| Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Abortion | By Amy E. Wong |
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The Supreme Court upholds the ban on the controversial abortion procedure in a 5-4 vote. The justices said that the government has a "legitimate, substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life."Their decision upholds the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which prohibits &l... |
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| Massacre & Aftermath: Why educational institutions? | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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| World-Renowned Novelist to Speak at Washington and Lee University | By Amy E. Wong |
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John Grisham will deliver a commencement address at Washington and Lee University on Saturday, May 12. Since the event will be open to the public, I’m predicting that a couple of paparazzi and Grisham fans will be elbowing their way into the event. Class president Allison Langston said, ... |
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| Supreme Court Will Concentrate on Saving the Environment | By Amy E. Wong |
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Speaking at a Federalist Society event at Caplin Pavilion on April 11, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement revealed that the Supreme Court docket is packed with key environmental, antitrust, and business cases. Clement, the 43rd solicitor general, handles all litigation for the U.S. in the Supreme ... |
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| A purposeful sprint: the LRAP style | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Some ran for fun, some for the cause, and some just ran out of curiosity. However, all of them ran and made the University of Minnesota Law School’s Race for Justice a resounding success. The annual run, in its fifth year now, is a 5K Fun Run and Walk designed to benefit the Loan R...
URL: http://www.law.umn.edu/news/race4justice2007.html
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| The Push to Write In Plain English | By Surajit Sen Sharma |
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| Law student frees man after 21 years of unlawful imprisonment | By Surajit Sen Sharma |
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Wendy Koen tracked down Denise Powell more than 20 years after the police took her to police station and said, “You’re not going to leave until you tell us something.” The police were investigating a carjacking attempt that resulted in the murder of a florist, Vincent Gonzales, in...
URL: http://www.kpbs.org/news/local?id=8002
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| Harvard Law’s CAP to promote child advocacy across disciplines | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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The Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program (CAP), in collaboration with the American Bar Association (ABA), held its first conference to deliberate on the legal problems that children face.Attended by prominent speakers from the New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s office, the Massachusetts De...
URL: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518272
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| A step towards reducing the cost burden for Washington students | By Surajit Sen Sharma |
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Students found friends in Washington this week when the Senate passed initiatives to cut the costs of higher education.The Senate unanimously passed a supplementary bill SHB 2300 that will force textbook publishers to disclose pricing and related information to purchasers. The House had initia... |
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| Where does the U.S. fail to rock the cradle? | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Why is the U.S. so tightfisted when it comes to parental leave policies?Saul Levmore, dean of the University of Chicago Law School, will discuss various reasons explaining this phenomenon in his lecture “Parental Leave and Other Embarrassments” on April 17.In his lecture, Levmore will co...
URL: http://lawwww.cwru.edu/curriculum/news_detail.asp?id=317&content_id=5
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