Cyntoia Brown-Long on the 5 Excruciating Days of Her Trial
"Standing outside the courtroom, I was dressed in nice pants and a blouse. This was it. After nearly two years of waiting, my trial was...
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Oct 25, 2019
Law School Students Upset Clarence Thomas Will Be Teaching At School
" Once upon a time, a law school’s decision to bring a Supreme Court justice to campus to teach a class was a no-brainer. It would bring...
Oct 22, 2019
Ginsburg Wins Berggruen Prize for 'Thinker' Whose Ideas Changed Society
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Oct 21, 2019
Preventing Gender Violence - What Men Can Do
October 22, 2019 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Austin Auditorium LaSells Stewart Center "Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for...
Oct 19, 2019
Court Refuses to Block Netflix Release of 'The Laundromat'
"A judge has refused to block the release of 'The Laundromat,' a Netflix film based on the Panama Papers scandal. Jurgen Mossack and...
Oct 16, 2019
Climate Activist Faces Jail Time After Failed Necessity Defense
On Friday, October 4, Donald Jose David Zepeda was convicted by a jury on charges related to his 2017 attempt to shut off Kinder...
Oct 16, 2019
Man Ordered to Pay $450K to Sandy Hook Dad for Saying He Falsified Son's Death
"A Wisconsin man who claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting never happened was ordered to pay $450,000 to the father of a boy...
Oct 13, 2019
If Only We'd Listened to Our Young Athletes
"Fifteen years ago, Brianne Randall-Gay might have stopped one of the most prolific sexual predators the world of sports has ever known...
Oct 12, 2019
Swearing in Caet!
We gathered last week to swear Caet Padgett in as our newest attorney following her successful Oregon bar exam results. It’s always an...
Oct 11, 2019
Jane Fonda Arrested During Climate Protest Outside U.S. Capitol
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Oct 9, 2019
Jurors Refuse to Convict Activist Facing 20 Years for Helping Migrants
"A US jury could not reach a verdict on Tuesday against a border activist who, defense attorneys say, was simply being kind by providing...
Oct 9, 2019
UO Remembers Attorney, Jurist and Professor David Schuman
"David Schuman, professor of practice at the University of Oregon School of Law, a former justice on the Oregon Court of Appeals and a...
Oct 8, 2019
Judge Threatens Betsy Devos with Jail In Student Loan Case
" A federal judge has tacitly threatened Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos with jail for her ongoing failure (or refusal) to comply with...
Oct 7, 2019
Major Changes Coming to the LSAT with Removal of Logic Games Section
" How much better would your score on the LSAT have been if the logic games section (aka the analytical reasoning section) in its current...
Oct 6, 2019
A Beginner's Guide to the Endgame: What Tomorrow LGBT Supreme Court Cases Mean & Why You Should Care
"The week of October 8 is a complicated one for a lot of queer people. Between Sunday and Saturday, we honor the days Matthew Shepard...
Oct 6, 2019
Sex and the Supreme Court: It's Not Just About LGBTQ Workers
"As our colleagues Diana Flynn and Greg Nevins have previously explained, the Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in three cases with...
Oct 5, 2019
If You're LGBTQ+ and Don't Know About October 8th, Pay Attention
"Chase Strangio, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union known for representing Gavin Grimm and Chelsea Manning in court,...
Oct 2, 2019
Barbie Has a New Career As a Judge, And It's Amazing
"The wonderful world of Barbie dolls just got a little more judicious. Mattel, the company that makes the famous children’s toy, is set...
Sep 30, 2019
Shattered: Life After Surviving Intimate Partner Gun Violence
"WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence that some readers might find disturbing. Timira Hopkins knew her...
Sep 27, 2019
Weekend Read: Marchers Today Will demand Rights for Transgender People Amid Hate Crimes and Trump
"Thousands of people will be marching in Washington, D.C., and across the nation today. They’ll march for people like Dana Martin, 31,...
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