Regent Law masters in financial planning and law earns AFCPE Designation

January 29, 2024

REGENT UNIVERSITY — Regent University School of Law’s Master of Arts in Financial Planning and Law (MAFPL) is now an AFCPE Registered Education Program – a distinction attained by only 15 graduate programs in the country.

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University of Richmond Law faculty selected as Virginia Law Foundation Fellows

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW — Congratulations to Dean Wendy Perdue, Professor Hank Chambers, and Professor Emeritus Clark Williams who were inducted into the Virginia Law Foundation Fellows Class of 2024.

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Roger Williams Law to launch Institute for Race and Law

January 29, 2024

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS — Close to three years after introducing a new required course for law students on racial issues and the U.S. law, Roger Williams University School of Law is launching an institute for programs to better train new attorneys on perspectives of system inequities and to improve racial justice.

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University of St. Thomas Law interim dean Joel Nichols named American Bar Foundation Fellow

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS NEWSROOM — Interim law school Dean Joel Nichols has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). 

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University of South Carolina Law professor Bryant Walker Smith appointed to federal advisory committee on transportation

January 29, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA JOSEPH F. RICE SCHOOL OF LAW — In an increasingly digital world, the role of artificial intelligence in the 21st century is one of promise: accelerating innovation, increasing access, and empowering individuals.

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Gift to South Texas College of Law Houston will create scholarship

January 29, 2024

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Blanton Snodgrass ’50 made a generous gift to South Texas College of Law Houston through a planned gift.

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USC Gould Law expands research and education on artificial intelligence

January 29, 2024

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — For some time now, AI-assisted technologies like ChatGPT have been transforming industries across the board including the legal profession.

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Stanford Law professor Ralph Richard Banks co-creates course on college admissions after US Supreme Court affirmative action ban

January 29, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Many universities were left with questions after the U.S. Supreme Court upended nearly 60 years of precedent by overturning affirmative action last summer. Rather than wait for answers, Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) Professor Mitchell Stevens and Stanford Law School (SLS) Professor Ralph Richard Banks created a new policy practicum, entitled What’s Next? After Students for Fair

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Stanford Law partners with trial court partners for research to improve access to justice  

January 29, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is launching a groundbreaking new partnership with Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession and Legal Design Lab to research, design and implement innovative, evidence-based approaches to reduce barriers to participation in the judicial process and to improve access to

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Temple Law partners with city council member to introduce name, image, and likeness bill

January 29, 2024

THE TEMPLE NEWS — Councilmember Isaiah Thomas’s  Name, Image and Likeness Youth Protection Bill was reintroduced to City Council for the second time today after the legislation’s future was momentarily in jeopardy following a pocket veto from former mayor Jim Kenney days before his term ended. 

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