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Ten VLS students volunteer at Mississippi Center for Justice for Pro Bono Spring Break

Students worked for low-income Mississippi residents on education, expungement and heirship-related cases. Read More

Mar. 23, 2017

International law expert Timothy Meyer testifies on behalf of Judge Neil Gorsuch

Meyer, a professor of law and Enterprise Scholar, was a law clerk to Judge Gorsuch in 2007-08. Read More

Mar. 23, 2017

Read Angus Deaton’s review of Ganesh Sitaraman’s new book “The Crisis of the Middle Class Constitution” in the New York Times

Sitaraman's book addressing the threat of economic inequality is reviewed by Angus Deaton, who received the Nobel in economic science in 2015. Read More

Mar. 21, 2017

Brian Fitzpatrick testifies before congressional subcommittee about 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Congress is considering dividing the 9th Circuit, which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, to create a new federal appellate circuit. Read More

Mar. 20, 2017

U.N. High Commission for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to deliver 2017 Charney Lecture

High Commissioner Al Hussein previously served as Jordan's permanent representative to the United Nations. He will talk about "Global Challenges to Human Rights." Read More

Mar. 15, 2017

Study co-authored by Owen Jones addresses criminal intent

Neuroimaging study co-authored by Jones with a team of researchers from Yale and Virginia Tech showed that brain activity reveals whether a subject knows he is committing a crime or is merely being reckless. Read More

Mar. 14, 2017