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UNLV Boyd School of Law launches gun-safety lecture series designed to inspire action.
The Boyd Law School's Juvenile Dependency Mediation program aims to keep kids and families out of the courtroom.
A collection of recent news stories highlighting the people and programs of UNLV.
Awards recognize those on campus who demonstrate a commitment to community partnership
Sending our seniors off in style. Plus: New rankings for graduate programs and the debate team gets ready to go to nationals.
In her new book, an expert in the nation’s top legal writing program explores how cognitive science and rhetorical theory work together to convince us of what to believe.
UNLV Law ranks 59th overall, its highest-ever spot; legal writing jumps to first, dispute resolution in top 10 among specialty programs.
This law library fellow enjoys the challenge of helping students ferret out reliable information.
A U.S. Supreme Court a decision that would grant New Jersey the right to offer sports wagering would be a net positive for Nevada—as well as Boyd’s Gaming Law program.
The 2018 lecture focuses on gender and negotiations, upending some false theories and outlining effective strategies for men and women.
Dr. David Orentlicher is examining the intersection between medicine and policy.
This '96 alumnus knows there’s no such thing as a rough draft in life.
A collection of news stories from 2017 highlighting UNLV's impact in Southern Nevada and beyond.
Attorney Ed Bernstein was inspired to support UNLV law program to help immigrants.
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Law In The News
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is dead wrong on deporting criminal aliens and that's bad news for President Trump's immigration agenda, explained LevinTV host Mark Levin on his national radio show Wednesday evening. The majority opinion in that case was one of the last written by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016 and whose seat Gorsuch filled. http:///2018/04/supreme-court-strikes-down-key-deportation-provision/

The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a provision of federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some "crimes of violence," holding that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

Nevada and California are “brothers and sisters in more ways than other states can say,” and the Route 91 festival shooting cemented that notion further, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday during a gun policy discussion at UNLV.
Senate candidate Todd Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana’s secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system until he angrily complained, three former GOP officials told The Associated Press.

The Clark County School District is appealing an arbitration ruling giving teachers a pay raise, a move that the teachers union is vowing to fight.
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