Criminal Justice News And Events
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Internationally renowned neuroscientist Anthony Wagner delivers inaugural Weaver Distinguished Lecture in Law and Neuroscience
Wagner, who is deputy director of Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, addressed his pioneering research on the cognitive neuroscience of memory. Read MoreMar. 24, 2023
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Criminal justice experts Barry Friedman and Vikrant Reddy find “Common Ground” on police reform in 2023 Dean’s Lecture
Founding director of NYU’s Policing Project and senior fellow at Stand Together Trust discussed current issues in policing. Read MoreMar. 22, 2023
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Chris Slobogin discusses virtual searches with Lawfare senior editor Alan Rozenshtein in Dec. 19 Lawfare podcast
Slobogin is the author of "Virtual Searches: Regulating the Covert World of Technological Policing" and a leading analyst of the impact of government surveillance that involves remote electronic monitoring of digital information on Americans' individual privacy and security. He discusses the implications of the transformation from physical searches and seizures to monitoring electronic data with host Alan Rozenshtein in the Dec. 19, 2022, Lawfare podcast. Read MoreDec. 19, 2022
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Yesha Yadav discusses the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in CNN International interview
Financial regulation expert Yadav discusses the federal charges against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces an eight-count criminal indictment that includes charges of fraud and conspiracy and violating campaign finance laws in the wake of the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire, with CNN International news anchor Rosemary Church. Read MoreDec. 16, 2022
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Article co-authored by Ed Rubin proposes that states create single regulatory agencies to manage and set standards for police, courts and corrections
"Criminal Justice through Management: From Police, Prosecutors, Courts and Prisons to a Modern Administrative Agency," an Oregon Law Review article Rubin co-authored with Malcolm Feeley, is reported on in an Oct. 12 Crime Report article by James Van Bramer. Read MoreOct. 13, 2022
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The Hyatt Fund presents Anthony Ray Hinton, exonerated after 30 years on Alabama’s death row, Sept. 23 at 12:30 p.m.
Hinton was convicted of two murders in 1985 and when exonerated through the invention of the Equal Justie Initiative. His talk is sponsored by the Law Students for Social Justice and the George Barrett Social Justice Program and made possible by the Hyatt Student Activities Fund. Read MoreSep. 20, 2022
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Brian Ruben named 2022 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
Ruben will work with the Colorado Center on Law and Policy to support the development of an automated process for criminal record sealing. Read MoreJun. 24, 2022
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Seventy-five Vanderbilt Law students working as interns for government and nonprofit legal employers this summer
VLS students are working for government and nonprofit legal employers in 15 states, Washington, D.C., and The Hague, Netherlands during summer 2022. Read MoreJun. 14, 2022
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Bryan J. Teresi receives 2022 Founder’s Medal for First Honors
22 members of the class of 2022 were honored with academic, citizenship and journal awards at Commencement. Read MoreMay. 13, 2022
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Mike Newton discusses the challenges of investigating war crimes when the conflict is ongoing with journalist Natasha Fatah
Newton has been a senior adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues in the U.S. State Department. In this interview with Natasha Fatah of CBS News, he talks about how the International Criminal Court will investigate possible war crimes by Russia while the war is ongoing. Read MoreApr. 7, 2022