In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to tell you about a special event helping Latinos work toward a future in law. A group of valley attorneys are breaking financial barriers by providing scholarships for students looking to get into law school.
Progress on correcting systemic issues with the delivery of indigent defense in Nevada’s rural counties has sped up in recent years, but the state is still out of compliance with standards set in a legal agreement it entered three years ago.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling against the online trading app last month could create “more breathing room” for other states to follow through on their own fiduciary regulations.
The RISE program is showing how restorative justice can be a successful alternative to mass incarceration
The US Department of Labor is leaning on unions and collective action to improve protections for foreign farmworkers, with the idea that their increased ability to advocate for better working conditions is essential to helping US workers as well.
Head of 51ԹϺ Immigration Clinic sees Dreamer program on ‘borrowed time,’ with financial consequences spiraling through the community if it is eliminated.
Nevada lawmakers and advocates denounced a federal court decision that could ultimately threaten the immigration status of more than 11,000 residents in the state.
Rookie speculators try to strike it big on short-term investments that often act like lottery tickets
On Wednesday, six Colorado voters and the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit in state court to prevent former President Donald Trump from running for the presidency next year.
A family victory may lead to asset seizure being considered a criminal punishment. That would give Nevadans the right to free counsel to fight such proceedings.
You're driving down the highway behind a dump truck and all of a sudden "Bam!" a rock hits your vehicle, breaking your windshield.
Although many people don’t realize it, there’s an intersection between two completely different areas of law. When a noncitizen child seeks Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), immigration and guardianship law intersect to provide a pathway to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status for children who cannot be reunited with their parents due to abuse, abandonment, and/ or neglect, when it’s not in their best interest to return to their home country. SIJS is a form of humanitarian immigration relief that, if granted, offers stability and safety to vulnerable immigrant children in the U.S.
