GW Report Urges Wealthy Countries and Companies to Help Africans Develop “Social Contract” to Combat AIDS Crisis |
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The
George Washington University Law School’s Creative and Innovative
Economy Center (CIEC) released a report today that makes 11
recommendations on how to approach Africa’s worsening AIDS epidemic. Currently, 26 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa are HIV positive. ...
URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~newsctr/pressrelease.cfm?ann_id=25061
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South Texas College of Law Wins National Constitutional Law Advocacy Competition |
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South Texas College of Law is continuing its winning streak. After
93 wins in the National Constitutional Law Advocacy Competition, the
school has made another two wins--first and second place--in the
competition, which is hosted by William & Mary School of Law in Virginia. ...
URL: http://www.stcl.edu/hottopics/95boa_wins.html
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Nonprofit Legal E-source |
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The University of Arkansas School
of Law and School of Continuing Education and Academic Research have
earned a grant from the Community Care Foundation for their online legal e-source.Launched
last year, the website—which features video lectures, a glossary of
terms, and frequently asked ...
URL: http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/10115.htm
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Pepperdine University School of Law Hosted a Conference on Diversity in the Legal Profession |
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The Institute on Law,
Religion, and Ethics hosted a conference at Pepperdine University on
Feb. 24 to discuss the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in law
schools and the legal profession. In the famously diverse state of California, 1.7% of all lawyers are African-American, 3.8% are Lati...
URL: http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/releases/2007/february/diversity.htm
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BC Law Professor’s New Book Cites Failure of Corporate Law |
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Kent Greenfield, law professor at Boston College, critiques the notion of “public” companies in his new book, The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities. He
asserts that shareholders, workers, and creditors have little say with
regard to t...
URL: http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/newsevents/2007-archive/22607.html
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A License to Blog? |
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Ann Althouse, University of Wisconsin law professor and famed blogger, wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times, in which she explores the politics of blogging. Althouse writes, “When
you read a political blog, you might be running into someone like me, a
solo blogger who reacts casu...
URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/27/opinion/edalthouse.php
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Critics Bash Mexican Truck Decision |
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Mexican truck drivers will now be able to carry their cargo across the U.S. border. The
Bush administration’s decision is now drawing ire from labor leaders
and members of Congress who are contending that Mexico’s substandard
trucks and low-paid drivers will threaten our nationa...
URL: http://www.sierratimes.com/07/02/24/truck.htm
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Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project Helps Launch Breakthrough Initiative for Documentary Filmmakers |
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Stanford Law School has been generating a lot of media buzz. Word in the ’hood, and on The Hollywood Reporter for that matter, is that the law school’s Fair Use Project and Center for Internet and Society
will vigorously protect the “fair use” policy that so many docum...
URL: http://www.law.stanford.edu/news/pr/51/
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Pepperdine University School of Law Hosted a Conference on Diversity in the Legal Profession |
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Description:
The Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics hosted a conference at Pepperdine
University on Feb. 24 to discuss the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in law
schools and the legal profession.
In the famously diverse state of
California, 1.7% of all lawyers are African-American, 3.8% are...
URL: http://www.pepperdine.edu/pr/releases/2007/february/diversity.htm
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