University of Baltimore School of Law Launches Center for Criminal Justice Reform
February 17, 2022
To help address the many challenges facing the City of Baltimore and communities across the nation with respect to gun violence, mass incarceration and more, The University of Baltimore School of Law has created a Center for Criminal Justice Reform.
University of Baltimore School of Law Trial Team Wins Regional Competition; March National Contest is Next
February 8, 2022
A trial team from The University of Baltimore School of Law won a regional division of the National Trial Competition on Feb. 6, and will compete in the nationals in Texas in March. The team of Annemarie Duerr, Brice Litus and Kaitlin O'Dowd won for their representation of a fictional defendant in a criminal trial. A second team, led by Leah Dotter, Amanda Sirleaf and Aaminah Woods, came very close to advancing to the regional semi-finals. "This is a rather historic feat for Baltimore Law," says Benjamin Beasley, J.D. '14, who coached the team with Ashley Bond Beasley, J.D. '16.
Family Preservation Through Primary Prevention to Be Explored in Law in Focus Webinar, Feb. 1
January 19, 2022
Removing a child from the family and placing them in foster care is a traumatizing experience that can result in lifelong negative impacts for both children and parents. The next "Law in Focus" webinar, hosted by The University of Baltimore School of Law on Feb. 1, will show how primary prevention efforts in the community can address issues long before there is system involvement. Prof. Matthew Fraidin, of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law; Nena Villamar, J.D. '96, chief of the Parental Defense Division at the Md. Office of the Public Defender; and Christopher Church, senior director for strategic consulting at Casey Family Programs, will be our guests. School of Law Prof. Shanta Trivedi, faculty director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts, will moderate the discussion.
School of Law, MVLS Receive DOJ Grant to Expand the Human Trafficking Prevention Project in Maryland
December 21, 2021
The University of Baltimore School of Law and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services in Maryland, have received new funding from the Department of Justice to significantly expand their Human Trafficking Prevention Project (HTPP). "We are thrilled that the [HTPP] ... has been recognized by the [DOJ's] Office for Victims of Crimes as deserving of this generous grant," said Jessica Emerson, J.D. '13, director of the project.
Law School Dean Weich: Critics Are Misunderstanding the Role of the Senate Parliamentarian
December 13, 2021
Critics who are lining up against a series of rulings by U.S. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough are fomenting a challenge to the rule of law, says University of Baltimore School of Law Dean Ronald Weich, in an opinion piece published in Just Security.
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