South Texas College Law Houston student serves as observer for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad pretrial hearings
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Walker, a third-year law student who plans to pursue criminal prosecution, jumped at the opportunity to witness history after first learning about the U.S. Department of Defense’s call for observers from his criminal procedure professor, Geoffrey S. Corn. After passing a federal background check and updating his passport, Walker flew…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Clinic is partnering with the Polk County legal community to host a Saturday Expungement Community Court on Nov. 23. Prior to the event, University of Tennessee legal clinic students trained in expungement law will review the criminal records of those who pre-register and determine…
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LAW — The research of University of Tennessee College of Law Professor Maurice Stucke is playing a role in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into whether tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have too much power in the marketplace. Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi, co-authors of the forthcoming book “Competition Overdose,” were…
Read More about University of Tennessee Law professor Maurice Stucke advises House Judiciary Committee investigation into large tech companiesSupreme Court of Texas hears oral arguments at Texas A&M Law
TEXAS A&M TODAY — Justices heard oral arguments on two cases before an audience of Texas A&M School of Law faculty and students. At issue before the Court were two cases: William Brewer v. Lennox Health Product, involving the sanctioning of an attorney, and re: Murrin Brothers, which involves how organizations are represented when their owners are…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — Students and alumni discuss their experiences volunteering to help others.
Read More about University of Virginia Law students and alumni share experiences providing pro bono servicesCase Western Reserve Law professors author amicus brief for Supreme Court case on The Hague Child Abduction Convention
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Seven CWRU Law professors were the lead authors on an Amicus Brief submitted by the law school’s Cox International Law Center in August 2019 to the U.S. Supreme Court in Monasky v. Taglieri, a case about The Hague Child Abduction Convention. The brief argues that the Court should be guided by international and foreign…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law professors author amicus brief for Supreme Court case on The Hague Child Abduction ConventionUniversity of Houston Law professor Anthony Chase contributes to amicus brief in U.S. Court of Appeals
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Parts of an amicus brief that included contributions from University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor Anthony Chase was mentioned in a decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The brief argued that the FCC violated the law by failing to consider the implications for…
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SMU LAW — SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a First Amendment Clinic in Fall 2020, thanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from the Stanton Foundation. The Clinic will focus on First Amendment issues including free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly and petition. This funding will cover the core operating…
Read More about Southern Methodist University Law launches First Amendment ClinicYale Law students from San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project assist in blocking ‘public charge’ immigration policy
YALE LAW — Students from the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project at Yale Law School (SFALP) assisted in securing a major ruling with nationwide ramifications for immigrant families last week. On October 11, 2019, a federal judge granted an injunction blocking a newly revised “public charge” rule from being applied to residents in California, Maine, Pennsylvania,…
Read More about Yale Law students from San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project assist in blocking ‘public charge’ immigration policyUniversity at Buffalo Law hosts panel on Child Victims Act
WBFO 88.7 — The University at Buffalo Law School on Monday hosted a look at the Child Victims Act, the new state law that has reopened New York’s history of sexual abuse for a one-year window. The law allows victims to go to court against abusers, even if the abuse occurred decades ago.The panel in O’Brian…
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