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Exemplary student work recognized with LLEAP writing awards
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March 11, 2016
The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law has awarded Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law, the Richard H. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law. Created in 2014 to honor Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Internatio...
March 08, 2016
ӰƵ School of Law will analyze state and federal human trafficking laws in a daylong symposium that also will address how to prepare for an expected rise in human trafficking during this summer’s Republic National Convention (RNC).
The “Human Trafficking Law Symposium,” ...
February 26, 2016
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, participated in two events in New York City over a two-day period in January.
At the 110th Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, he presented the paper “Of Kings to Come: The Future of Health Care Reform Still Remains in Fed...
February 26, 2016
UPDATE: As of March 2, this event has been cancelled.
The School of Law will host a public lecture with Lawrence Douglas, author of The Right Wrong Man, Wednesday, March 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the School of Law, Room A59.
His book, recently published by the Princeton University Press, chroni...
February 16, 2016
The Baker-Nord Center for Humanities will hold a panel discussion for undergraduate students Monday, Feb. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206.
The Humanities@Work event will feature panelists explaining how their background in humanities impacted their eventual careers in law.
The panel w...
February 11, 2016
Combatting ISIS, coping with a complex China relationship and forming immigration policy have emerged as major issues among candidates in the 2016 presidential primaries.
In the next Talking Foreign Policy broadcast, ӰƵ Co-Dean Michael Scharf and a panel of internationa...
February 11, 2016
Fueled by demand for senior anti-money laundering/financial crime-prevention professionals
The ӰƵ School of Law is adding a new executive master’s degree program in financial integrity, inspired by increasing demand by financial institutions and government agencies for a...
February 10, 2016
Undergraduate Studies will sponsor a pre-law event Friday, Feb. 12, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356.
The event will feature lawyers working for the following major institutions:
University Hospitals
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Legal Aid
The event will be of special inte...
February 05, 2016
ӰƵ graduate Jeff Rice (LAW ’75) will be wearing number 44 when he takes the field Sunday for Super Bowl 50.
But don’t look for him to be making plays—he’ll be watching them.
The Lyndhurst native is one of seven officials the National Football League named to work the field of its...
January 29, 2016
Robert Rapp, adjunct professor of law, presented at the 2015 Longbow Research Compliance Conference in Cleveland last month.
His lecture was titled "An Analyst Perspective on Tippee Liability for Insider Trading under the Federal Securities Laws in the Wake of U.S. v. Newman."...