http://www.law.emory.edu/ Emory Law School: More than Practice en http://www.law.emory.edu/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.law.emory.edu/ 18 16 Emory Law School: More than Practice TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss TESTING-TESTING-TESTING Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:29:00 -0400 http://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/06/law_mary_dudziak/campus.html Mary Dudziak Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:29:00 -0400 http://stream.wsj.com/story/experts-wealth-management/SS-2-135511/SS-2-249920/?mod=wsj_streaming_experts-wealth-management ELS General Rafael Pardo In the News Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:04:00 -0400 http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-law/news-article/article/joseph-b-powell-58l-recognized-by-darton-state-college-with-first-lifetime-service-award.html Darton State College in Albany, Georgia has presented its first Lifetime Service Award to Joseph B.... Read more >>]]> AlumniClassNotes Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:25:00 -0400 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/making-a-mountain-out-of-a-digital-molehill.html ELS General Charles A. Shanor Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:50:00 -0400 http://bit.ly/hp_CS ELS General Charles A. Shanor Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:08:00 -0400 http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/opinion/chase-the-individual-not-the-firm/3005258.article ELS Alumni AlumniClassNotes Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:48:00 -0400 http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-law/news-article/article/chinese-judges-at-emory-law-to-study-american-justice-system.html This week, 29 Chinese judges arrived in Atlanta for a month-long immersion in the U.S. legal... Emory Law School, City University of Hong Kong School of Law, and the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China. During their stay, they will study U.S. constitutional and criminal law, the rules of evidence, and the role of courts and judges in shaping the Rule of Law. Their studies at Emory are part of their work toward a Master of Laws (LLM). “There are tremendous changes underway in the Chinese legal system, especially in the courts,” said Emory Law Vice Dean Robert Ahdieh, who spearheaded development of the program. “These are future leaders of the bench, who will shape its path going forward.” Members of this first class of judges include presiding and assistant judges from Intermediate People’s Courts across the country. More than half are women. Students will spend four mornings each week attending lectures on U.S. law, starting with an introduction to constitutional law and the role that judges played in the U.S. civil rights movement. They will spend their afternoons with teaching assistants who will work on the course materials with them in small groups, as well as meeting U.S. judges and lawyers in both formal and more casual settings. Faculty for the first week are Professor Charles Shanor, former general counsel of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, and Professor Kathleen Cleaver, a scholar of the civil rights movement, and former leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party. Cleaver will present a one-day session on Judge Frank Johnson Jr., renowned for his landmark decisions during the civil rights era. Atlanta’s ties to that important period of American law create an ideal setting for the program, Ahdieh said. “Emory plans to take advantage of its location at the heart of the civil rights movement to frame the program,” he said. “No city in the country is better situated to serve as a training ground in the Rule of Law.” During the second and third weeks, Professor Kay Levine, a former prosecutor, will teach the criminal law section of the program, followed by an introduction to evidence by Professor Paul Zwier II, who has taught advocacy skills and dispute resolution to judges and lawyers around the world, including the U.S., Africa, Mexico and China. Matthew McCoyd 93L, associate director of Emory Law’s Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, adjunct professor of law, and a former prosecutor, will direct the overall program, as well as leading an intensive, multiple-day skills component at the close of the third week. “We want the judges to understand U.S. law in practice—not merely watching others, but standing up and doing it themselves,” McCoyd said. “There is no better way to ensure that the learning they take from the course will stay with them.” The final week will include meetings with judges and attorneys of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Georgia Innocence Project, followed by a trip to Washington, D.C. There, students will meet with judges and Emory alumni, including Reuben Guttman 85L, a senior fellow at Emory Law’s Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, a leading attorney, and the director of Grant & Eisenhofer’s Washington office. The summer judges’ program builds upon Emory Law’s international programs in Asia, which include a partnership formed in 2012 with Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In March, Emory Law faculty traveled to Shanghai to train the financial crimes unit of the Shanghai prosecutor’s office on the investigation of insider trading claims. A second training program was offered to the Shanghai Bar Association. These programs were part of a larger partnership with Jiao Tong University, which will allow Chinese prosecutors to train in American criminal procedure and earn a master’s degree. Related link Emory, KoGuan Law Schools Launch Master’s Program for Chinese Prosecutors ]]> ELS General ELS Alumni Charles A. Shanor Kay L. Levine Robert B. Ahdieh International Law Paul J. Zwier II Kathleen N. Cleaver Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-law/news-article/article/how-your-gifts-helped-win-a-supreme-court-decision-rewrite-georgia-law.html This month’s e-news features some extraordinary stories on impressive accomplishments by Emory Law... winning cases at the United States Supreme Court to bringing justice to juveniles in Georgia, today’s students are on their way to becoming another great generation of Emory lawyers and leaders. We hope as you read these stories, you take pride in your law school. We ask for your help in supporting these students and programs. By giving to the Law School Fund for Excellence each year, you provide us the means to create that critical margin of excellence. Your gifts are the resource that allows us to build a new program or help an existing one grow and thrive. 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]]> ELS Alumni Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:59:00 -0400 http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-law/news-article/article/fineman-to-receive-honorary-juris-doctor-from-swedens-lund-university.html Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law Martha A. Fineman received an honorary juris doctor degree on... Martha A. Fineman received an honorary juris doctor degree on May 31 from Sweden’s University of Lund, in recognition of exemplary work in the study of feminist and family law. The degree was presented at the university’s doctoral promotion ceremony. "Fineman's work during her long scholarship has been of great importance for jurisprudence at the international level, particularly in feminist legal theory. Within this discipline, she is world renowned," according to the law faculty’s statement in support of the award. Fineman directs both the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative at Emory Law. That research and her book The Autonomy Myth are cited as an influence on Law and Vulnerabilities research at the University of Lund, where Fineman holds the University’s Hedda Andersson Guest Professor Chair for 2012-2013. "The opportunity to work closely with Fineman is of considerable benefit for the faculty of law and puts Lund University on the feminist jurisprudence map," the statement continues. The Lund University law faculty chose to award two honorary degrees for 2013. The second was presented to Johan Munck, former justice and chairman of the Swedish Supreme Court. Related links: Professor Fineman’s profile The Feminism and Legal Theory project Vulnerability and the Human Condition


]]> ELS General Martha Albertson Fineman Feminism & Legal Theory Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0400 http://www.law.emory.edu/about-emory-law/news-article/article/6th-circuit-cites-nash-article-on-environmental-grandfathering-in-epa-ruling.html In its recent opinion in United States v. DTE Energy Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals cited a law... United States v. DTE Energy Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals cited a law journal article co-authored by Emory Law Professor Jonathan Nash and New York University School of Law Dean Richard Revesz. The case involved the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency's power of review under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review program. In upholding EPA's power, the majority opinion cited Nash and Revesz's 2007 Northwestern University Law Review article on Grandfathering and Environmental Regulation: The Law and Economics of New Source Review for the proposition that "New Source Review has given operators both the ability and the incentive to extend the life of existing sources instead of building replacements." Related links Professor Nash’s profile Read the full opinion]]> Jonathan Nash Wed, 29 May 2013 14:07:00 -0400