ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL February 02, 2021
Tiffany Mickel, a second-year student at the University of Virginia School of Law, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. She is the first Black person to hold the position.
Mickel and the managing board were chosen by the outgoing board after an application and interview process. The 30 second-year law students began their new roles Jan. 25.
The publication, now in its 108th year, is one of the nation’s most prestigious law journals.
Mickel answered a few questions about herself, her goals for the journal and what this milestone achievement means to her.
January 15, 2021 By Jim Myers
Washington, D.C. Even as the House was moving to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the incoming Senate majority leader, laid out a “bold” agenda that includes infrastructure investment.
Schumer told his fellow Democrats in a letter their work will not be delayed by the impeachment drama.
Schumer’s call for action on infrastructure tracks with President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign agenda that included transforming the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure.
Ports and inland waterways were specifically included in that vision along with roads, bridges, aviation and rail, the transportation closely identified with “Amtrak Joe.”