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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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| 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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The "New" Corporate Governance
Media, SEC members, attorneys, business leaders and academics to examine impact of corporate governance reforms Sept. 29-Oct. 1
Sept. 15,
2005 -- Over the past five years, corporate governance has undergone historic changes. In addition to new policies enacted by state judiciaries and attorneys general, Congress adopted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enacted important securities law reforms, and the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ reformed listing standards. The world's leading experts on corporate governance will come together to discuss the impact of these changes during a conference at Washington University in St. Louis Sept. 29 - Oct. 1.
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Access to equal justice
Washington University Schools of Law and Social Work to host conference on "Poverty, Wealth and the Working Poor: Clinical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives," April 1
March 24,
2005 -- The School of Law and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University will host the fifth annual access to equal justice conference, "Poverty, Wealth and the Working Poor: Clinical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives," from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 1 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will explore the many barriers to economic prosperity and well-being for America's working poor. Particular emphasis will be given to the interplay of race, gender, wealth, and power in regards to employment, welfare, housing, health care, education and the environment.
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Land use regulation
?Planning Reform in the New Century? conference to be held Dec. 3-4
Nov. 15,
2004 -- Legal scholars, planners and political scientists from the Midwest will come together at WUSTL School of Law Dec. 3-4 to discuss the opportunities for reform in planning and land use regulation. Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Paul Farmer, president of the American Planning Association, will service as conference keynote speakers. The conference features two days of panel discussions on political leadership in planning statute reform, contemporary planning efforts, sprawl and urban growth, housing and regulatory streamlining, and the impact of state and local planning programs.
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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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Public interest law
Law school presents ?Access to Justice? speaker series
Jan. 15,
2004 -- The Counsel for the NAACP, the Chief Judge Emeritus and Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and experts on American Indian water rights, globalization, civil rights, women's legal history, disability rights, death penalty, and economics are part of the spring lineup for the School of Law's sixth annual Public Interest Law Speaker Series.
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"Globalization, the State, and Society"
Conference to be held at School of Law Nov. 13-14
Nov. 4,
2003 -- The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies and the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis will present the conference, "Globalization, the State, and Society," Nov. 13-14 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser Busch Hall. This event, which is free and open to the public, is planned as part of the University's Sesquicentennial celebration.
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