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Stanford Law DEI Dean on Leave After Disrupted Event

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A Stanford University law school dean at the center of a free speech controversy has been placed on leave amid continuing criticism of the March 9 event, at which students shouted down federal judge Kyle Duncan, an anti-LGBTQ+ conservative, who had been invited to speak on campus. Hide by line?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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New presidents or provosts: Albany Law Drew Mount Holyoke Potsdam Southern Maryland Trinity Valley UMass

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Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne , associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York. has been appointed president of Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts.

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New presidents or provosts: Bates Northwest Missouri Pacific Siena SCSU Teachers

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Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert , associate dean of the faculty at Scripps College, in California, has been selected as provost and executive vice president of University of the Pacific, also in California. Jenkins , dean and William S. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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New presidents or provosts: Alma Folsom Maryland NVCC Purdue St. Thomas TCU

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Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, has been chosen as president there. Vischer , interim president and former dean of the law school at the University of St. Editorial Tags: College administration New presidents Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Free speech concerns prompt calls to shun Yale Law grads

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Image: Recent issues at Yale Law School are back in the spotlight after a conservative judge called on his peers to abstain from hiring Yale Law graduates as clerks because of free speech concerns. Judge James Ho, a Trump administration appointee to the U.S. Unpacking the Controversy.

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Trump's Jan. 6 legal adviser leads new law school

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During the course of that tumultuous day, Trump made several calls to legal counsel—including to Mark Martin, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice, who was then dean of Regent University School of Law and an informal Trump adviser. The Role of a Law Dean. High Praise and Sharp Criticism.