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Crucial clearinghouse
Elusive civil rights court records now just a click away with new online database
Nov. 9,
2006 --
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| Photo courtesy Library of Congress. |
| Thurgood Marshall (center) with George E.C. Hayes and James Nabri celebrating the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. |
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For the past 50-plus years, civil rights litigation has greatly affected Americans' lives. It has secured our Constitutional rights, and it has dramatically improved many of our public and private institutions. Information about these cases, however, has been exceedingly difficult to locate. Until now. More...
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Convicted, executed but not guilty?
Wrongful executions to be examined at WUSTL law conference Nov. 17
Nov. 8,
2006 -- The WUSTL School of Law's Clinical Education Program and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies will host the sixth annual Access to Equal Justice conference Nov. 17 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will focus on "Examining the Risks of Wrongful Executions and the Role of Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Academia and the Press." Panelists will examine four criminal cases that many critics believe ended in the executions of innocent defendants.
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Access to Justice
WUSTL law school speaker series focuses on public interest
Sept. 19,
2006 -- A lead counsel in the Guantanamo Bay detainees U.S. Supreme Court case, an expert on pornography in feminism and law, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his work in international criminal justice are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law's ninth annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.
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Future of civil liberties
David D. Cole, Georgetown law professor will discuss John Ashcroft and the future of civil liberties
Sept. 15,
2004 -- David D. Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University, author of numerous books on terrorism and civil liberties, and cooperating attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, will discuss "John Ashcroft's Paradigm of Prevention and the Future of Civil Liberties". After graduating from Yale Law School and clerking with the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Cole joined the Center for Constitutional Rights where he litigated several First Amendment cases, including the case that established protection allowing flag burning under the First Amendment. As a volunteer staff attorney for the Center, Cole continues to litigate First Amendment issues.
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U.S.A. Patriot Act contributor to speak
Assembly Series and the School of Law present Viet Dinh
Sept. 15,
2004 -- Viet D. Dinh, professor of law and director of the Asian Law and Policy Studies Program at Georgetown University, will speak about "Liberty and the Rule of Law After September 11" for the Assembly Series. As the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy under John Ashcroft from 2001 to 2003, Dinh worked on a number of important initiatives, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
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Author Chua at Assembly Series
Chua's 'World on Fire' argues against America's beneficent role
Jan. 28,
2004 -- Amy L. Chua, professor of law at Yale University and member of the American Society of International Law's executive council, will discuss her new book which posits that the West's exportation of free markets and democratic philosophies to developing countries does more harm than good.
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