Notre Dame Law welcomes back US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to teach course on statutory interpretation

September 15, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF LAW –U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School alumna and longtime faculty member, returned to campus at the beginning of the fall semester to teach an intensive course to 15 third-year law students.

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University of Utah Law to launch Creative Advocacy Lab

September 15, 2021

THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law is excited to welcome Hallie Jay Pope as a visiting associate professor. Pope will develop the Creative Advocacy Lab, a cross-disciplinary clinic dedicated to promoting access to justice and democratizing legal information. Also, this fall, Innovation

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Opinion: What law firms need to do to retain women lawyers

September 15, 2021

ABA JOURNAL — And now, with the perspective gained from time and experience in my new role on the corporate legal team at a global media company, I ask: Are we willing to keep making progress only at the edges, moving the needle so faintly year after year without addressing what is really going on? When

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Kirkland & Ellis firm seeks better connections with Utah’s law schools with Salt Lake City office launch

September 15, 2021

REUTERS — Kirkland & Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm in the U.S., is hoping to build its relationships with two prominent law schools in Utah with its office launch in Salt Lake City.

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New York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal profession

September 15, 2021

REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”

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US Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on law schools and firms to help prevent evictions after US Supreme Court decision

September 14, 2021

BLOOMBERG LAW — The Biden administration is calling on law firms and law schools to help fight evictions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday urged members of the legal community to take immediate action to help

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WMU-Cooley Law and Michigan State University Law partner with local organizations to assist with criminal record expungement in state

September 14, 2021

LANSING STATE JOURNAL — This year, the mayor and city council together included funding in the city budget to help Lansing residents with expungement of their records.

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Albany Law partners with local colleges for Legal Studies Pathway Program

September 13, 2021

WAMC — Three area institutions have joined forces to offer law students a new opportunity. The University at Albany, Hudson Valley Community College and Albany Law School have launched a “legal studies pathway program,” which guarantees admitted students the opportunity to earn a degree from each institution, culminating with a Juris Doctor from Albany Law.

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University of Arkansas Law professor Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile named Harvard Kennedy School Senior Fellow

September 13, 2021

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government has named E.J. Ball Professor of Law Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile a Senior Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government for the 2021-22 academic year.

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