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I wouldn’t go so far as to say the legal community has reached a pivotal moment where it redefines itself and will stand from now on for some sort of higher ideal. But recent events have shown us that the legal world has limits. It is willing to live with situations, at least for a while, that many would deem disagreeable, objectionable and even dishonorable. But there is a point at which at ...

School of Law The U of A School of Law and the Board of Advocates will host the final round of the 2022 Negotiations Competition at 9 a.m. in the E.J. Ball Courtroom on April 8. The campus community is invited to attend the event in-person or view it online. A total of 18 teams and many solo competitors participated in the intra-school competition, and the final two teams will compete in the...

Black Law Students Association The Black Law Students Association invites students to attend the Brummer's Symposium at 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the U of A School of Law Courtroom, room 240. Every other year, Black Law Students Association hosts a program called the Brummer's Symposium, in honor of Chauncey Brummer, the first Black professor at the U of A School of Law. The symposium serves...

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Community members gathered at the state capitol on Sunday protesting an anti-transgender law passed last week. Governor Stitt enacted the SB2 bill on Wednesday that prevents trans youth from competing in high school and college sports. They say it's discrimination, marginalizing the LGBTQ community. Supporters placed athletic shoes on the Capitol steps.

NEW YORK — It’s hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to toughen the state’s bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep people from being jailed because they are poor. Reform advocates say the system should be left alone. Police leaders and even some of the governor’s fellow Democrats say the proposal doesn’t go far enough to roll back what they consid...

Photo: Metro Creative Services Salem resident Natasha Quesnell-Theno took action when public health officials advised people to work from home as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. She turned on her oven and started baking sugar cookies for neighbors. The business, Wicked Cute Confections, quickly took off. Customers ordered hand-decorated treats for baby showers, birthday celebra...

(Photo supplied/ABC 57) Indiana’s new law allowing people to carry a handgun without a permit is raising concerns from the state’s gun-safety advocates. Under the law signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb last month, it’ll still be illegal for folks who were barred from carrying a handgun before the measure passed to do so come July, when the law takes effect. But without the permitting process, said J...

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were dispatched to the scene of a barricaded armed suspect in Rancho Dominguez Sunday evening. The incident was first reported at around 7:15 p.m. on Frailey Avenue in Compton, though it was unclear what prompted the standoff in the first place. Special Enforcement Bureau personnel were also called to the scene to assist the LASD Compton Statio...

This week on Everyday Injustice we talk with Santa Clara Law Professor David Ball. Among the topics we discuss are his work on the Corrections Committee of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section where he has been co-chair. We talk about mass incarceration and alternatives to traditional incarceration. We talk about the new jail in Santa Clara County and about the need for bail reform. We also ta...