Monthly Archives: December 2015

In the spirit of spreading holiday cheer, Professor Charles Tiefer contributed a column to Forbes.com about the recent visit of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, to Lahore to meet with Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif. In “Modi’s Visit to Pakistan: Let’s … Continue reading →

Raise a toast to Professor Daniel Hatcher, whose new book, The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens, can now be ordered from NYU Press. The book will be available in May. Pre-production reviews are glowing. Martin Guggenheim, Fiorello … Continue reading →

Dean Joseph Curtis Professor of Law F. Michael Higginbotham contributed an op-ed, with 3L Matthew Bradford, to The Baltimore Sun. “Racial diversity: a worthwhile goal” is to appear in the Dec. 11 print paper. The op-ed begins: “While the Supreme Court has recently … Continue reading →

  The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) recently received three grants totaling more than $132,000 to support the work of its Truancy Court Program (TCP), reports Professor … Continue reading →

Professor Garrett Epps, the Supreme Court correspondent for The Atlantic, published a column Thursday about Fisher v. University of Texas, “Is Affirmative Action Finished?” The justices heard oral argument in the case Wednesday. Calling Fisher the “the Flying Dutchman of … Continue reading →

Jermaine Ryan Haughton, J.D. ’15, is the subject of a Dec. 7 article in The Gleaner, a newspaper in Jamaica. Read “Raised in Poverty, Jamaican Rises to Top at Baltimore Law School.” Haughton, 24, who works at Miles & Stockbridge in … Continue reading →

Professor David Jaros discussed the prosecution’s opening statement with The Baltimore Sun Wednesday as the trial of William Porter got underway. Porter, 26, is the first of six Baltimore police officers to be tried in connection with the April death … Continue reading →