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Faculty & Staff

Kagan Known for Openness, Assertiveness at Harvard

Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard Law School while she was dean. But even her supporters here say she also has a temper.

May 20, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Thurgood Marshall Connection Invites Admiration, Criticism of Supreme Court Nominee

While conservatives have criticized Elena Kagan’s relationship with the late justice, for whom she clerked in 1987 to 1988, some liberals and African-Americans have praised Kagan for her connection to the pioneering jurist.

May 18, 2010

African-American

ACLU, Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Arizona Law

The American Civil Liberties Union, along with national and Arizona-based civil rights organizations, filed a legal challenge Monday to Arizona’s tough new immigration law.

May 17, 2010

Home

Senate Panel Advances Law Professor’s Bid for Federal Appellate Judgeship

University of California-Berkeley professor Goodwin Liu, who is President Barack Obama’s pick for a San Francisco-based appeals court, survived his first Senate test Thursday but still faces strong Republican opposition.

May 13, 2010

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Louisiana Senate Bill Could Hobble State’s Law School Clinics

Law clinics at universities across Louisiana fear State Sen. Robert Adley’s proposal could force them to close, leaving impoverished clients without free legal services in cases ranging from child support to water pollution. Adley said he’s heard those concerns and plans to put limits on the legislation.

May 10, 2010

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Supreme Court Nominee’s Rapid Ascent Tied Largely to Career in Academe

Elena Kagan’s reputation for bringing together liberals and conservatives on Harvard’s notoriously fractious law school faculty appears to hold the key to her rapid rise. She could one day play a similar role on an ideologically divided Supreme Court.

May 10, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee Law Students Wrap Up First Year of Innocence Clinic

University of Tennessee law students have completed their first year of a clinical program designed to explore the provable innocence claims of inmates and help set them free.

May 9, 2010

Students

NCAA Scrutiny Helps Hasten Decline of Tradition-Rich Black Prep School

The NCAA’s academic probe of the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina adds another blemish to the financially endangered prep school’s legacy.

May 9, 2010

African-American

Black Scholar Denied Pa. Law License In 1847 Admitted to State Bar

As a scholar, poet and abolitionist, George B. Vashon broke barriers in the 1800s: he was the first Black to graduate from Oberlin College, the first Black lawyer in New York state and the first Black professor at Howard University.

May 4, 2010

Latinx

Professor Behind Controversial Arizona Law Also Works Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

Traveling around the country to undo laws benefiting undocumented immigrants, law professor Kris Kobach is to the in-state tuition for undocumented student movement what Ward Connerly is to affirmative action in college admissions.

May 2, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit Challenging Florida Legislature’s Tuition Authority Moves Forward

A group including former Gov. and ex-U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will continue a lawsuit challenging the Legislature’s authority to set tuition at state universities, although one of its partners has withdrawn.

April 26, 2010

African-American

South Carolina Manual Drops ‘Negro’ and ‘Scalawag’ References

The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references “Negro” or “scalawag” in historical listings of Reconstruction leaders.

April 21, 2010