Hofstra Law celebrates Constitution Day
THE HOFSTRA CHRONICLE — Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law celebrated the day when state delegates signed the Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The School of Law hosted a conversation with Michael Dreeben, the former U.S. deputy solicitor general in charge of the Department of Justice’s criminal docket. Dreeben represented the U.S. in over 100 cases before…
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Professor Hank Chambers, an expert in constitutional and criminal law, was recently appointed to Governor Ralph Northam’s newly formed Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in Virginia Law. The Commission is tasked with reviewing the Virginia Acts of Assembly and the Code of Virginia “with the goal of identifying and making recommendations to…
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STANFORD LAW — On September 19, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a crucial decision in favor of clinic clients Pit River Tribe and several environmental organizations in one of the Environmental Law Clinic’s longest-running cases. Affirming the district court’s ruling, the Ninth Circuit held that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to…
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UVA LAW — Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87 of the University of Virginia School of Law and five of her students helped draft legislation now before Congress that aims to reduce environmental harms to minority communities. The Environmental Justice Act of 2019 would require the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal departments to act directly to alleviate…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Senate GOP leader, Lamar Alexander, mulls piecemeal update to Higher Education Act tied to HBCU funding, which could include short-term Pell, student data, FAFSA simplification and lifting prison Pell ban. But plan might be tough sell for Democrats.
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POLITICO — Democrats are holding the hearing on the public service loan forgiveness program as complaints about rejections have made it to the 2020 presidential campaign trail. Nearly every Democratic contender has made expanding or fixing the program a part of their education plan.
Read More about House Committee conducts hearing on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program problemsCase Western Reserve Law debuts project on Yemen war crimes accountability
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY LAW — In Fall 2018, the Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office at Case Western Reserve University School of Law launched the Yemen Accountability Project, a student initiative to document and map war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Yemeni Civil War.
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CATHOLIC UNIV. COLUMBUS LAW — The United States Senate confirmed Catholic Law Professor Robert Destro as the next Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Destro’s new role at the State Department is tasked with promoting democracy, civic and religious freedom around the world.
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PACE UNIVERSITY HAUB LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s Global Center for Environmental Law further cements its global impact by submitting nine motions for consideration at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Conference. Haub Law is one of only two law schools in the United…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Surprise, out-of-network charges billed to privately insured Americans who received inpatient care at in-network hospitals more than doubled between 2010 and 2016, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A data-drive study by Laurence Baker (Stanford Law) and Michelle Mello (Standford Law) shows the financial…
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