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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Testy has been appointed executive director and CEO of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Testy, the current president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council, begins her new role effective July 1. She also chaired the planning committee for the AALS Workshop for New Law School Teachers in 2010.

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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

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from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. The insult of segregation was searing and unforgettable," Robinson said in 2005. “We He was also founder and president of foreign policy advocacy organization TransAfrica. Robinson – he held a J.D.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

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As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

Inside Higher Ed

” Controlled Digital Lending at the Internet Archive The Internet Archive began digitizing print books for online lending in 2005 and scans 4,300 books per day in 18 locations around the world, according to its website. “It would be a book burning on an unprecedented scale.” Every day, it lends approximately 70,000 books.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

University Business

Thomas’ law school from 2013 up until his selection as interim president last year, Vischer may not be able to take credit for the university’s full string of successes, but he is in the position to capitalize on them. . Thomas, dating back to becoming an associate law professor in 2005. As the dean of St.

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2022: Year in Review

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In 2005, the publication broadened its focus, becoming Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Manning, the Morgan and Helen Chu dean and professor of law at Harvard Law School, told Harvard Law Bulletin. Through his wife Lee’s affiliation with the Fairfax, Virginia, branch of the NAACP Cox met Frank L.

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2023 Year in Review

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Throughout his storied career, Ogletree served in several high-profile legal roles, such as deputy director of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, the Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, and the founding and executive director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice.