Law in Focus Webinar Considers Role of Faulty Forensic Evidence in Wrongful Convictions, July 13
July 8, 2021
The University of Baltimore School of Law's next Law in Focus webinar, on July 13, will consider how "bad" forensic evidence has become a staple of prosecution cases against criminal defendants. Brandon L. Garrett, the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law and author of the new book Autopsy of a Crime Lab, poses questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Garrett, who directs the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke, will be joined by Erica J. Suter, director of the Innocence Project Clinic at Ubalt for this free webinar.
Prof. Koller: Supreme Court Ruling in NCAA Antitrust Trust Case is 'Remarkable'
June 28, 2021
Prof. Dionne L. Koller, associate dean in The University of Baltimore School of Law and director of its Center for Sport and the Law, says the U.S. Supreme Court "left no doubt" that the NCAA is subject to antitrust law in its recent unanimous ruling in the case known as National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n. v. Alston. Prof. Koller calls the ruling "remarkable" in a recent post for the law school's Updates blog.
University of Baltimore School of Law Commencement to Take Place June 19
June 16, 2021
The 2020 and 2021 graduating classes of The University of Baltimore School of Law will receive their degrees in a commencement ceremony on June 19 at Towson University's SECU Arena. Valedictorians from both graduating classes will present remarks, as will Baltimore Law alumnus the Hon. Mark Scurti, J.D. '91. Guests will be welcomed by School of Law Dean Ronald Weich, University System of Maryland Regent Nathaniel Sansom, and alumna Jasmine Pope, J.D. '18, president of the University of Baltimore Law Alumni Association. Isabel Jorrin Garcia, of the Class of 2021, will sing the national anthem.
Law Prof. Gilda Daniels Testifies on Voting Rights Before House Subcommittee
June 14, 2021
University of Baltimore School of Law Prof. Gilda R. Daniels testified before the Elections Subcommittee of the House Committee on House Administration on June 11. The theme of the hearing was how to ensure free and fair access to the ballot for all Americans. Daniels, who is also litigation director for the Advancement Project National Office, served as deputy chief in the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section, during the Clinton and Bush administrations. She is the author of Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America.
Law Prof. John Bessler Joins Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson for Panel Discussion on Lynchings and Racial Violence, June 14
June 10, 2021
University of Baltimore School of Law Prof. John Bessler will be part of an online panel June 14 discussing racial violence in the United States, with a particular look at the 1920 lynchings of three young Black men in Duluth, Minn. The free virtual event, organized by the Minnesota Humanities Center, commemorates one of the most horrific moments of racial violence in Minnesota history - the June 15, 1920 lynchings of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie - and explores the history of racially motivated violence and our nation's efforts toward truth, justice, accountability and racial reconciliation. Acclaimed civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy, will also be a panelist.
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