Arizona State University Law faculty urge pardons for federal marijuana offenders
YAHOO!FINANCE — Weldon Angelos, president of The Weldon Project, and Erik Luna, director of the Academy for Justice at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, announced today that they co-wrote and signed a letter to President Joe Biden, requesting a general pardon to all persons subject to federal criminal or civil…
Read More about Arizona State University Law faculty urge pardons for federal marijuana offendersArizona State University Law professor Robert Miller discusses Indigenous Nations’ influence on the US Constitution
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — Northeastern State University will mark Constitution Day this year by hosting a virtual presentation examining Indigenous people’s influences on the U.S. Constitution. Constitution Day is the federal observance of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. At noon on this year’s Constitution Day, Robert Miller (Eastern Shawnee), a tribal judge…
Read More about Arizona State University Law professor Robert Miller discusses Indigenous Nations’ influence on the US ConstitutionUniversity of Arkansas Law professor Sharon Foster to lecture on the birth of competition law
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — According to the PEW Research Center, the wealth gap between America’s richest and poorest families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016. This accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few is a perennial problem that has bred unrest, and it will be part of the focus of a public lecture being offered by…
Read More about University of Arkansas Law professor Sharon Foster to lecture on the birth of competition lawUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock Law receives grant for court observation project
WILLIAM H. BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW — The UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has received a $1 million grant from Walmart, Inc. The grant will fund a Court Observation Project through Bowen’s new Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. The Project will introduce a state-wide court observation initiative that will create…
Read More about University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law receives grant for court observation projectUC Irvine Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center hosts virtual conference on the dangers facing US democracy
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Fair Elections and Free Speech Center is delighted to announce the details of its September 24, 2021 conference, “Election Subversion: Is American Democracy in Danger?” This virtual event will bring together leading election officials, scholars of democracy, lawyers, political strategists and legal scholars…
Read More about UC Irvine Law Fair Elections and Free Speech Center hosts virtual conference on the dangers facing US democracyUC Irvine Law receives additional support for the Crowell & Moring Diversity Scholarship
UCI LAW — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that Crowell & Moring has generously committed an additional $250,000 to support the Crowell & Moring Diversity Scholarship. When combined with last year’s gift, the law firm has now donated upwards of $500,000 to the scholarship fund. Due to a…
Read More about UC Irvine Law receives additional support for the Crowell & Moring Diversity ScholarshipUCLA Law students help Yurok Tribe to reclaim food sovereignty
DAILY BRUIN — Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty. The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River. As a result of colonialism, Yurok territory was forcibly reduced to what is now the current Yurok Reservation,…
Read More about UCLA Law students help Yurok Tribe to reclaim food sovereigntyUniversity of Cincinnati Law student Zamira Saidi draws upon experiences in Afghanistan to focus on gender equality
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW — Nestled away in the mountains, the village Khost in the Baghlan Province of Afghanistan is where Zamira Saidi (LLM ‘19, JD ‘22) began her education journey. Her family fled to Khost during the Taliban uprising in the 1990s, along with other families trying to escape Taliban rule. At…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law student Zamira Saidi draws upon experiences in Afghanistan to focus on gender equalityCSU Cleveland-Marshall Law Pretrial Justice Clinic student Kailey Leary advocates for bail reform at Ohio state legislature
CLEVAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 3L student Kailey Leary had the opportunity to advocate for Senate Bill 182, bail reform legislation being considered by Ohio’s state legislature as part of the CSU C|M|LAW Criminal Justice Center’s new Pretrial Justice Clinic.“Researching and preparing my testimony in support of SB 182 was an incredible…
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CSU CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW — CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 3L student Kailey Leary had the opportunity to advocate for Senate Bill 182, bail reform legislation being considered by Ohio’s state legislature as part of the CSU C|M|LAW Criminal Justice Center’s new Pretrial Justice Clinic.
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