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Innovation Policy Colloquium: Christine Haight Farley
No full textThe Innovation Policy Colloquium focuses each year on different aspects of the law’s role in promoting creativity, invention, and new technology. This year, we will examine the topic of design in intellectual property law. Starting with theories of intellectual property law, we will go on to study the legal regimes that allow and/or restrain protection of aspects of design (copyright and its useful-articles doctrine; utility patent; design patent; trademark, trade dress, and their functionality doctrine; and sui generis protections); industries in which design is important (such as fashion, industrial design, and marketing generally); the value of design in society and legal and non-legal incentives to produce valuable designs; the role of norms in design; and issues of competition as they relate to design. We will draw on legal sources as well as related work in economics, sociology, history, and disciplines in which design is particularly important, such as engineering, fashion, home furnishings, and marketing.
Christine Haight Farley, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Florida\u27s Legislation Mandating Suspicionless Drug Testing of TANF Beneficiaries: The Constitutionality and Efficacy of Implementing Drug Testing Requirements on the Welfare Population
No full textNYLS faculty, staff, and alumni delivered lunches and encouragement to our July 2024 bar takers
No full textNYLS faculty, staff, and alumni delivered lunches and encouragement to our July 2024 bar takers. Thank you to those of you who supported our bar takers through the Bar Success Fundhttps://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/photos_nylsstudents/1005/thumbnail.jp
MMU: 10/28/24–11/03/24
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The Courts, Congress, and the Bureau of Prisons: Using the First Step Act as an Impetus for Accountability and Legal Reform of the Federal Carceral System
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On December 18, 2018, the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, or First Step Act, became law. The Act reflected decades of social, racial, and economic justice advocacy and years of legislative work. In the five years preceding the Act’s passage, lawmakers built a new case for criminal justice reform.
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From 2018 to today, the First Step Act has galvanized discussions about what comes next in criminal justice reform. Most observers have criticized the limited architecture and implementation of the Act, but some have hailed the Act’s utility during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the 2020 racial justice protests following the killing of George Floyd. Broad coverage of the Act, including reports from the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, and Office of the Inspector General, offers a clearer picture of the successes and failings of our criminal justice system than we have had in years. In light of the First Step Act, we can see both systemic degeneracies and pathways to change. This Article charts that landscape.
The Article proceeds in four parts. First, it describes decades of prison science and administration failure. Second, it illustrates how the Courts have largely sanctioned this failure in the past but are beginning to question the capacity and authority of the Bureau. Third, it details Congressional failure on prison policy, highlighting missed opportunities in the First Step Act and suggesting how Congress should focus future criminal justice reform efforts. Fourth, it concludes with a call to action to build on the momentum of the First Step Act
Law School Trick or Treat
No full textMonday, October 28, 2024 | 4:00 PM | Biolchini 1st Floor, Library Circulation Desk, Eck Commons
The Law School will hold its annual trick-or-treat event for children of Law School faculty, staff, & students. Costumes encouraged!
Sponsor: Notre Dame Law Schoolhttps://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_posters/1931/thumbnail.jp
