October 20th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest University Law and School of Medicine Public Health Sciences Professor Mark Hall has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a subset of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Continue reading »
October 17th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
GENEVA – The United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, Wake Forest Law Professor John Knox, will undertake an official visit to France from Oct. 20-24, 2014, to assess how the country is implementing human rights relating to environmental protection and to identify good practices. Continue reading »
October 16th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
A ballot amendment asks residents to vote for or against changing the state constitution to allow those accused of crimes the right to waive a trial by jury and allow a judge to decide their fate. Jury trials would still be required in all cases with the possibility of a death sentence.
October 16th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
In a defeat for families claiming they were sickened by groundwater contamination many years ago at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina, a federal appeals court has rejected an attempt by the state’s legislature to extend a time limit for filing pollution-related lawsuits. Continue reading »
October 15th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Shannon Gilreath spoke Friday, Oct. 10 on his article, “AIDS as a Metaphor, Law as an Idiom” at the 2014 symposium, “Critical Race Theory: Honoring Richard Delgado,” hosted by the University of Minnesota Journal of Law and Policy.
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October 15th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Wedding bells started ringing for gay couples in the Triad late Friday evening. It was a landmark moment, but it won’t end discrimination against gays. Continue reading »
October 13th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
On Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, Professor Omari Simmons participated in the “Renewing the Search for the Faces at the Bottom of the Well” Summit at UC-Irvine School of Law.
October 13th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Omari Simmons presented at the “I, Too, Am Harvard: The Blacktivism Conference 2014″ on Oct. 11, 2014, at Harvard University. He presented on the link between higher education access and racial justice in the 21st century.
October 13th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law Professor Mark Rabil, director of the law school’s Innocence and Justice Clinic, says this story in the Winston-Salem Journal showcases the clinic’s work and the fact that the outcome is not always as important as the process. Continue reading »
October 10th, 2014 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Harold Lloyd will present “Legal Ethics in a Technology Driven World” at the 2014 Retail Law Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 17. The conference sponsor is the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). Other speakers include N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, Gaither Keener, Chief Legal Officer of Lowes, and Lee Cheng, Chief Legal Officer of newegg.com. Continue reading »
