Simon Sun and Angelina Nguyen Spitler were among 40+ SJD candidates from all over America who presented their research on April 21 at the SJD National Roundtable 2023, held at Georgetown University Law Center. This year, the young legal scholars were able to gather for a complete in-person gathering for the first time in the… Read more »
This Thursday (April 27, 12pm EST), our SJD candidate Hwi Won Kim will be presenting her research “The Interpretative Foundation of Liberty and Privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.” In this session, she will explore the challenges of interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment and recognizing new rights, such as privacy, due to the inconsistencies in the substantive… Read more »
Our 3rd-year SJD candidates, Simon Sun and Celso M. Neto, took the stage at the 16th Cornell Law Inter-University Graduate Conference, which aims at providing opportunities for young scholars to present and discuss their works in progress with peers. This year’s theme was “Time of Web 3.0,” and our stars Simon and Celso took the… Read more »
Tax JD/LLM professional, PWC PWC seeks to hire Tax JD/LLM professionals to advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. PWC Tax professionals typically help organizations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related… Read more »
Simon Sun, our SJD candidate and MGF team leader, joined the “superstars” in technology law at IU (we’re talking Profs. Tomain, Lubin, and Shackelford!) to discuss Section 230. The event–hosted by the Cybersecurity & Privacy Law Association (CPLA), the Federalist Society, and the American Constitution Society–garnered significant attention and meaningful discourse. Job well done as… Read more »
Call for Papers, Maurer Global Forum 😉 Maurer Global Forum serves as the online medium for the Graduate Colloquium to promote research ideas and visions for the future, share professional experiences, and build the Maurer global community. The Forum is looking for legal scholars and experts interested in publishing short, timely online articles in each… Read more »
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital records linked to digital images, videos, audio files, or 3D models, have drawn wide attention recently. Last year, the New York State Bar Association launched a task force to examine digital assets. The United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office just stopped receiving public comment for their… Read more »
Law Fellow, University of Illinois College of Law The Illinois Academic Fellowship Program helps new legal academics place into tenure-stream positions at U.S. law schools. In recent years, our fellows have obtained tenure-stream positions at law schools that include the University of California-Irvine, Indiana University-Bloomington, University of Arizona, University of Alabama, University of Nebraska and… Read more »
Young Scholar, Inaugural WINIR Young Scholars Workshop 2023 This call for abstracts invites submissions that interrogate interdisciplinary perspectives, embracing different aspects such as: Society and Institutions; Web3 and Institutions; Technology and Trust; as well as Sustainability and Technology, among others. Ph.D. scholars in economics, law, sociology, anthropology, development studies, and other related disciplines are encouraged… Read more »
Reproductive health researchers have shown that media sources often portray abortion inaccurately, which affects public understanding of the issue. For instance, mainstream news media typically discusses abortion primarily as a political issue rather than a healthcare issue. Additionally, popular culture misrepresents the percentage of abortion seekers who are low-income and people of color, the rate… Read more »
