUniversity of Richmond Law appoints two new professorships: Professor Christopher A. Cotropia and James Gibson
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW — The University of Richmond School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of two new professorships. Dean Wendy Perdue named Christopher A. Cotropia as the Dennis I. Belcher Professor of Law and James Gibson as the Sesquicentennial Professor of Law. Both intellectual property scholars, the two professors have co-authored four…
Read More about University of Richmond Law appoints two new professorships: Professor Christopher A. Cotropia and James GibsonUniversity of Richmond Law professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga appointed to research scholar position
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW — The University of Richmond School of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of the newest Austin E. Owen Research Scholar. Dean Wendy Perdue appointed Kristen Jakobsen Osenga to the position. “I’m so pleased – and proud – to have the opportunity to honor Kristen’s fantastic contributions, both to the Law…
Read More about University of Richmond Law professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga appointed to research scholar positionRyan Doerfler joins University of Chicago Law faculty
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW — Ryan Doerfler, a scholar whose work on statutory and constitutional interpretation grew from an interdisciplinary focus on law, epistemology, and the philosophy of language, joined the Law School’s faculty this summer as a professor of law. Doerfler served as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow between 2014 and 2016 and as…
Read More about Ryan Doerfler joins University of Chicago Law facultyUniversity of Tennessee Law hires Anna Rickels to advance expungement efforts
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — A University of Tennessee College of Law alumna has been selected to lead the Legal Clinic’s effort in helping rural East Tennesseans rebuild their lives. Anna Rickels, a 2014 graduate of UT Law, will serve as the College of Law’s reentry fellow working with the ExpungeTN Project that provides legal services…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law hires Anna Rickels to advance expungement effortsProfessor Sheila R. Foster installed as Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy
GEORGETOWN LAW — Foster, who has a joint appointment with Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, writes in the area of Property, Land Use, Environmental Justice and Local Government Law. Her most recent work explores questions of urban law and governance through the lens of the “commons,” exemplified by her article “The City as…
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