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Professor receives two grants

Assistant Professor of Law Aman Gebru recently received two grants for research from Duquesne University. He was the recipient of a faculty development grant of $10,000 and he also received The Reverend Alphons Loogman Faculty Research Grant, worth $6,500.

Professor London receives inaugural Faculty Scholarship Grant

Director of Bar Studies and Assistant Professor of Legal Skills Ashley London was one of five professors from law schools across the United States selected to receive the first AccessLex-AASE ASP Faculty Scholarship Grant. She is receiving the award for her article entitled Who Watches the Watchmen? Using the Law Governing Lawyers to Hold Bar Examiners Accountable. She decided on this topic largely due to her work leading the Bar Studies department and teaching bar preparation and professional responsibility courses.

Faculty grant to focus on equity and opportunity

Assistant law professor, Marissa Meredith, was selected to receive an LWI/ALWD/LexisNexis scholarship grant. Meredith was one of three law school professors that was chosen to receive the $5,000.00 grant. The topic of her article, "Reframing Persuasive Pedagogy to Create Social Engineers," derives from her experience in working with law students who in the Duquesne spirit, know equity and opportunity begin at home.

Student paper accepted for publication in the "Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law"

The prestigious Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law recently accepted for publication a paper by second-year law student Robert Diehl. The title of Diehl's paper, which will be published in the fall of 2021, is "Model Civilian Review Board: Accounting for Class, Race, and Power in Municipal Policing."

2021 Commencement recap

The School of Law hosted its 107th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 16, 2021. This page includes a video of the Baccalaureate Mass and videos and photos of the Commencement ceremony.