Boston College Law professor Ryan Williams discusses Constitutional theory at University of Houston Law Center
UH LAW CENTER — Ryan Williams, an assistant professor at Boston College Law School, questioned if a strict interpretive Constitutional theory should be adapted in his presentation “Should Lower Court Judges Be Originalists?” in the Hendricks Heritage Room last week.
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UH LAW CENTER — Natalie Ram, an assistant professor at University of Baltimore School of Law, argued that consumers should have a reasonable expectation of privacy from law enforcement surveillance even if they have made their genetic data available to genealogical or other consumer genetic third-party services.
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THE DAILY WILDCAT — For almost 30 years, University of Arizona’s Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program has been one of James E. Rogers College of Law’s most prominent programs. UA Law has recently been ranked number one by the National Jurist two years in a row for having the largest amount of Native American students.
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ALBANY LAW — Albany Law School and the Kate Stoneman Honorary Committee are proud to announce Barbara Underwood, Solicitor General of the State of New York, will deliver the keynote address at the 25th anniversary of Kate Stoneman Day—an annual celebration of women in law—on April 30, 2019, at Albany Law School.
Read More about New York’s Solicitor General Barbara Underwood to deliver keynote address at Albany Law’s Stoneman DayDemocrats push to ban mandatory arbitration from employment disputes, including law firms
LAW.COM — Congressional Democrats announced a package of bills Thursday that would ban forced arbitration of disputes over employment, consumer and antitrust issues and civil rights disputes. The bills come as major corporations such as Google Inc. are getting rid of mandatory arbitration for some employment disputes.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — ‘Total Liquidation Sale! Everything Must Go!” the signs screamed. Which was odd, because this wasn’t a furniture store or a carpet warehouse. It was Concordia College, a small historically black private college in Selma, Ala., and it was selling office equipment, classroom articles and athletic apparatus.
Read More about Opinion: Future population decline will affect small private collegesHarvard University study finds mental health disorders more common for graduate students
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — A recent Harvard study concluded that graduate students are over three times more likely than the average American to experience mental health disorders and depression. The study surveyed over 500 economics students from eight elite universities, also concluded that one in 10 students experienced suicidal thoughts over a two-week period.
Read More about Harvard University study finds mental health disorders more common for graduate studentsSenator Patty Murray wants higher education legislation to focus on college affordability
INISDE HIGHER ED — Senator Patty Murray said Thursday that an overhaul of the Higher Education Act should tackle college affordability directly by addressing state investment in public colleges and boosting federal spending on need-based aid programs like Pell Grants.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Inside Higher Ed is releasing our new report, “Diversifying Graduate Schools and the Faculty,” today. The students of American colleges are diversifying in many ways, and many colleges are finding that their faculties lack the kinds of diversity present in their undergraduate populations.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Senators urged to end financial aid at colleges that use legacy preferences and early decision and to ban research grants to universities that do not use a lottery system to admit applicants.
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