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Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
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Madison Dabalos, 18, left, and Ixchel Cisneros, 18, wearing face masks walk back to their dorms takeout breakfast from Gastronome at Cal State Fullerton on Aug. 21, 2020.
January 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education released $21.2 billion Thursday as part of the coronavirus relief legislation Congress and President Trump approved in December to help colleges and universities nationally. Of that amount, more than $2.83 billion will go to public and private California colleges and universities.
Is America Becoming a Techno-Corporate State, Verging on Martial Law?
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A violent mob descended on the Capitol last week, and US technology corporations are wielding unchecked power in its aftermath. /
John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute and author of Battlefield America: The War on the American People, joins us to discuss the current perilous situation in the US. In his latest article, Whitehead argues that America has been reduced to a violent mob. A nation on the brink of martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. And a Constitution in tatters.
BOULDER Lathrop GPM LLP, a law firm with an office in Boulder, has elected a new partner in the Boulder office.
Douglas W. Link, who practices intellectual property law, has joined the firm’s partners and was among four attorneys to be named partners across the organization’s national footprint.
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UN Experts: Trump Violated International Law in Pardoning Blackwater Mercenaries
The choice to pardon the military contractors convicted of murder and manslaughter may violate the Geneva Conventions.
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The pardoning of four Blackwater mercenaries by President Donald Trump earlier this month was an action that violated international law, a group of experts at the United Nations (UN) said on Wednesday.
Trump pardoned the four contractors Nicholas Slatten, who was convicted of first-degree murder, as well as Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, all three who were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter as part of more than a dozen pardons and commutations last week.
Jurisdictions with COVID-19-related diploma privilege are going back to bar exam admissions
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As of Dec. 3, the five jurisdictions with emergency diploma privilege precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic had announced plans for a remote bar exam in February 2021.
Louisiana scheduled a remote open-book bar in February, according to a Nov. 25 state supreme court order. The other four jurisdictions Washington, D.C.; Utah; Oregon; and Washington have announced remote Uniform Bar Exams, which are offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
None of the jurisdictions has yet released plans for July 2021 admissions, but law school deans in those regions are telling third-year students to plan for a bar exam, which could be in-person or online. Also, state supreme courts in some jurisdictions have appointed task forces to study the issue.