In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
When Oregon lawmakers in 2022 considered a plan to ensure immigrants facing deportation could receive free state-funded legal representation, proponents could hardly contain their enthusiasm.
Leah Grinvald, dean and Richard J. Morgan professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law at 51ԹϺ, announced the establishment of four new endowment funds created by alumni, totaling $311,000 in pledged contributions. Monica and Paul Janda pledged $200,000 to name the Janda Family Student Lounge. Jenny Lee established the Jenny Legal Endowed Scholarship with a pledge of $50,000. Her contribution also includes a $1,000 donation to the campus food pantry. Jessica and Jim Murphy established the Murphy Family Endowed Scholarship with a pledge of $30,000 to support first-generation students from Nevada who wish to attend the law school. Adrian Karimi established the Adrian Karimi Endowed Scholarship with a gift of $30,000 to support first-generation students pursuing a legal education.
President Donald Trump's decision to fly ICE detainees to a U.S. military base in Cuba has effectively blocked almost anyone ‒ including members of Congress ‒ from monitoring what's happening there.
President Donald Trump's recent executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children of non-citizen parents has faced immediate legal pushback.
Tax season started in late January, but the IRS’s latest statistics show that many Americans are still waiting to file their taxes. As of February 7, 7.7% fewer tax returns have been received by the agency compared to a similar time frame last year, according to its latest data release.
Procter & Gamble, Kroger, GE Aerospace and major corporations across the country face intensified scrutiny for their diversity policies after President Donald Trump has declared they are “discriminatory and illegal” via executive order.
As soon as he took office for a second term, President Donald Trump signed a series of immigration-related executive orders , including canceling the constitutional guarantee that children born in the U.S. are citizens regardless of their parents' status. The measure is being challenged in court.
Arrests, detentions and deportations have been standard practice in every presidential administration. But President Donald Trump is looking to up the ante, allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct raids in more places and expanding where expedited removals can take place.
Three days after Donald Trump became president, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the Ocean Seafood Gourmet Market and Depot in Newark’s Ironbound district. ICE interrogated workers, including an American citizen, before making three arrests. It is not clear whether the agents had a judicial warrant. The raid helped launch the Trump administration’s long-promised blitzkrieg of immigration enforcement. Cabinet officials and TV cameras have accompanied ICE on other raids; publicity creates deterrence and reinforces MAGA messaging.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s disqualification as bankruptcy counsel for brand manager Franchise Group Inc. is a lesson for Big Law firms that ethical walls and conflicts counsel won’t always solve larger issues over impartiality.
The greatest danger to free speech in our modern era isn’t merely government’s attempts to silence dissenting voices — it’s the partisan blinders so many Americans wear when discussing the topic in the first place.
House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday aimed at barring immigrants from being granted asylum in the United States if they have criminal histories. The No Asylum for Criminals Act was introduced by newly elected North Carolina Representative Mark Harris, who said that the U.S. asylum system had been abused in recent years and allowed "foreign criminals" into the country.