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The workshop will take place in-person at Princeton University from January 18-20, 2024. Apply now!! 📑 🧵3/3

Submit your papers by November 15, 2023 via email to Kim Lane Schepple at kimlane@princeton.edu, with "Comparative Law Workshop" in the subject line. 🧵2/3

📣 Calling All Comparative Law Writers! 📣 Submit a paper now for the Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop hosted by Princeton University Center for Human Values and cosponsored by UI Law, where your writing can be discussed by colleagues. More details below ⬇️🧵1/3

The Champaign News-Gazette has written a feature on Dean Jamelle Sharpe. It recounts his professional life, sport interests, and love for movies. #IllinoisLawFaculty Read the full feature here: news-gazette.com/news/sharpe-we…

You can find out more about the conference and more program details at Nova Law's website. novalaw.unl.pt/en/internation…

Professor Faye Jones #IllinoisLawFaculty will be speaking at an International Conference in Portugal on Protecting Children Online hosted tomorrow, Sept 27th, as part of a panel on International and European Perspectives, whether data protection law can protect children online.

Only 3 states have developed their own worker safety standards. “The guarantee of worker protections that so many of us presume we have seems like it’s falling down here,” Rowell said. “As we see more fires, we’re going to see more risks."

#IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Arden Rowell recently spoke to Stateline about the lack of federal regulations to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke. Read the full article here: stateline.org/2023/07/18/wor…

In @washingtonpost article on the trial of police officers for Elijah McClain's death, #IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Eric Johnson describes the burdens of proof that the prosecution must prove in the trial, explaining the standard of recklessness. washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09…

“This has become a soulless enterprise,” LeRoy said, about the current business models for college athletics. “There is no moral compass. There is no brotherhood. Now you eat off your brother’s plate and you don’t care if he goes hungry.”

#IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Michael LeRoy was quoted in @nytimes article on the major upcoming changes across college football rules, from IRS questions to NLRB cases. Read the full article here: nytimes.com/2023/09/01/spo…

#IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Ralph Brubaker was quoted in @USATODAY article on Rite Aid preparing to file bankrupty to address opioid lawsuits, describing the role of bankruptcy in limiting liability in similar cases. Read the full article here: usatoday.com/story/money/20…

"What does the public think it means to 'settle' a civil case?" Read "Settlement schemas: How laypeople understand civil settlement", the new article by Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Jessica Bregant, and Verity Winship. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/je… #IllinoisLawFaculty

The Law Library is excited to welcome our new dean of the College of Law, Dean Jamelle Sharpe!

CONGRATS again to Professor Ross on the publication of her new book on policing. And thanks to the panelists and attendees of today's celebratory event! 👏🎉

On Episode 31 of the INSOL Talks podcast, #IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Ralph Brubaker joined Candace Kline of Saul Ewing LLP and Ilya Kokorin from the University of London to discuss third party releases. Listen to the full podcast here ➡️ podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…

"Familial Searches, The Fourth Amendment, and Genomic Control", a new publication by #IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Jacob S. Sherkow @jsherkow, about the use of genomic databases by police. Read it here ➡️ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit referenced the work of #IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Ralph Brubaker in an opinion denying Johnson & Johnson's bankruptcy filing, reviving thousands of lawsuits filed by plaintiffs. Read the full opinion here ➡️ files.webservices.illinois.edu/10480/thirdcir…

NBC News quotes #IllinoisLawFaculty Professor Keenan in an article about domestic terrorism charges after arrests in Atlanta 'Cop City' protests. Read it here ➡️ nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…

Congratulations to Prof Jacqueline Ross, whose book "Making Sense of Youth Crime: A Comparison of Police Intelligence in the United States and France" is out now. Visit the link for more info and purchase. ▶️ ow.ly/AXYC50NbgTg