Mississippi Law helps end practice of jailing citizens accused of misdemeanors in City of Moss Point
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW – The City of Moss Point, Mississippi, has agreed to stop the practice of jailing citizens while they wait to appear in court on misdemeanor charges, such as disorderly conduct or public intoxication. The settlement agreement was reached in a federal civil rights class action lawsuit filed by…
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS – For the students in the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Juvenile Justice Clinic, Dixon’s story drove home the need for sentencing reform.
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TULANE UNIVERSITY – It’s part of a new partnership between the Tulane Sports Law Program and the New Orleans Urban Youth Academy. Adding a sports law program was the brainchild of UYA director Eddie Davis III and Gabe Feldman, law professor and director of the Tulane Sports Law Program.
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KSTU (FOX SALT LAKE CITY) – A law professor and his students are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether a life without parole sentence for a 17-year-old convicted killer is excessive.
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YALE LAW SCHOOL – The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (MFIA) at Yale Law School ended an 11-year legal battle on Monday, after a gag order forbidding their client from speaking about a National Security Letter (NSL) he received from the FBI was lifted.
Read More about Yale Law Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic wins long legal battle over FBI national security letterRutgers Law launches project on digital journalism
RUTGERS TODAY – Thanks to a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Rutgers Law Professor Ellen P. Goodman has launched the RIIPL News Law Project to help New Jersey and other journalists deal with today’s most pressing newsgathering legal questions.
Read More about Rutgers Law launches project on digital journalismJames H. Rosenblatt, Dean Emeritus of Mississippi College Law, wins AALS Section on Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities award
THE CLARION-LEDGER – Jim Rosenblatt, dean emeritus, will receive the 2016 Deborah L. Rhode Award from the Association of American Law Schools for his investment and commitment to pro bono work and public interest programs.
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FIND MBA – HEC Paris has partnered with the Georgetown University Law Center to offer two new dual-degree options, including an MBA/Master of Law (LL.M.) program and a Master in Management (MiM)/LL.M. program.
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TAMPA BAY TIMES — This year, the 45-year-old Rosenbury became dean of the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, the first female permanent dean in the school’s 106-year-history. She recently spoke with the Tampa Bay Times.
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY – You don’t go into human rights work expecting to see massive change overnight. But that’s just what happened to students working with Professor Sandra Babcock on behalf of Malawian death-row prisoners as part of Cornell Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.
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