A look at the changes to the federal student aid application

September 27, 2021

STAR TRIBUNE — Big changes are coming to a notoriously complex form that students need to submit to qualify for college financial aid — but the changes will mostly appear gradually, over the next few years.

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University of Wisconsin Law names Michael States associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion

September 27, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Wisconsin Law School is pleased to announce that Michael States will serve as the inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In this newly created role, Dean States will lead the Law School’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, with an emphasis on racial and

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Stanford Center for Racial Justice appoints George Brown as executive director

September 27, 2021

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School (SLS) has appointed George Brown, an advocate for social and racial justice with three decades of corporate law experience, as Executive Director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice (SCRJ). Brown will work in collaboration with Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law and the Faculty

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Seven faculty members at University of Iowa Law named to endowed positions

September 23, 2021

IOWA LAW — Seven faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law have been named to endowed positions. Of these seven, four faculty have been named to chairs and professors. Robert Miller was appointed to the F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, Maya Steinitz was named the Charles E. Floete Professor, Jason Rantanen

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New York Law School receives large donation from NFL owner to support social justice advocacy

September 21, 2021

REUTERS — The principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings has donated $5 million to New York Law School to support its social justice advocacy and defray the cost of law school for public interest-minded students. The downtown Manhattan law school announced the gift Tuesday, saying it would “profoundly expand” the work it does in the public interest

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Pace Law awarded grant to expand STEM and technical education initiatives

September 21, 2021

PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Pace University’s School of Education have been awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) as part of their Research Experiences for Undergraduates (“REU”) program. The award, “Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration of a Keystone Species in New York Harbor

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Pace Law professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer appointed co-chair of New York State Bar Association task force on the post-COVID legal profession

September 20, 2021

PACE UNIVERSITY — Professor Leslie Garfield Tenzer will co-chair the new lawyers and law students group for the New York State Bar Association’s newly formed task force formed to study the lessons of the COVID-19 crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”

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USC Gould Law introduces incoming class

September 20, 2021

DAILY TROJAN — When Emma Brunel was looking at law schools, she knew that she wanted to attend a school with a supportive student community. “The law school mindset can be a bit toxic sometimes in many schools and really competitive in how it’s set up,” said Brunel, a first year student studying law. “[Gould] just has

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Dean Amelia Smith Reinhart discusses her vision for West Virginia University Law

September 20, 2021

MOUNTAINEER NEWS — Amelia Smith Rinehart, an experienced academic leader and patent law expert, has stepped into a new role as dean of the West Virginia University College of Law this semester. In this latest edition of Inside WVU Today, Rinehart talks about her goals and the move to Morgantown.

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College leaders discuss strategies on campus vaccine mandates

September 20, 2021

NPR —  A growing number of colleges and universities are requiring vaccines for everyone on campus as the fall semester begins, but Cleveland State University is trying something different. While students living on campus need to be fully vaccinated, everyone else gets to make that choice for themselves. University officials argue that their plans for

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