Duke Law Health Justice Clinic students help change health care policy coverage for transgender individuals
DUKE LAW — Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) will now cover gender-affirming facial feminization surgeries for transgender individuals after a legal team including Duke Law’s Health Justice Clinic successfully advocated for the change in policy.
Read More about Duke Law Health Justice Clinic students help change health care policy coverage for transgender individualsUniversity of Miami Law Professor Caroline Bettinger-López appointed to White House Gender Policy Council
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 OF MINNESOTA — Professor Susan Wolf has been selected to serve on the new Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust, established by the National Academy of Sciences to convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.
Read More about University of Minnesota Law professor Susan Wolf selected to National Academy of Sciences council on researchPenn Law graduates pursue public interest fellowships
PENN LAW — Upon graduation, 18 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2021 will pursue important and diverse public interest work with the support of prestigious fellowship funding.
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PENN LAW — Two 2021 graduates of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s LLM program have secured post-graduate positions advocating for the protection of human rights. The work of Hugh Fitzgibbon LLM’21 and Meri Baghdasaryan LLM’21, supported through the Law School’s LLM Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship, concentrates on the fair administration of global trials as…
Read More about Penn Law students selected for LLM Postgraduate Public Interest FellowshipA look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-Villazor
PATCH — An immigration and citizenship expert has broken ground as the first Filipina-American dean of a U.S. law school, Rutgers recently announced. Rose Cuison-Villazor has officially taken over as interim co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Newark.
Read More about A look at Rutgers Law interim co-dean Rose Cuison-VillazorSouthern Illinois University Law Veterans Assistance Clinic receives grant from Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY — Military veterans in the region needing help with Veterans Affairs benefit appeals and discharge upgrades can continue to look to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Law for assistance.
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MPR NEWS — “Every criminal case has room for error,” Ellison said. “Because the justice system is run by human beings and human beings make mistakes, do the wrong thing, and don’t always get it right. It’s important to understand when we do not hit the mark of justice and to correct those occasions when that…
Read More about University of Wisconsin Law professor Carrie Sperling selected to oversee Minnesota Conviction Review UnitCase Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy role
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — As reported on WCPN 90.3 ideastream, Cleveland’s NPR Station, on Monday, July 19, Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Law Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoined the Cleveland Police Monitoring Team as deputy monitor five weeks after her forced resignation and 11 days after the police monitor, Hassan Aden,…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professor Ayesha Bell Hardaway rejoins police monitoring team in deputy roleUniversity of Akron Law offers free public course on law and inequality in the US
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — Back by popular demand, The University of Akron School of Law will offer a free 12-week, live online course this fall designed as an introduction to the impact of the law on equality in America. When first offered in the fall of 2020, the course attracted more than 5,000 registrants from across…
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