October 21, 2008

Pat Cain's op ed about Proposition 8 on the California November 4th ballot is available on line. 

SALT's statements and research on the bar exam are relied upon extensively in Lorenzo A. Trujillo's "The Relationship Between Law School and the Bar Exam: A Look at Asssessment and Student Success," 78 U.Colo.L.Rev.70 (2007).  This scholarship was identified in the Social Science Research Network as being among the top ten most downloaded articles in the country in the summer of 2007.  In addition, it was selcted for inclusion in The Social and Environmental Impact Network, sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program.

October 8, 2008

SALT board member, Angela Onwuachi-Willig published the results of a research study suggesting that affirmative action does not stigmatize African American law school students.

October 8, 2008 Iowa City Press Citizen 

October 8, 2008, Chronicle of Higher Education

October 9, 2008, Nebraska Public Radio

"Cracking the Egg: Which Came First: Stigma or Affirmative Action", co-authored by Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Emily Houh, and Mary Campbell will appear in 96 Cal.L.Rev. 101.  

Emma Coleman Jordan, past SALT president, appeared on the October 3, 2008 edition of Bill Moyers Journal to discuss the bailout bill. Click here to read and watch the interview.  

September 22, 2008

Marjorie Cohn was awarded Peace Scholar of the Year by the Peace and Justice Studies Association at its annual meeting in Portland, OR. 

July 31, 2008

Rennard Strickland, professor emeritus of law at the University of Oregon School of Law, will receive the 2008 Robert J. Kutak Award from the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

The Kutak Award is presented annually to an individual who has contributed significantly to increasing cooperation between legal education, the practicing bar and the judiciary.

It will be presented in a reception Aug. 8 at the InterContinental / Barclay Hotel, New York, during the 2008 ABA Annual Meeting.

June 17, 2008

Jane Schukoske, a former Associate Professor at University of Baltimore School of Law who directed the Fulbright Commission in India from May, 2000 until April, 2008, is working as an Advisor for the Jindal Global Law School, www.jgls.org, proposed to be established in Sonepat, Haryana, India.

June 9, 2008

Raquel Aldana, SALT Board member, will be joining the McGeorge Law School faculty as the Director of a new Inter-American program, starting August 2009. Raquel is currently at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 

May 28, 2008

Marjorie Cohn, member of the SALT Peace Post 911 & Human Rights Committee, professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and president of the National Lawyers Guild was given the Bernard E. Witkin, Esq. Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Law by the San Diego Law Library Justice Foundation.

May 21, 2008

SALT Co-President Margaret Martin Barry and SALT member Catherine Klein, both members of the faculty at The Catholic University Columbus School of Law have been awarded WEAVE’s 3rd Annual Watts Empowerment Award. This award was created in 2006, in honor of Lydia Watts, to give special recognition to individuals in the Washington D.C. community whose social change work has improved systems, services, and access to justice for survivors of intimate partner violence.  Through their work at the Catholic University Families and the Law Clinic, Margaret and Catherine brought their early vision for outreach and services to teens—realized in great part in WEAVE’s now thriving Teen Dating Violence Project.  In addition, they have been commended for their important contributions in training corporate attorneys to do pro bono family law.

Natsu Saito, Georgia State University College of Law and chair of the SALT Academic Freedom Committee, was recognized for outstanding scholarship and named the recipient of the College of Law's fourth annual Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. In the last two years, Saito published a book, From Chinese Exclusion to Guantánamo Bay:  Plenary Power and the Prerogative State (University Press of Colorado, 2007), served as guest editor for an issue of the New Centennial Review, and authored five articles that have been published or are forthcoming.

May 19, 2008

·         Ben Davis, University of Toledo School of Law, and chair of the SALT Peace Post 911 & Human Rights Committee has been awarded tenure.

·         Andi Curcio, Georgia State University School of Law, and chair of the SALT Bar Exam Committee was named “2007-2008 Professor of the Year” by the students at GSU.

·         Rennard Strickland, University of Oregon School of Law distinguished professor emeritus and former dean, is the recipient of the 2008 Meritorious Service Award.  He is the only person ever to have received both the Society of American Law Teachers Award and the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award.

May 12, 2008

Marjorie Cohn, SALT member and President of the NLG, Philippe Sands, and Daniel Luban testified before the House on the interrogation techniques used by various government agencies on detainees.  Click here to read a copy of Marjorie’s testimony.  For a complete video of the testimony from C-Span, click here.