In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
The mighty Colorado River is a source of life flowing through seven Western U.S. states and Mexico, providing water to nearly 40 million people; it’s the backbone of agriculture, tourism, recreation, irrigation and hydropower industries in the West.

You can’t travel far in Las Vegas without seeing a payday loan storefront.
Payday loan companies provide money fast, but they are criticized for their high interest rates.

Nevada needs to do more to protect its citizens from financial exploitation and abuse.

As the Trump administration pursues a hard-line policy on immigration, it is facing resistance from an unexpected quarter — judges who rule on whether immigrants will be deported or be allowed to stay in the country.

The confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, an appeals court judge, has been unusually contentious.

Prisoners in 17 U.S. states went on strike on Aug. 21 by refusing to eat or work to call attention to a number of troubling issues, including dilapidated facilities, harsh sentences and other aspects of mass incarceration in America.
Prisoners in 17 U.S. states went on strike on Aug. 21 by refusing to eat or work to call attention to a number of troubling issues, including dilapidated facilities, harsh sentences and other aspects of mass incarceration in America.

The Nevada Democratic Party and attorney general candidate Aaron Ford have rightly criticized Republican attorney general candidate Wes Duncan’s cozy campaigning with Nevada’s self-styled “crisis pregnancy centers.”

The Nevada Democratic Party and attorney general candidate Aaron Ford have rightly criticized Republican attorney general candidate Wes Duncan’s cozy campaigning with Nevada’s self-styled “crisis pregnancy centers.”
On the rocky beach at Little Girls Point County Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the heavy wash of Lake Superior seeking the shore rolls stones the size of softballs back and forth in the surf.

When it comes to the use of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions, no one seems to be happy with the way it’s playing out.

On a recent sweltering afternoon in Las Vegas, the action at the sports book at Mandalay Bay seemed cool — there was baseball and horse racing, but the NFL preseason had just begun and the NBA preseason was weeks away.