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FAMU Law School Still Facing Growing Pains

Since becoming interim dean of Florida A&M University College of Law, James M. Douglas has overseen the school’s relocation into a new $30 million building…

May 17, 2006

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Man Freed by Law School to Graduate from Same School

On Christmas Eve 1996, Christopher Ochoa went back to his Texas prison cell and pressed a razor blade to his forearm. He was serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit and was ready to end it all. But Ochoa didn’t follow through. And on Friday, he will have a new life awaiting when he…

May 10, 2006

International

For Illegal College Students, An Uncertain Future

Amy Chen* grew up in New York, living the life of a typical suburban American girl…

May 4, 2006

International

For Illegal College Students, An Uncertain Future

Amy Chen* grew up in New York, living the life of a typical surburban American girl, with one exception – she’s been living in the United States illegally ever since her parents emigrated from Taiwan when she was an infant.

May 3, 2006

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For Missing Civil Rights Hero, A Degree at Last

If Lloyd Gaines is alive, his law degree is waiting for him. The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law has decided to award an honorary degree to Gaines 68 years after…

May 3, 2006

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Florence Mars, Civil Rights Author, Dies at 84

Florence Mars, whose book about the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers won praise from many but made her the target of the Ku Klux Klan, has died, a relative said Monday. She was 84…

April 24, 2006

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Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus…

March 22, 2006

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Hispanic Bar Association Calls for Better Law School Recruiting

Nelson Castillo was an unlikely candidate for law school: The son of a Salvadoran housekeeper who immigrated illegally, he was a two-time high school dropout, a gas station attendant whose…

March 15, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Linda L. Ammons has been named dean of Widener University School of Law, effective July 1. She will be the first female and the first African-American to lead the law school. Currently, Ammons is serving as associate dean and professor of law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She earned a bachelor’s from Oakwood College, and […]

March 8, 2006

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Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite some universities’ objections to the…

March 6, 2006

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UC Riverside Professor Details Racist Experiences at Stanford Law School

Dr. Alfredo Mirandé, chair of the ethnic studies department at the University of California, Riverside explores the challenges of being a Latino at the prestigious Stanford Law School…

February 15, 2006

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Emerging Scholars: Blazing A Path of Distinction

By the time Spencer Overton’s first book, Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression…

January 11, 2006