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First Keynote Address
Get PDFKellye Y. Testy, Toni Rembe Dean and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law and President (2016), AAL
Panel 5: Capstone Session – Legal Scholarship for the Next Generation
Get PDFComputer scientist Alan Kay purportedly said, The best way to predict the future is to invent it. If you could invent (or reinvent) what legal scholarship will look like a generation from now, what would you invent?
Presenters:
Frank O. Bowman III, University of Missouri School of LawMichele E. Gilman, University of Baltimore School of LawMaxwell L. Stearns, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Robin L. West, Georgetown University Law Center
Moderator:
Christopher J. Peters, University of Baltimore School of La
What Do Blacks Have to Lose? Let Me Tell You
No full textSpeaking to a predominantly white crowd in Dimondale, Mich., recently, Donald Trump asked African Americans: What do you have to lose by trying something new like him. You\u27re living in poverty, he said. Your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth are unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?
The short answer is stark: The African American community stands to lose much of the progress we have made in the last 50 years if Donald Trump wins the White House, while the serious problems that we still face will calcify or worsen
The Trump Presidency: What it Means for the Supreme Court
No full textWilson H. Elkins Professor Lyle Denniston and School of Law Dean Ronald Weich discuss President-Elect Donald Trump and the implications his election have on filling the Supreme Court seat that has been vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia\u27s death in February.
Lyle Denniston is the unofficial dean of the Supreme Court press corps and began covering the Court in 1958. Before coming to UB, Dean Weich held positions in both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate, both of which included dealing with Supreme Court nominations.
The discussion includes the Court\u27s deep ideological split, the nomination of Merrick Garland, potential Trump nominees (and notable absences from Trump\u27s list), and Professor Denniston\u27s prediction that the new ninth justice could be on the Court as early as April
What Trump Should Know About Regulations
No full textPresident-elect Donald Trump vowed, in his campaign, to make the slashing of federal regulations a “cornerstone” of his administration. He suggested that as many as 70 percent of regulations “can go.” The top of Trump’s “to go” list is probably the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, a regulation – the country’s central effort to combat global warming – that would cut the power sector’s carbon emissions, in part by reducing the use of coal
Emerging Issues: Shifting Focus From Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors to Investing in Long-Term Reintegration Process
Get PDFErminia’s shoes fell apart as she walked through the Texas desert, but Erminia persisted with the treacherous journey wearing just her socks. She crossed the desert for three days and two nights. She recounts that there were many thorns along the desert. Unfortunately, Ermina’s journey is similar to thousands of other unaccompanied minors who make the dangerous trek through the desert to find security within the borders of the U.S. Majority of the unaccompanied minors travel from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras— commonly referred to as the “Northern Triangle.” From 2012 through 2016, the primary reason for the surge of unaccompanied minors in the U.S. was “from the interrelated challenges of organized criminal violence and poverty that adversely affect individuals in Northern Triangle countries.
Emerging Issues: Transcanada v. Obama Administration – 15 Billion for Cancellation of Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Get PDFTransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP and TC Oil Pipeline Operations Inc., subsidiaries of TransCanada Corporation (“TransCanada”), lost their seven-year bid with the United States (U.S.) Government for a permit to complete the 15 billion in damages
Emerging Issues: Breaking News: Polish Legislators Make Waves with New Broadcast Media Law, EU Human Rights Concerns on the Rise
Get PDFDecriminalizing Violence: A Critique of Restorative Justice and Proposal for Diversionary Mediation
Get PDFThe movement to reduce over-prosecution and mass incarceration has focused almost exclusively on non-violent offenders despite data showing that over half of all prisoners incarcerated within the United States are sentenced for crimes of violence. As a consequence of the focus on nonviolent offenses, the majority of current and future defendants will not benefit from initiatives offering alternatives to criminal prosecution and incarceration.
A discussion of alternatives to the criminal justice system in cases of violent crime must begin by acknowledging that violent crime is not monolithic. Many incidents meet the statutory elements of a violent crime, that is, the use of force or attempted use of force against another person or person\u27s property, and yet prosecution may not serve the interests of society at large, the complaining witness, or, certainly, the accused. In many instances in which the crime is not deemed serious enough to warrant punishment, the accused pleads guilty and receives a sentence of probation. In some instances, the prosecution offers the defendant a diversionary program in lieu of court
Recent Development: Sieglein v. Schmidt: Pursuant to § 1-206(B) of the Estates and Trusts Article, Artificial Insemination Encompasses In Vitro Fertilization Using Donated Sperm; A Court May Use the Goldberger Factors to Determine Voluntary Impoverishment; A Trial Court Can Issue a Permanent Injunction for Harassment Based on § 1-203(A) of the Family Law Article.
No full textThe Court of Appeals of Maryland held that the term “artificial insemination” includes in vitro fertilization using donated sperm, and that a consenting husband is presumed to be the father of the child born as a result of the procedure. Sieglein v. Schmidt, 447 Md. 647, 652, 136 A.3d 751, 754 (2016). The court also held that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in finding the husband to be voluntarily impoverished or in issuing a permanent injunction based on harassment. Id