Northern Illinois Law hosts Junior Faculty Scholars conference
NIU TODAY — Northern Illinois University College of Law recently hosted its second annual Chicagoland Junior Faculty Scholars Works-in-Progress Conference at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The conference allowed junior faculty an opportunity to present their works-in-progress and get detailed feedback on their articles from both senior and other junior faculty. It was also an opportunity…
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BERKELEY LAW — Each day in California, young people are incarcerated for technical violations of the onerous rules of electronic monitoring (GPS)—even though they haven’t committed any crime. Students and advocates at the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) are all too familiar with the cascade of consequences resulting from the use of GPS monitoring in juvenile…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — This Fall, Professor Andrew Geronimo, Director of the IP Venture Clinic, became one of the inaugural members of the Free Expression Legal Network. Geronimo, one of the two dozen law professors in the network, frequently speaks, writes and litigates in the areas of free expression, media law and government transparency.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Orly Lobel, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, served as the lecture’s keynote speaker in her presentation, “Exit, Voice & Innovation: How Human Capital Law Impacts Equality (& How Inequality Hurts Growth).”Lobel continued that these trends create impediments to mobility in…
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U.S. NEWS — A young lawyer’s satisfaction with his or her legal education might depend upon his or her financial return on investment and how well paychecks cover the cost of student loan debt. It’s not uncommon for recent J.D. recipients to have more than $100,000 in law school debt. Among the 178 ranked J.D.…
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO — A dispute about embattled Thomas Jefferson School of Law helped spark the federal government’s recent decision to strip California of its ability to determine which schools can accept students’ GI Bill benefits.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Inside Higher Ed‘s 2019 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology, conducted with Gallup and published today, shows a continuing uptick in the proportion of faculty members who have taught an online course, to 46 percent from 44 percent last year. That figure stood at 30 percent in 2013, meaning that the number has increased by…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — For Shipley, 48, whose exoneration came following months of investigation by the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic, the total payout will amount to $2.13 million. Exonerees will be paid $78,916 for each year they were imprisoned, with the first payment expected within 30 days. Shipley was behind bars for…
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CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW — Inspired by a growing number of CUNY Law students committed to studying technology in law, in the spring of 2019, Joe collaborated with Mark Berman of the NYSBA to create a survey course on “Tech & Law.” Professor Rosenberg credits the success of the course to the passion, commitment, and knowledge of…
Read More about A look at CUNY Law’s course on technology and the lawFordham Law students take top honors at fall trial competitions
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Third-year law students from the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Center have set the bar high in this season’s noteworthy trial competitions. Fordham won first place at the Queens District Attorney’s National Trial Competition that concluded on October 20.
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