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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Prof. Gilman: Why the Gender Pay Gap Continues to Exist
Ten years after the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became law in 2009, the pay gap between men and women has narrowed very slightly. Today, the average female worker earns about 80 cents for every dollar that a man earns, … Continue reading
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Tagged Equal Pay Act, gender discrimination, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, pay equity
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Thirteen Students Join Shannonhouse Honor Society
Thirteen students were inducted Jan. 28 into the Royal Graham Shannonhouse III Honor Society, which recognizes University of Baltimore School of Law students who have distinguished themselves academically after completing 32 credits.. The minimum grade point average for induction is … Continue reading
UB School of Law Plans Two Symposia for April
April will be a very busy month at University of Baltimore School of Law. Two exciting symposia will take place on campus, sponsored by the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) and the Center on Applied Feminism. … Continue reading
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Tagged #metoo, child welfare, civil rights, feminism, homelessness, poverty
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Prof. Closius Grilled By Ninth Circuit Panel in NFL Drug Suit
As he presented his argument to a Ninth Circuit panel in an effort to revive a proposed class action against the National Football League by former players, Professor Phillip Closius was strongly challenged by the judges about the timing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged due diligence, fraudulent concealment, Ninth Circuit, sports law, statute of limitations
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Prof. Epps: Supreme Court Could ‘Supersize’ the Second Amendment
A Jan. 22 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York, New York is likely to give lower courts the constitutional “test” they could apply to … Continue reading
Prof. Higginbotham Describes Five ‘Heroes of American Dissent’
When it comes to civil rights, progress is largely incremental. In a recent radio program, Heroes of American Dissent, produced by Virginia Humanities, Dean Joseph Curtis Professor of Law F. Michael Higginbotham talked about individuals who took bold steps to … Continue reading
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Tagged abolitionist, civil rights, Plessy v. Ferguson, racial harmony, Supreme Court, Underground Railroad
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Prof. Steven Grossman: Made-Up Narratives Don’t Serve Justice
“We live in a world dominated by narrative,” writes UB School of Law Prof. Steven Grossman in a Jan. 20 Baltimore Sun op-ed. They are useful as a kind of shorthand by “taking the specific and generalizing it” into a … Continue reading
Prof. Tiefer to Washington Post: ‘No Credible Justification’ for State Dept. Employee Recall
A surprise decision by the State Department to order its furloughed employees to return to work next week has some lawmakers, such as Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, questioning the legal justification for … Continue reading
Prof. Natalie Ram on ‘DNA Dragnet’ at Arizona Facility Where Patient in Vegetative State Gave Birth
The shocking Dec. 29 birth of a baby to an Arizona woman who has been in a vegetative state for years launched an intense search for the man who raped her. With no specific suspects in mind, Phoenix police obtained … Continue reading
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Tagged court order, DNA dragnet, DNA sample, Fourth Amendment, privacy rights
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Prof. Starger Heads to New Zealand for Sabbatical
While the rest of us are shoveling snow this weekend, UB School of Law Professor Colin Starger will be starting his sabbatical in Wellington, New Zealand, where the temperature is about 70 degrees. Prof. Starger, his wife, Professor Jessica Shiller, … Continue reading
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Tagged coding for lawyers, intellectual property, legal technology, New Zealand, sabbatical
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