Arizona State University Law dean Douglas Sylvester steps down after 10 years
NATIONAL JURIST — Sylvester joined ASU in 2002 as an associate professor, then quickly rose through the ranks to become a full professor, then associate dean for faculty research and development in 2008 before being appointed dean. He ended up being one the longest-tenured deans in the history of the school and helped transform it in…
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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW — Cynthia Nance, dean emerita and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, has been named chair of the American Bar Foundation Fellows. She, along with ABF board president and executive director, will also accept a $3.49 million grant presented by American Bar Endowment…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — At the closing ceremony of the competition on June 26, Mark Ellis, executive director of the IBA, presented Dean Scharf with a special leadership award for his “extraordinary work with the IBA International Criminal Court Moot Court competition.” Ellis lauded Scharf for his creativity, energy, and expertise in…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf honored by International Bar AssociationDuke Law Tech Lab supports new legal technology companies focused on access to justice
DUKE LAW — Four early-stage legal technology companies with a core mission of expanding access to legal services make up the new cohort of Duke Law Tech Lab’s summer 2021 pre-accelerator program.
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DUKE LAW — In a unique partnership with the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, two district attorney’s offices are providing unprecedented access and information about the little-understood world of plea agreements in criminal cases.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) has named recent graduate Rafita Ahlam ’21 as the recipient of the annual Westin Scholar Award. The IAPP announced the launch of the annual Westin Scholar Awards in December as part of its 20th anniversary events and as a way to advance the IAPP’s mission to…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law’s office of professionalism has announced its new cohort of professionalism fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The fellowship program launched in June 2020. The new group of fellows will build upon the many successes the inaugural set of fellows achieved in the past year, despite operating in a mostly remote…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The Miami Law Innocence Clinic is a pro bono legal clinic at the University Miami School of Law. The clinic trains law students on the fundamentals of litigation through cases of actual innocence. Since 2012 more than 150 students have benefited from the unique educational atmosphere of the Innocence…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — The White House has appointed Caroline Bettinger-López as a Special Advisor on the White House Gender Policy Council, charging her with assisting in the development of a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence in the United States.
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UNIVERSITY NEWS HQ — Two University of Mississippi law students are spending their summer in state attorney general offices as part of the prestigious Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Program. Second-year law students Natalie Lowry and Madison Reightler are among some 30-40 students nationally selected for the program, which is in its 17th year.
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