Baylor Law celebrates Adoption Day

December 16, 2024

BAYLOR LARIOT — Baylor Law School hosted its annual Adoption Day celebration, an event that finalizes adoptions and honors families’ journeys through the adoption process. Held at the law school, the event brought together students, families and community members for a day of joy, creativity and awareness.

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Boston College Law moot court team advances to finals in national competition

December 12, 2024

BC LAW — Isabella Burrell ’25 and JP LaBarge ’25 represented Boston College Law in the Northeast regional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition on November 23 and 24 and will be advancing to the finals in January.

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Boston University Law dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig reflects on the legacy of Shirley Chisholm

December 12, 2024

BU TODAY — The dean of Boston University’s law school says the New York congresswoman who dared to dream of the White House in 1972 may not have succeeded, but she planted the seed that led to Harris’ campaign, and will soon bring about America’s first woman president.

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Boston University Law to host lecture series on social justice for data science

December 12, 2024

BOSTON UNIVERSITY — The Social Justice for Data Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences, brings together leading scholars in law, computer science, humanities, and social science to examine the current state of data science and social justice.

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Brooklyn Law hosts ceremony to celebrate new professorship focused on faculty mentorship

December 12, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Michael Gerber was honored as the first faculty member named to the Michael Simmons and Michael Gerber Professorship on Nov. 18 at a celebratory investiture ceremony and reception that united 200-plus attendees, including family members, friends, and faculty, as well as students and alumni, many of whom were mentees of the professor.

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Brooklyn Law hosts Women’s Leadership Network Panel

December 12, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Attendees at the Women’s Leadership Network program on Nov. 12 were treated to the insights of four accomplished alumni, who discussed their paths to judgeship and public service. Although their experiences and backgrounds varied, a common theme was the importance of mentors throughout their journeys.

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Brooklyn Law Housing Justice Clinic provides legal protection to low-income New Yorkers 

December 12, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Housing stability is one of the greatest concerns for low- and moderate-income people and helping to achieve and maintain that stability is the focus of Brooklyn Law School’s Housing Justice Clinic, which launched last spring and is led by Professor Aissatou Barry.

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University at Buffalo Law Center for the Advancement of Sport analyzes college athletics

December 12, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW CENTER — With the guidance of Professor Helen “Nellie” Drew ’88, who directs the UB Center for the Advancement of Sport, two third-year students—Grant Haffenden and David Reinharz—made a deep dive into cases and policies currently being hashed out in federal and state courts.

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University of Buffalo Law Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic to host public education event on racially discriminatory deeds

December 12, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO NEWS CENTER — The University at Buffalo School of Law’s Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic, in partnership with HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal), will host a public education event with discussion on their findings of discriminatory and illegal racial covenants in house deeds for the greater Buffalo area.

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Podcast: University at Buffalo Law professor Judith Olin discusses the school’s Domestic Violence Summit

December 12, 2024

THE BALDY CENTER PODCAST — In Episode 44 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Judith Olin (Clinical Professor and Director, Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic) and law student, Jahna Mott (3L UB School of Law) discuss how the 2024 Domestic Violence Summit became a critical platform for bringing together community members, experts, and service providers to help strengthen

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