University of Utah Law professor Jorge Contreras testifies before national IP subcommittee
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Jorge Contreras, an expert in intellectual property and technology law, testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet at its hearing “IP Litigation and the U.S. International Trade Commission.”
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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Earlier this year, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it would move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), greatly reducing the restrictions on the drug.
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THE COLUMNS — Ever since he worked as a defense attorney in the genocide trials in Rwanda, Mark Drumbl has been intrigued by this question: What motivates ordinary people to participate in movements of mass atrocity?
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Over the past two years, lawmakers in at least 10 states have pushed legislation that would weaken—or outright eliminate—tenure in public colleges and universities.
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ALLIGATOR — A UF law professor joined two other state university professors July 30 in filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a controversial 2023 state law that mandates stricter and more frequent tenure reevaluations.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Mortimer “Tim” Sellers, director of the UBalt Law Center for International and Comparative Law, has been elected honorary president of the International Association of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Aubrey Edwards-Luce, executive director of the UBalt Law Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC), has been named Outstanding Legal Advocate for 2024 by the National Association of Counsel for Children(NACC).
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UB NOW — Farina Barth enters her classroom with several years of courtroom experience in what can be the rawest legal setting there is.
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BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law’s Paper Prisons Initiative(opens in a new tab), led by Professor Colleen V. Chien, recently unveiled an innovative database aimed at helping defendants and people convicted of crimes challenge a charge, conviction, or sentence under the California Racial Justice Act (RJA).
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Coleman P. Burke Environmental Law Center hosted its first junior environmental law scholar conference on May 21, 2024.
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