January 9th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
All around the world, people who are on the front lines of efforts to protect our planet are murdered for their eco-advocacy. They put their lives on the line, and they are being slaughtered while the world does not appear to notice. Many other environmentalists are subject to intimidation, violence, stigmatization and criminalization. Continue reading »
January 9th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
The Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity has scheduled a second town hall meeting at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19 (the federal Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday), in the Anderson Center’s Dillard Auditorium on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. The community is invited to participate.
Like the first meeting, the upcoming one will address the theme, “Solutions for Improving Police/Community Relations.”
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January 7th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Mark Rabil, director of the law school’s Innocence and Justice Clinic, joined the Honorable Samuel Wilson (’74) on a panel discussion regarding the U.S. death penalty system on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at Taiwan National University in Taipei. Also participating on the panel was Wilson’s former law clerk, John Brownlee, a former U.S. attorney in Virginia, and now head of while-collar crime for Holland & Knight. Continue reading »
January 6th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Michael Green was recognized by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Torts and Compensation Systems Section on Sunday, Jan. 4. The section presented Green with the annual William L. Prosser Award for outstanding contribution in scholarship, teaching and service related to tort law. Continue reading »
January 2nd, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Two of the UN climate talks’ biggest greenhouse gas solutions also happen to be two of the negotiators’ most difficult human rights problems. Continue reading »
January 1st, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Juries in North Carolina handed out just three death sentences in 2014, helping contribute to the lowest number of people sentenced to death nationally in 40 years, according to a report from the Death Penalty Information Center. Continue reading »
December 23rd, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
“The police are the public and the public are the police.” This maxim – part of nine principles that guide New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton and other law enforcement officials – reflects not only the harsh reality that police officers must exist within the same communities they protect and oversee, but that the communities themselves often are the foundation for enforcing laws and order. It would make sense, then, that when the sentiments of a community change, the ways of maintaining law and order must change as well. Continue reading »
December 22nd, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
State and local enforcement of federal immigration laws can have an adverse impact on the use of health care services by immigrant Hispanics, according to a North Carolina-based study by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers.
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December 18th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
WalletHub’s 11 Economic Predictions for 2015
GDP Growth Will Be Roughly 3%
2015 is expected to be another solid year for the U.S. economy, despite the various problems being endured by many foreign markets. In fact, all of the experts we consulted expect the U.S. economy to continue slowly trending upward, as we gain momentum at the end of 2014, and for GDP growth to be around 3% in the New Year. Continue reading »
December 18th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Former Wake Forest Law adjunct Professor Guy Blynn, a retired Reynolds American executive who was the chairman of the Silk Plant Forest Citizens Review Committee and established the Blynn Holocaust Collection at Forsyth Technical Community College, died Wednesday. He was 69. Continue reading »
