For all those. like me, interested in civil procedure and professional practice attending CLS this fall this is very good news:

"Ted Shaw, the longtime director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), has joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, dean David Schizer announced this morning. Shaw will be a professor of professional practice, specializing in civil procedure and constitutional law"
Check it out:
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/03/coup-for-columb.html

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I suggest you read his biography, it is very interesting and quite amazing, especially if you consider that he has dedicated all his life to civil rights:

http://www.naacpldf.org/content.aspx?article=47

Sloan, how did you find such news? Are you interested in civil rights?

L.

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