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University of Baltimore Law alumnus Glenn Sulmasy, J.D. '97, is a national security and human rights fellow at Harvard University and professor of law, judge advocate and commander at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. His recent book, The National Security Court System: A Natural Evolution of Justice in an Age of Terror, examines the history of the military court system in the United States and proposes a new solution to the issues presented by the current system in the face of the ongoing global war on terror. He will be speaking at a special Lunchtime Law session on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at noon. For more details, visit the calendar entry for this event.
The University of Baltimore School of Law's Innocence Project Clinic was recently awarded a major grant by the National Institute of Justice. The Innocence Project Clinic, which is run in conjunction with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, will receive funding over the next 18 months for an additional staff attorney and paralegal as well as for additional forensic DNA testing. The award is named after Maryland resident Kirk Bloodsworth, the first incarcerated person to be cleared by DNA testing. For more information, view the full press release from Governor Martin O'Malley's office.