Richard Allen Epstein is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts,contracts,property rights,law and economics,classical liberalism,and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University and the director of the Classical Liberal Institute. He also serves as the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and as a senior lecturer and the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Chicago.
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago,a private research university in Chicago,Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program,while also offering the Master of Laws,Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.
The Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University,a private research university in Washington,D.C.,United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law school in the United States by enrollment,with over 2,000 students. It frequently receives the most full-time applications of any law school in the United States.
Helen Elizabeth Garrett,commonly known as Elizabeth Garrett or Beth Garrett,was an American professor of law and academic administrator. On July 1,2015,she became the 13th president of Cornell University—the first woman to serve as president of the university. She died from colon cancer on March 6,2016,the first Cornell president to die while in office.
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University,a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835,it was the first law school established in New York City and is the oldest surviving law school in New York State and one of the oldest law schools in the United States. Located in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan,NYU Law grants J.D.,LL.M.,and J.S.D. degrees.
The University of San Diego School of Law is the law school of the University of San Diego,a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego,California. Founded in 1954,the law school has held ABA approval since 1961. It joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1966.
The University of Virginia School of Law is the law school of the University of Virginia,a public research university in Charlottesville,Virginia.
The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school of Temple University,a public research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and enrolls about 650 students.
Vanderbilt University Law School is the law school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874,it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States. Vanderbilt Law enrolls approximately 640 students,with each entering Juris Doctor class consisting of approximately 175 students.
The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica,California. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND.
The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gainesville,Florida. Founded in 1909,it is the oldest operating public law school in Florida and second oldest overall in the state.
Lawrence Ponoroff is an American attorney and academic administrator,currently serving as a professor of law at the Michigan State University College of Law. He formerly served as the Dean of Tulane University Law School and the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
The Yale Journal on Regulation (JREG) is a biannual student-edited law review covering regulatory and administrative law published at Yale Law School. The journal publishes articles,essays,notes,and commentaries that cover a wide range of topics in regulatory,corporate,administrative,international,and comparative law. According to the 2015 Washington and Lee University law journal rankings,the journal is ranked first in Administrative Law,in Corporations and Associations,in Commercial Law,in Communications Law,Media and Journalism,and in Health,Medicine,Psychology and Psychiatry. The 2007 ExpressO Guide to Top Law Reviews ranked the journal first among business law reviews based on the number of manuscripts received.
The Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship is a full-tuition public service scholarship for students at New York University School of Law. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious public interest scholarship for law students in the United States.
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist who is the 15th chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
Lemma Barkeloo (1840–1870) was one of the first women in America to attend law school,alongside Phoebe Couzins. She was the first woman admitted to the Missouri bar and the first woman to try a case in an American court.
Lee Epstein is an American political scientist who is currently the University Professor of Law &Political Science and Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California.
The Michigan State Law Review is an American law review published by students at Michigan State University College of Law. By counting “flagship”journals not separately ranked by Washington &Lee School of Law in its Law Journal Rankings,Michigan State Law Review was the 63rd highest-ranked “flagship”print journal in 2022 with a score of 14.55 out of 100 and,per W&L Law,the 99th overall law journal,a dramatic increase from its ranking of 332rd in 2003. The journal hosts an annual academic conference of global legal experts with past events covering issues such as autonomous vehicles,quantitative legal analysis,civil rights,and intellectual property. Professor David Blankfein-Tabachnick has served as Faculty Advisor of the journal since his appointment in 2016. In 2018,the journal began publishing an annual "Visionary Article Series," which features the work of one prominent legal scholar per year.
Lily Lawrence Batchelder is the Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation at New York University. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for tax policy from September 2021 to February 2024. She was the former chief tax counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee under the Obama administration and appointed to head Joe Biden’s IRS transition team.
Deborah N. Archer is an American civil rights lawyer and law professor. She is the Jacob K. Javits Professor at New York University and professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law. She also directs the Center on Race,Inequality,and the Law and the Civil Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law. In January 2021,she was elected president of the American Civil Liberties Union,becoming the first African American to hold the position in the organization’s history.
