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February 16, 2022

NAACP hosts critical race theory forum headlined by IU law professor - WISHTV.com

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Constitution Society teamed up to host a forum on critical race theory Wednesday at IUPUI’s McKinney School of Law. In 1989, IU Maurer School of Law Professor Kevin Brown participated in the first the first CRT seminar. He says CRT focuses on how how the economic disparities between Blacks an...
February 16, 2022

‘Consent’ isn’t in Colorado’s sexual assault law. Lawmakers hope to change that - Greeley Tribune

Bundled against freezing temperatures, a lone pedestrian moves along Bannock Street with the State Capitol in the background early Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in downtown Denver. Colorado’s “very confusing, very outdated, and archaic” law about felony sexual assault, as Rep. Matt Soper put it, is poised for an update after it cleared an initial committee unanimously Tuesday. As it’s w...
February 16, 2022

Atlanta police meet with law enforcement agencies to discuss safety as homicides, rapes trend upward - FOX 5 Atlanta

ATLANTA - Murders and rapes are up in the city of Atlanta this year, that's according to data from the Atlanta Police Department. On Wednesday, several law enforcement leaders from across the metro met with APD to brainstorm ideas and look for a solution. Atlanta police have investigated at least 14 shooting just this month alone including four deadly. Chief Rodney Bryant said when agencies a...
February 16, 2022

Boaters rescued off Marco Island questioned by law enforcement after being saved - Wink News

Boaters rescued off Marco Island questioned by law enforcement after being savedThree people were found safe after they briefly went missing following a fishing trip. The Coast Guard says they were more than 20 miles west offshore of Marco Island and are now investigating the situation.CONNECTING... Three people were found safe after they briefly went missing following a fishing trip. The Coa...
February 16, 2022

Annual fire burning law takes effect across Virginia - WDBJ7

A Roanoke County Fire and Rescue truck used specifically for brush fires. (Will Thomas) ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Each year from February 15 to April 30, a fire burning law goes into effect across Virginia. “There can be no open burning between midnight and 4 p.m. So there are only eight hours a day, between 4 p.m. and midnight, where open burning can take place,” said Brian Clingenpeel, C...
February 16, 2022

Judge halts Loudoun's school mask mandate as state mask-optional law takes effect - The Washington Post

A Loudoun County judge issued a temporary injunction Wednesday immediately barring the county’s public school system from enforcing its mask mandate the same day the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation requiring all districts to go mask-optional by March 1. The measure, signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), will probably bring to an end legal wrangling over two lawsui...
February 16, 2022

Law enforcement seize nearly 67lbs of marijuana in Madison Co. traffic stop - WBBJ TV - WBBJ-TV

Law enforcement seize nearly 67lbs of marijuana in Madison Co. traffic stop - WBBJ TV  WBBJ-TV
February 16, 2022

Metro Atlanta law enforcement agencies meet to discuss crime fighting - CBS46 News Atlanta

Metro Atlanta law enforcement agencies meet to discuss crime fighting  CBS46 News Atlanta
February 16, 2022

Miami hires law firm to address union - Miami Student

Miami University hired a law firm to help address faculty unionization. Miami University has hired the law offices of Porter Wright to assist the university in navigating law surrounding unionization, wrote Jessica Rivinius, senior director of News and Communication, in an email sent to The Miami Student. “No employer would attempt to navigate these waters without appropriate legal advice,” R...
February 16, 2022

Stanford Law Scholars Institute - Special Programs - Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School’s SLSI is a leadership and pipeline program for college students from broadly diverse backgrounds and designed to address obstacles that underrepresented minority, first-generation, and low-income undergraduate students in particular might face to accessing legal education. All students are invited to apply. During this first year of the program, twenty Law Scholars will b...