Boston College Law professor Sharon Beckman examines the impact of COVID-19 on the criminal justice system
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL MAGAZINE — What has the coronavirus pandemic revealed about our understanding of criminal justice and the system that supports it? The disproportionately devasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people of color and the poor parallels the disparate impact of criminal punishment on those communities.
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — In 2015, the US office of personnel management suffered one of the biggest cybersecurity breaches the us government has faced yet. Included among the leaked data were the raw fingerprint scans of 5.6 million people who had worked in the federal government. This means that, for 5.6 million Americans, someone out…
Read More about Boston University Law professor Tiffany C. Li discusses biometric privacyA look at Boston University Law’s In Real Law program providing mentorship to first-generation law students
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The In Real Law program connects first generation law students and law students of color to diverse, highly successful attorneys practicing in Boston.
Read More about A look at Boston University Law’s In Real Law program providing mentorship to first-generation law studentsBoston University Law professor David Rossman and students work to secure emergency release of inmates at risk of COVID-19
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — A pro bono effort spearheaded by Criminal Law Clinical Program Director David Rossman pairs BU Law students with local attorneys working to secure emergency release for inmates at risk of contracting the virus.
Read More about Boston University Law professor David Rossman and students work to secure emergency release of inmates at risk of COVID-19UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project publishes report on health risks of prisoners during the pandemic
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — People incarcerated in U.S. prisons tested positive for COVID-19 at a rate 5.5 times higher than the general public, according to a new paper co-authored by the UCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project and researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Read More about UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project publishes report on health risks of prisoners during the pandemicCase Western Reserve Law professor Katharine Van Tassel to testify on equitable delivery of medical services during pandemic
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel will testify before the Ohio Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights at its July hearing, Civil Rights and Equity in the Delivery of Medical and Public Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ohio.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professor Katharine Van Tassel to testify on equitable delivery of medical services during pandemicFordham Law Leitner Center for International Law and Justice hosts panel on criminal justice reform
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On June 17, Fordham Law School’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, the Center on Race, Law and Justice, and Black Law Students Association invited Judge Theodore A. McKee, the fourth African American to sit on the Third Circuit’s U.S. Court of Appeals, Judge Ann Claire Williams, the first woman of color to serve…
Read More about Fordham Law Leitner Center for International Law and Justice hosts panel on criminal justice reformFordham Law offers online course on privacy and technology law
THE NATIONAL JURIST — A law school in New York is adapting to COVID-19 and wants to ensure that students are prepared for post-pandemic needs. Fordham University School of Law will be offering a new, online course in July that addresses privacy and technology Law.
Read More about Fordham Law offers online course on privacy and technology lawFordham Law China Law Society hosts symposium on legal clashes and cooperation between US and China
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The student-led Fordham China Law Society persevered through three months of uncertainty, rescheduling, and technical learning curves to virtually host its first annual symposium, titled “Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments between China and the U.S.,” on June 18. Five attorneys were invited to discuss how the recognition and enforcement of foreign…
Read More about Fordham Law China Law Society hosts symposium on legal clashes and cooperation between US and ChinaLewis and Clark Law Earthrise Law Center files lawsuit to protect Maui dolphins
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — On May 21, 2020, Earthrise, and their co-counsel Sea Shepherd Legal, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society challenging the U.S. government’s failure to protect New Zealand’s critically endangered Māui dolphin.
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