Judges of Asian Pacific Descent Tell Law Students: The American Dream is to be 'Treated Fairly and Equally'
September 28, 2020
Arriana Sajjad, a member of the Class of 2022 at the UB School of Law and vice president of its Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, writes in the school's blog about a "fireside chat" she and other students attended on Sept. 23, in which three judges of Asian Pacific descent offered their advice to law students. The American dream, said the Hon. Lena Kim, Special Juvenile Magistrate Circuit Court for Montgomery County, is "to be treated fairly and equally."
UB School of Law Dean Ronald Weich: Supreme Court Can't Withstand a 'Rushed, Hyperpartisan Push' to Fill Justice Ginsburg's Seat
September 21, 2020
Writing in The Baltimore Sun, University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich cautions against a hurried process to replace the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. "The current Senate must not vote on the confirmation of a successor," Dean Weich writes. "The court's fragile standing as the nonpartisan branch of our constitutional system cannot endure a rushed, hyperpartisan push."
UB Law Prof. Starger Joins UM Colleague in Bail Investigation: 'Serious Concerns Raised'
September 8, 2020
University of Baltimore School of Law Prof. Colin Starger, alongside his colleague Prof. Doug Colbert from the University of Maryland School of Law, say they have "serious concerns" after conducting an investigation of the bail review system in place in the Baltimore City District Court. Writing in The Baltimore Sun, the pair say they found a majority of defendants facing the court were remanded to jail, despite the state's call for jailing fewer defendants during the pandemic.
UB Law in Focus Series Continues with Constitution Day Event: 'Misinformation, Disinformation and Fake News,' Sept. 16
September 4, 2020
The University of Baltimore School of Law's UB Law in Focus Discussion Series continues with a Constitution Day webinar session, "Misinformation, Disinformation and 'Fake News,'" on Sept. 16. The panel will consider the problem of propaganda and rhetoric as they are amplified in social media.
UB Law Professors Ziaja, Lee Consider Delivery of Justice in Flint Water Settlement
August 24, 2020
Responding to the $600 million settlement in the case of residents of Flint, Mich. who were injured by tainted water, UB School of Law professors Sonya Ziaja, who teaches environmental law, and Jaime Alison Lee, director of the school's Community Development Clinic, say that access to affordable clean water is a fundamental human right, and cities around the nation remain at risk of tainted water.
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