Race, Equality & Indian Tribes
On February 6, Professor Bethany Berger will present "Race, Equality & Indian Tribes" at the University of Miami School of Law as part of the 2012 Faculty Speaker Series.
Professor Berger is a judge with the Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals, and past chair of the Indian Nations and Indigenous People’s Section of the American Association of Law Schools. She is an executive editor and co-author of Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law, the preeminent treatise in the field, and is a co-author of a casebook, American Indian Law: Cases and Commentary (West 2008), with Robert Anderson, Philip Frickey, and Sarah Krakoff, and the author of a number of articles on federal Indian law and property. She served as the Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School in the 2008-2009 academic year.
Recent Homepage Highlights
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On May 25, Professor James Kwak and his co-author, Simon Johnson, will present a talk about their latest book, White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You, at the Harvard Book Store.
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On May 23, Professor Joseph MacDougald will address the Connecticut Legislature's Shoreline Preservation Task Force where he will speak on identifying the problems municipalities face in addressing the statewide problem of coast storm erosion and sea level rise with only local tools.
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The Law School held its 89th Commencement on Sunday May 20th and awarded degrees to 238 graduates.
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Professor Terry Tondro, a professor at the Law School for 35 years, is remembered in an article in The Hartford Courant in its "Extraordinary Life" series.
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For Jonathan Winter, finals week was a time to clear his mind, travel, and compete. That’s because throughout his time at the School of Law, Winter also was a competitive rower, representing the U.S. at events across the globe.
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Charlotte Hinkle '12 can’t pinpoint exactly why giving back is so important to her. It’s just something she has always valued and strived to do.
