February 18th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
February 18th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Adjunct Professor Christine Bischoff (’04) is quoted in an 88.5 WFDD Public Radio interview about the upcoming North Carolina Supreme Court case that is challenging the legality of the state’s school voucher program. Bischoff will argue the case on Feb. 24, the new date after the postponement of the case for the impending winter storm.
February 16th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
The tragic and violent deaths of students Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu Salha, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, have reignited a fierce debate about the propriety of “hate crimes” or “bias-motivated” crimes, as they are also called. Craig Hicks has been charged with first-degree murder related to these deaths. Many community members are outraged that local authorities, who maintain that the deaths were sparked by a dispute over parking, have yet to charge him with a hate crime because all three of the victims, who were shot execution-style in the head, were Muslim. Continue reading »
February 16th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.
February 13th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law Professor John Knox and Wake Forest Professors Miles Silman and Justin Catanoso will participate in “Climate Talks: Negotiating the Fate of the Planet” at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, in the Wake Forest ZSR Library Auditorium (Room 404). They will discuss their experience at the December 2014 climate conference in Lima, Peru. This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 26, but was rescheduled due to the University closing because of winter weather.
February 13th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Professor John Knox was quoted in the GlobalVoices article, “Why Are So Many Environmental Activists Being Murdered?,” that discusses powerful economic interests versus the marginalized in society.
Knox is an internationally recognized expert on human rights law and environmental law and is currently serving a three-year mandate as the United Nations Human Rights Council’s first Independent Expert on the issues of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
February 13th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the law school’s Criminal Justice Program, is considered one of the nation’s leading hate crime experts. As a result, over the past 24 hours she has been interviewed by CNN’s Brook Baldwin and Canada’s CTV News Channel, the country’s largest private broadcaster.
The CNN interview can be seen here. The CTV News interview can be found here.
February 12th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
A recent article by Professor Tanya Marsh, “Reforming the Regulation of Community Banks After Dodd-Frank,” was published in the Indiana Law Journal, Volume 90, Issue 1 of 2015. Continue reading »
February 11th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law Professor Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the Criminal Justice Program, will participate in a panel discussion on Saturday, Feb. 14, at the Duke University School of Law as part of its “Teach-In: Policing, Civil Rights, and Race.” Continue reading »
February 11th, 2015 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Omari Simmons presented his paper titled “Delaware’s Global Threat” at the Washington & Lee University School of Law faculty workshop on Feb. 9, 2015.
