Northern Kentucky Law professor Amy Halbrook files amicus brief to Supreme Court of Kentucky on death penalty prohibition for juveniles
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW — For most lawyers with death-penalty practices, a case pending in the Supreme Court of Kentucky represents a potentially landmark decision. For Chase College of Law Professor Amy Halbrook, it is that and a link between when she was a law student and now a professor.
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SANTA CLARA LAW MAGAZINE — Santa Clara Law Professor David Ball has a forthcoming NYU Law Review article on the topic of preventive detention of arrestees and whether pretrial decisions can truly be made in a vacuum, or are influenced by unconscious psychological bias.
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THE CRIME REPORT — Bail reform measures adopted in 2017 by the Chief Judge of the Cook County Courts in Chicago led to a “substantial increase” in crimes committed by individuals released pretrial, according to researchers from the University of Utah.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The Center for Legal and Court Technology (CLCT) and William & Mary Law School have announced that the new, interdisciplinary seminar “Cyber & Information Security Essentials” is now in full swing.
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — William & Mary Law School hosted its fifth Marshall-Wythe Lecture in Legal History during a visit on February 25-26 from Professor James Q. Whitman of Yale Law School. Whitman, the Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale, delivered a talk titled “Owning Humans, Owning Land: Two Primitive Modes…
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CARDOZO LAW — The Cardozo student who has self-quarantined has tested negative for the Corona Virus and does not have COVID-19. The student is symptom-free and has had no contact for 15 days with the lawyer who is hospitalized. I want to respect this person’s privacy but also to express my profound gratitude for this student’s spirit and…
Read More about Cardozo Law dean Melanie Leslie updates campus on coronavirus student infection and school policiesBoston University Law professor Danielle K. Citron discusses free speech and privacy at William & Mary Law
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — Professor Danielle K. Citron presented William & Mary Law School’s Annual George Wythe Lecture on Monday, March 2. Citron is a Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law where she teaches and writes about privacy, free speech and civil procedure.
Read More about Boston University Law professor Danielle K. Citron discusses free speech and privacy at William & Mary LawCardozo Law professor Deborah Pearlstein testifies before House Committee on the constitutional role of Congress regarding national policy
CARDOZO LAW — Professor Deborah Pearlstein testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Rules on March 3rd on the responsibility of the legislative branch. The hearing examined the constitutional role of Congress in matters such as national emergencies, foreign policy, and government funding.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER –Pulling from his work titled, “The Politicization of Human Rights: Within the Inter-American System and Beyond,” University of Connecticut School of Law professor Ángel Oquendo spoke about conflict surrounding pervading the Inter-American Human Rights System engendered by opposition from countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua.
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY THOMAS R. KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A new book by Professor David S. Cohen and UCSF sociologist Carole Joffe describes the many ways a woman seeking an abortion is burdened by the state, government and society, from the moment she finds out she’s pregnant to the moment of the procedure – if she…
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