Tag: Law: Page 104

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Says It’s Not Responsible for Hazing Death

Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion.

September 11, 2012

Students

Death of FAMU Band Member Puts Other Universities on Notice

With FAMU’s internationally known “Marching 100” band suspended for an indefinite period, presidents, student life officials and band directors at many schools say they are taking new steps to reinforce their anti-hazing policies.

November 29, 2011

Students

Vermont Law, Long a Holdout, Lifting Military Ban

The policy barring military recruiters dated from the mid-1980s, years before the Clinton administration adopted the policy that became known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 1993.

October 4, 2011

Home

Michigan State Student Wins Prize for Research on Supreme Court

After a year of sifting through hundreds of legal documents, Sydney Hawthorne discovered bad news for people who are poor: Their cases are less likely to get heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 19, 2011

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Federal Appeals Court to Consider Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the work of one of its three-judge panels and said it would decide the legality of Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring.

September 11, 2011

LGBTQ+

Saluting Dorothy Height

Cox, Matthews & Associates, the publisher of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, is proud to honor the life of celebrated civil rights activist Dorothy Height.

September 3, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

Gov. Jerry Brown Nominates Scholar Goodwin Liu to California High Court

A California law professor was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the second-highest court in the country.

July 27, 2011

Native Americans

Native American Rights Lawyer, Former University of Colorado Law Dean Dies at 68

The Boulder Daily Camera reports that university officials say David Getches died at his home on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.

July 7, 2011

STEM

Freeing the Unjustly Imprisoned: Innocence Project Affiliates Flourish, Many Tied to Universities

Innocence Projects in more than 40 states work hard to overturn wrongful convictions and expose systematic errors and official misconduct.

July 7, 2011

Students

Diversity Still Matters in Michigan

Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.

June 8, 2011

Students

Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling

The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.

June 7, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu Withdraws Appellate Court Judgeship Bid

Amid unflinching Republican opposition, embattled judicial nominee Goodwin Liu has officially withdrawn his name for a federal post that many political and legal insiders have viewed as his stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court.

May 26, 2011