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Risa Goluboff ’00 to Give Dean’s Lecture February 21
Risa Goluboff ’00, dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, will give a lecture on “Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s.”
Obama Reappoints Keker ’70 to Presidio Trust Board of Directors
The White House has announced the reappointment of John W. Keker ’70 to fill the seat previously occupied by Alex Mehran on the seven person board of the Presidio Trust.
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Robina Foundation Awards $13 Million Gift for Human Rights Work
Yale Law School has received two gifts totaling $13 million from the Robina Foundation to create a Robina Human Rights Initiative Endowment Fund and to establish a Binger Clinical Professorship in Human Rights.
Hari Osofsky '98 Named Dean for Penn State Law and School of International Affairs
A leading scholar of and contributor to public policy work on energy transition and climate change has been named the new dean of Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs (SIA) at University Park beginning July 1, pending approval of the Board of Trustees.
E. Kelly ’12 and X. Tang ’12: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Law & Policy
Elizabeth Kelly '12 and Xiyin Tang '12 have made the Forbes 30 Under 30: Law & Policy list.
Zhong ’09 Promoted to Of Counsel at Irell & Manella LLP
Irell & Manella LLP announces the promotion of H. Annita Zhong '09 to of counsel.
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Appoints Schulman ’89 to Board
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Amy Schulman '89 to its board of directors.
Larry Obhof ’03 Becomes Ohio Senate President
Larry Obhof ’03 was sworn in on Tuesday, January 4, 2017 as the new Ohio Senate president. Obhof, R-Medina, was appointed to the Senate in early 2011 and has been an attorney with the Columbus firm Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
Anne Hamilton ’09, Writer-Director of Film "An American Fable"
Anne Hamilton ’09 is the writer-director of the new film An American Fable, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 13, 2016.
C. Rechtschaffen ’84 Appointed to California Public Utilities Commission
The Honorable Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown '64, Governor of California, has appointed Clifford Rechtschaffen '84 to a six-year term on the California Public Utilities Commission.