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Sunday, September 8, 2019

CFP: New England Political Science Association to meet in Mystic, Conn., April 2020

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The New England Political Science Association has released its CFP for the annual meeting in April 2020, which will take place in Mystic, C...
Friday, September 6, 2019

Dive boat company petitions to limit liability under maritime protection law

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The diving boat MV Conception burns off the coast of Santa Cruz island, California. Photo released by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Of...
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Colorful CUNY comics teach environmental law, policy, and social justice for all ages

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Comic books are not new to legal education, but the Center for Urban Environmental Reform (CUER) at the City University of New York La...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Not sure how to keep guns away from the mentally unfit? This cop has a stake and a plan.
Plus: Sandy Hook Update

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Rob Devine, former deputy police chief of Stoughton, Massachusetts, and a concerned parent. Father of two, 19-year police veteran, UM...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Lewinsky calls for online civility, will speak twice in South Coast Massachusetts this academic year

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Goodman as Linda Tripp, Molly Shannon as Lewinsky, in 1998 ( SNL ). President Clinton's escapades were good business for SNL , which...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

UMass Dartmouth appoints 6 to 'Chancellor Professor,' first awarded high academic rank since 2003

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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has appointed six faculty to the rank of " Chancellor Professor ," effective today.  I...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did.
Or, Marlan on Psychedelics and Decriminalization

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Mary Jane's in Eugene, Oregon, 2017, since closed.  ( Rick Obst CC BY 2.0 .) My colleague Dustin Marlan has published Beyond Canna...

Massachusetts Bar honors UMass Law's Francomano, advocate for labor, public education

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Francomano center. MassBar eJournal photo . Attorney Patrick Francomano is a first-class person and excellent teacher , one of the asse...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Minhaj: With tort impunity, cruise lines externalize risk, costs to workers, passengers, environment

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One of my favorite comedians—saw him perform Homecoming King at intimate Cherry Lane in NYC in 2016— Hasan Minhaj (self-described "s...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Beijing internet court rules against ISP Baidu on posthumous defamation claim under PRC Tort Law

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In a Chinese defamation case, the Beijing Internet Court has ruled in favor of the plaintiff and contrary to American tort norms regarding ...