Justice served: Reflections on the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity

In 1968, Robert Summers was asked to serve as a co-consultant in the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity. Since then more than 8,000 students have participated in the program. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Cornell's Legal Information Institute -- a place where even the IRS can get help

The IRS requests -- and gets -- Cornell's Legal Information Institute's Title 26 for the agency's top-drawer Tax Products CD/DVD package, which includes tax publications and forms, research tools and answers to FAQs. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Law professor proposes term limits for Supreme Court justices

It's a constitutional given that the nine justices of the nation's highest court are appointed for life. But Cornell law professor Roger Cramton is asking: Should they be?

'A Tribute to Leo Frank,' Cornell alum kidnapped from jail and lynched by a Georgia mob in 1915, to be held Oct. 28

Cornell will honor the memory of alumnus Leo Frank, Class of 1906, with an art opening, a talk and a movie on Oct. 25, Oct. 28, and Nov. 1. All events are free and open to the public.

Betsy Fuller, Cornell law clinician and tenacious lawyer who helped change state prison practices, died April 21

Sarah Betsy Fuller passed away on April 21 at Cayuga Medical Center following a long battle with breast cancer. Fuller was the lead attorney in a federal case that established the right of Native Americans to practice their religion freely in New York state prisons.

At Law School, Bulgarian ambassador to U.S. says checks and balances make democracy work

How do former dictatorial regimes become democracies? They begin by reshaping the laws that govern society, said Elena Poptodorova to a roomful of law students in G85 Myron Taylor Hall, Feb. 11.

Harvard's Lucie E. White will deliver Law School's Stevens Lecture, April 11

Anti-poverty law specialist Lucie E. White, the Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will deliver Cornell Law School's Robert S. Stevens Lecture, April 11.

Abstinence-only sex education is unconstitutional, suggest two legal experts

Is abstinence-only sex education unconstitutional? Yes, say a Cornell Law School professor and a Washington, D.C., attorney, because it has the purpose and effect of endorsing a religious agenda.

High-tech amphitheater to be dedicated at Cornell Law School Nov.13

A significant gift from a Cornell Law School alumnus has helped transform an ordinary classroom in Myron Taylor Hall into a fully wired and equipped high-tech facility. The Harriet Stein Mancuso '73 Amphitheater.

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