Faculty News
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The Gettysburg Address: A 150-Year Retrospective – Panel Discussion
Legal historian Dan Sharfstein among panelists who will discuss Lincoln's famous speech, which framed the Civil War as a struggle for the principle of human equality. Read MoreNov. 4, 2013
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Kip Viscusi discusses methods of estimating the “value of a statistical life” in the October 2013 Monthly Labor Review
Viscusi's featured article explains how the availability of more accurate fatality rate estimates has enabled researchers to generate more accurate estimates of the “value of a statistical life.” Read MoreNov. 1, 2013
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Ganesh Sitaraman awarded 2013 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
Professor Sitaraman honored for his book, The Counterinsurgent’s Constitution: Law in the Age of Small Wars. Read MoreOct. 10, 2013
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Professor Mike Newton helping organize Syrian war crimes court
Professor Newton is among the international war crime experts working to create a war crimes court to deal with atrocities committed during Syria’s civil war. Read MoreOct. 8, 2013
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Professor Joni Hersch’s research covered by The Wall Street Journal, NBCNews.com, Cosmopolitan, and others
Professor Joni Hersch’s paper “Opting Out among Women with Elite Education” is garnering substantial media attention, most recently in The Atlantic. [Read at NBCNews.com] [Read at WSJ.com] [Read at ScienceDaily.com] [… Read MoreSep. 30, 2013
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Professor Joni Hersch's research covered by The Wall Street Journal, NBCNews.com, Cosmopolitan, and others
Professor Joni Hersch’s paper “Opting Out among Women with Elite Education” is garnering substantial media attention, most recently in The Atlantic. [Read at NBCNews.com] [Read at WSJ.com] [Read at ScienceDaily.com] [… Read MoreSep. 30, 2013
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Daniel Gervais elected to the Academy of Europe
Gervais is the first professor at a U.S. law school invited to join the Academy of Europe. Read MoreSep. 29, 2013
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Robert Mikos comments on new DOJ guidelines regarding enforcement of federal marijuana ban
In a “major policy shift," marijuana regulation may replace marijuana prohibition under new federal guidelines. Read MoreAug. 29, 2013
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Assistant Professor Ganesh Sitaraman named senior fellow at Center for American Progress
As a CAP research fellow, Sitaraman will focus on areas ranging from economics to national security. Read MoreAug. 27, 2013