Stephanie Francis Ward

Aug 28, 2023 | abajournal.com | Stephanie Francis Ward

Home Daily News Investigations of federal judges are rare… Asked and Answered Investigations of federal judges are rare and should happen more, former clerk says After almost 40 years on the bench, Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sued her chief, two judge colleagues and the Federal Circuit Judicial Council, following a court committee interview and a medical records request, which she denied, and a suggestion that she should be suspended from work...

Aug 16, 2023 | abajournal.com | Stephanie Francis Ward

Home Web First Professors, administrators and counsel applaud… Legal Education Professors, administrators and counsel applaud proposed ABA standard on academic freedom By Stephanie Francis Ward Following various controversies around campus speech and a U.S. House of Representatives committee request to investigate a Stanford Law School incident, the Strategic Review Committee of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has proposed a new accreditation standard focused on...

Jul 20, 2023 | abajournal.com | Stephanie Francis Ward

HomeWeb FirstIn new admissions cycle, law schools trying…Law SchoolsIn new admissions cycle, law schools trying to avoid ‘litigation bait’ with race-neutral plansBy Stephanie Francis WardAfter last month’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion that found race-conscious university admissions decisions to be unconstitutional, the clock is ticking for law schools determining what to do when the new applications cycle begins in September.

Jun 29, 2023 | abajournal.com | Stephanie Francis Ward

Jun 26, 2023 | abajournal.com | Stephanie Francis Ward