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The William S. Boyd School of Law prepares students for the competent and ethical practice of law, offering three- and four-year programs for the Juris Doctor degree.
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Confronted in our desert backyard by the inescapable effects of a deteriorating environment, these UNLV researchers, professors, and activists are fighting to mitigate the effects of climate change on scientific, legal, and sociological fronts.

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
Legal writing program once again ranks No. 1 in the country by helping students craft concise documents.

UNLV Boyd Law School has 13 top 100 programs, including No. 1 ranking for legal writing.

Boyd Law students help raise standards of rural indigent defense through their work with the new Department of Indigent Defense Services.
Law In The News

It was called “The Wave.” The words come rapid-fire, the camera panning over darkened pictures of a border checkpoint and Hispanic men holding guns under a freeway overpass.

It was called “The Wave.” The words come rapid-fire, the camera panning over darkened pictures of a border checkpoint and Hispanic men holding guns under a freeway overpass.

Tips play a big role in compensating many of Las Vegas' hospitality workers — from cocktail servers to bellhops to valet parkers — and how tips are taxed is at the center of an ongoing outcry from the Culinary Union.

At least $27.5 billion worth of transactions mostly on or near the Strip have closed since 2007 without publicly reporting tax payments routinely levied on home purchases.
The rapid evolution and invention of new technology has changed how the world functions and is connected.
The rapid evolution and invention of new technology has changed how the world functions and is connected.
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