Georgetown Law hosts conference on public surveillance
GEORGETOWN LAW — Gorgetown Law’s fourth conference on “The Color of Surveillance” on November 7. Past conferences have explored the government surveillance of African Americans, America’s religious minorities and immigrants; this year’s conference looked at the monitoring of poor and working people. The event was hosted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology, with…
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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH MAGAZINE — Law professor Clark Cunningham is using linguistic analysis to shed light on the original meaning of America’s founding documents.
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THE HARVARD GAZETTE — In new book, Lawrence Lessig says voter suppression, gerrymandering, big-money politics, and the Electoral College undermine democracy
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NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — The Board of Trustees of New England Law | Boston today announced that it has selected United States Ambassador to New Zealand and the Independent State of Samoa and former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown to lead the school as its next president and dean.
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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL LAW — A Northeastern Law team of faculty, students and graduates will be watching closely as lawmakers in Massachusetts debate “Conrad’s Law,” a bill that would make coerced suicide a crime. The bill calls for codifying coerced suicide as a separate crime, punishable by up to five years in prison. It would make it…
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WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus hosted area veterans during a Veterans Day recognition program on Monday, Nov. 11. Manning told the law school students that they can play a pivotal role in a veteran’s life, and become agents of change to help address issues veterans face in today’s society.…
Read More about WMU-Cooley Law honors veterans on Tampa Bay campusWilliam & Mary Law professor Timothy Zick publishes book on the First Amendment in today’s political era
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The First Amendment in the Trump Era (Oxford University Press, pp. 192), Zick, the John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship at William & Mary Law School, not only examines the growing number of First Amendment controversies in the past three years, but also connects present concerns to episodes…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The William & Mary Law School community came together on Veterans Day for a special event, the dedication of a flagpole and patio in honor of our nation’s veterans and in memory of the late Lizbeth A.S. Jackson. Jackson was a member of the Law School’s staff for 28 years…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL) presented the Eisenberg Prize for scholarship in the field of appellate practice and procedure to Professor Allison Orr Larsen and Professor Neal Devins for their article, “The Amicus Machine,” during the academy’s fall meeting in Chicago on October 25. The article appeared in…
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THE COLLEGIAN — A seven-person search committee has been working to find the best candidate to replace Curtis Bridgeman as the College of Law dean after his decision to return to being a faculty member. Together, the committee members have been reviewing the law dean applicants. These candidates were selected over the summer by two outside senior…
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