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Chris Hoofnagle Announced as Next Faculty Director of CLTC

Chris Jay Hoofnagle of UC Berkeley Law is the next Faculty Director of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) at UC Berkeley. Launched in 2015, the CLTC is designed to help individuals and organizations assess present day cybersecurity challenges and prepare for needs of the future.

“This is ...

Jill Horwitz to Serve as Faculty Director of New UCLA Law Nonprofits Program

Devoted to research, training, and policy in the evolving area of law and society, UCLA School of Law has established the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits. Jill R. Horwitz of UCLA Law, Reporter for Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, will serve as the program’s inaugural ...

Sharon Stern Gerstman Appointed to New York Public Ethics Commission

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Sharon Stern Gerstman of Magavern Magavern Grimm to the state’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

From the press release:

Sharon Stern Gerstman is counsel to the Buffalo, New York law firm of Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP. She concentrates in the ...

David Hricik Appointed Associate Dean

David Hricik has been appointed associate dean for faculty research and development at Mercer University School of Law. In this role, Hricik will support faculty, teach, research, and scholarship efforts.

“I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to enhance our internal community, to help faculty to ...

Symposium on Novel Liability Theories and the Incentives Driving Them

The Law & Economics Center Judicial Education Program will be hosting the ‘Symposium on Novel Liability Theories and the Incentives Driving Them’ from October 24 to 26 in Nashville, TN.

The symposium will discuss theories of novel liability, the function and role of public entities within government, and ...