List of federal courts changing or suspending operations amid coronavirus concerns
ABA JOURNAL — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will be closed to public visitors, although the building remains open for official business. All public lectures and visitor programs are temporarily suspended.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — On March 6, 2020, the American University Legislation and Policy Brief held its second annual symposium, “Presidential Powers Under the Constitution,” sponsored by AUWCL’s Program on Law and Government.
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UC BERKELEY LAW — Berkeley Law has become a leader in the field of consumer advocacy over the past decade, from the expansion of student-led groups to the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, founded two years ago.
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UC BERKELEY LAW — Digital Witness: Using Open Source Information for Human Rights Investigation, Documentation, and Accountability has just been published, and its first print run sold out almost instantly and hit the top spot in Amazon’s criminal evidence category.
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UC BERKELEY LAW — The Oakland City Council voted unanimously this week to adopt a set of privacy principles drafted by three students from the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, will address graduates at the Law School’s 119th commencement at the Ford Amphitheater, in Brooklyn, on May 15, 2020.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Evan Drake ’20, Executive Articles Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, was one of 15 law students nationally to receive the “Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” from the Burton Awards. He was honored for his note, Sovereign Immunity for Russia’s Rocket Engines? Enforcing the “Yukos” Award, 45 Brooklyn Journal of International Law (2019).
Read More about Brooklyn Law student Evan Drake wins Distinguished Legal Writing AwardUniversity of Colorado Law professor Suzette Malveaux testifies before Colorado Senate regarding discrimination on basis of hair
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — On Feb. 24, University of Colorado Law School Provost Professor of Law Suzette Malveaux testified before the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the CROWN Act of 2020. The CROWN Act (“Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020”) addresses discrimination on the basis of hair, a particularly…
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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — University of Colorado Law School Moses Lasky Professor of Law Sarah Krakoff provided testimony before the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States during an oversight hearing titled “Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing Tribal Cultures: The Trump Administration’s Construction of the Border Wall.”
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Mark Weber, the Vincent de Paul Professor of Law at the DePaul College of Law, proposed that the Department of Homeland Security’s recently enacted public charge rule will have an unjustified negative impact on people with disabilities.
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