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Ex-Berkeley Law Dean's Letter Says Sex Harassment Inquiry Improper

Five months after resigning as dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law amid a sexual harassment scandal, Sujit Choudhry is redoubling his efforts to retain his tenured position on the law faculty.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Cornell Law Prof is Betting on Tech as Key to Ukraine Resurgence

Cornell Law School professor Charles Whitehead sees a blank slate for investors is working to bring Western venture capitalism to Ukraine through a unique marketing of untapped research developed at a cluster of universities once known in the Soviet Union as "Science City."
20 minute read

New York Law Journal

Davis Polk Senior Counsel Named New Dean at Touro

Harry Ballan, who is senior counsel to Davis Polk & Wardwell, has been named the new dean of the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and will start his new job on Aug. 8.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Why Now for Another Supreme Court Clinic?

Jenner & Block and the University of Chicago picked an odd time to join more than a dozen law schools in launching a Supreme Court clinic. Their joint announcement Tuesday comes as the high court prepares for a new term in which it has granted review in only 30 cases so far, an unusually small number. The new clinic will have to compete fiercely with other clinics and law firms for a dwindling number of cases—a trend that has had some wondering if the clinic movement has peaked.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorney: FSU Law Professor's Ex-wife Played No Role in His Killing

Criminal defense attorney David O. Markus denies the family of professor and law blogger Dan Markel was involved in the murder-for-hire plot.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

By | August 02, 2016
A New Jersey federal judge recently declined to dismiss Fox News host Harris Faulkner's claim that toy maker Hasbro Inc. violated her “right of publicity.”
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Sir Thomas More's Lessons Abound, Even 500 Years Later

By | August 01, 2016
In this 500th anniversary year of "Utopia," written in Latin by Sir Thomas More (1478 -1535), we pause to consider the patron saint of lawyers and judges.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Avoid the Temptation to Practice 'Threshold Law'

Jack-of-all-trades practices increase the risk of big mistakes. Instead, focus in and develop new clients.
10 minute read

The Recorder

In Berkeley Dean Sexual Harassment Case, Judge Throws Out Some Claims Against UC

A California judge has tossed some of the claims against the University of California regents in the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the executive assistant of former Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Young Lawyers on the Job Hunt

New York Law School students interviewed at the law school's 5th annual job fair with the National Black Students Association.
3 minute read

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