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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. An extraordinary leader.

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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?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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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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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. Danielle Ren Holley , dean and professor of law at the Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C.,

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

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Art Pimentel , president of Woodland Community College, in California, has been appointed president of Folsom Lake College, also in California. Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, has been chosen as president there. Daniel Pullin , John V. Patrick Wolfe , Frederick L.

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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. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, has been chosen as president of Bates College, in Maine.

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In Equity Efforts, Where Does Title IX Truly Stand?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sarah Axelson “We’ve seen through the research that even though we’ve seen exponential growth and participation opportunities, we know that, especially at the high school level, those opportunities are mainly going to suburban white girls,” says Sarah Axelson, vice president of advocacy at the WSF. “We

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