UB Law Professors Wehle, Higginbotham Underscore the Importance of Voting
August 6, 2020
Aug. 6 marks the 55th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. In an opinion piece appearing today in The Hill, University of Baltimore School of Law’s Prof. F. Michael Higginbotham and Prof. Kim Wehle urge Americans to channel their activism, sparked most recently by instances of police brutality against Blacks, into perhaps the most meaningful act they can perform this year: voting on Election Day. While 75 percent of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement, they note that "at least 92 million eligible voters did not participate in the 2016 presidential election, and registration numbers have plummeted this year due to the coronavirus. There's vital work to be done."
UB Law in Focus Series: 'The Calm Before the Storm: A Look at Pending COVID-Related Litigation,' Aug. 5
August 4, 2020
The UB Law in Focus Discussion Series on Zoom continues on Aug. 5, with "The Calm Before the Storm: A Look at Pending COVID-Related Litigation." The global pandemic has upended businesses, economies and families. It has also brought about a variety of legal actions, including failure-to-warn claims, injunctions, class action lawsuits, and employer liability. The session will look into these massive problems as well as some potential solutions. All "UB Law in Focus" webinars are free and open to the public.
Two Upcoming 'UB Law in Focus' Sessions Consider Fallout from Pandemic
July 27, 2020
The UB Law in Focus Discussion Series on Zoom continues with two consecutive webinars looking at the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. On July 29, tune in for "Covid and the Workplace: How Does the Law Protect 'Essential' Employees?" Workers in healthcare, food services, deliveries and transportation are at risk just by going to work each day. The law provides certain protections, but there are gaps; the session will explore those and more. On Aug. 5, the topic will be "The Calm Before the Storm: A Look at Pending COVID-Related Litigation." The global pandemic has upended businesses, economies and families. It has also brought about a variety of legal actions, including failure-to-warn claims, injunctions, class action lawsuits, and employer liability. The session will look into these massive problems as well as some potential solutions. All "UB Law in Focus" webinars are free and open to the public.
Prof. Bessler: Resumption of Death Penalty 'Violates Fundamental Human Rights'
July 16, 2020
Prof. John Bessler of the University of Baltimore School of Law, author of several books on capital punishment, writes that the federal government's return to the death penalty is a step backward in the administration of justice. "Study after study has shown that the death penalty is administered in a highly arbitrary and discriminatory fashion, that scores of innocent people have been sentenced to death after being wrongfully convicted, and that the death penalty's use violates fundamental human rights," he writes.
Student-Attorneys in UB Law's Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic Score Important Wins for Clients
June 30, 2020
The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic has had many successes assisting veterans with a variety of legal challenges. Now the team is celebrating several recent achievements, thanks to the persistence of clinic student-attorneys and the guidance of clinic director Prof. Hugh McClean and clinical teaching fellow Katy Clemens.
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