In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law has received $311,000 in pledged contributions from alumni to establish four endowment funds.

Is it fair for car insurance companies to consider gender or age when setting premiums?

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is conducting more raids and arrests nationwide, UNLV is warning the community about scammers posing as ice agents. The UNLV immigration clinic says the scam involves someone claiming to be an ice agent asking for money, bank accounts, or other personal information.

The UNLV Immigration Clinic is warning of reports of people impersonating immigration officers and trying to obtain bank account or other personal information.
Amid rumors of immigration raids and arrests, human rights advocates say some in Tucson’s immigrant community are feeling “terrorized” and scared to go outside, to some extent based on a flurry of unconfirmed reports from a panicked public.

Immigration enforcement is common in Southern Nevada but the recent activities by federal agents nationwide are heightening awareness. Organizations that help migrant clients in Las Vegas continue to monitor activities in states surrounding Nevada including California and Arizona.

In the first week of his second term, President Donald Trump rescinded a 2011 policy prohibiting immigration enforcement in ‘sensitive’ places such as schools, churches, and hospitals; expanded authority for ‘expedited removal’, allowing the immediate deportation of those unable to prove they’ve been in the U.S. for two years; and issued a directive to the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute local officials who fail to assist with mass deportations.

An image of a Border Patrol agent filling their vehicle with gas in one of Nevada’s largest Hispanic-populated neighborhoods swept through local Latino Facebook groups last week, bringing with it worry about President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations.

After nine months of planning, the Nevada statewide hate crime reporting hotline is officially up and running.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who also plans to run for governor, is suing President Donald Trump in federal court, claiming he is violating the U.S. Constitution.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is joining 21 other state attorneys general in suing to block an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship in the United States.

More than 39,000 Nevadans will see increases to their Social Security payments thanks to a law former President Joe Biden signed this month.