(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Supreme Court Clears Way for N.R.A. to Pursue First Amendment Challenge; The unanimous opinion, by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, found…
Lavonda N. ReedLavonda N. Reed has been named dean of the School of Law at the University of Baltimore. She served as dean of Georgia State University’s College of Law. Reed holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California Gould School…
When I started my own practice over five years ago, I accepted all kinds of clients, and I was happy to perform legal work for pretty much everyone. As time went on, and I became busier and busier, I had to make decisions about how to allocate my time. In some circumstances, I turned down…
The Migrant Justice Institute, in a conversation with The PIE News, explained how the working conditions of international students in Australia need another round under the spotlight through its national temporary migrant survey. “Lots of organisations, and indeed the government have been crying out for us to do another survey to really try and determine…
We’ve long been critics of facial recognition tech here at Techdirt. Even though the steady march of technology inevitably means the tech will get faster and better, the problem is the first part: faster. The tech has proven to be very fallible. And it has made things even worse for the sort of people most often targeted…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on May 31, 2024 at 9:48 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, June 6, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the…
* Donald Trump won big in New York courts yesterday… if you stopped watching the news around 4. [Newsweek] * Law professor demands revenge prosecutions against Democrats. You know… if there are Dems out there committing crimes. [New York Magazine] * Like, say, a Democratic senator that this DOJ is going ahead and prosecuting. [CBS]…
Ongoing research conducted by international education specialists Intead found that out of almost 1,800 respondents who studied in the US from 131 different countries, 64% engaged with OPT or CPT while they were studying – and that the vast majority of them are still in the country. OPT is a popular avenue for those who…
Immigration New Zealand has rejected almost half of study visa applications from India in the first four months of 2024, as per a report by the country’s public broadcaster. Though the rejection rate has decreased from 49% in the first three months of the year, it corroborates the trend of higher refusals from India in…
The prize is sponsored by former NAFSA president and chair of the NAFSA board of directors, John Hudzik and his wife Anne, and will be awarded to individuals who have made sustained contributions to areas such as scholarship activity, administrative leadership, community engagement, and education. Candidates from anywhere in the world can be nominated, either…