Can the NCAA Enforcement Department be trusted? One of the purposes of ISLE is to draw attention to examples of ethical issues in sports and to stimulate thought and discussion about those events. One such situation with significant ethical overtones…
Northern California Innocence Project client George Souliotes walked out of a Stanislaus County Jail Wednesday a free man, after his attorneys from NCIP, Morrison & Foerster, LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP successfully negotiated an agreement to secure his…
Since the Windsor case struck DOMA down, there has been a lot of debate over which marriages should count for federal purposes. Some federal statutes provide possible answers to that question. For example, the Social Security laws provide that if…
NCIP E-news is now online: Learn about: George Souliotes’ Conviction Overturned; Now Facing Retrial 2013 Pro Bono Award Recipient Nominated to Serve on the U.S. District Court NCIP Attorney Testifies at State Capitol NBC Bay Area News Highlights NCIP Law…
Today the United States Supreme Court ruled 5/4 that DOMA is unconstitutional. In the case, Windsor v. United States, a majority of the Court clearly struck down DOMA on its face and not just as applied to Edie Windsor. She…
The application period for OCI, otherwise known as bidding, will begin on July 1st and close on July 19th at noon Pacific Daylight Time. It is not in your best interest to randomly select your potential employers so remember to…
Last week, the clinic signed-on to a letter drafted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which asked the U.S. Department of State to invite Professor Juan Méndez, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, to conduct a fact-finding mission to examine the…
The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law will hold an online briefing to examine the human rights implications of key decisions from the US Supreme Court’s 2013 Term. The session will on how recent SCOTUS decisions on Voting Rights,…
The Local Human Rights Lawyering Project based at the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law provides training, coaching, and mentorship to legal aid attorneys and public defenders with the aim of integrating the human…
Employer review starts June 17th, so make sure you sign your Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the end of June 17th to be able to access the OCI tab in Symplicity to start developing your list of potential employers. If…