Navigation Following the announcement of Megan Carpenter stepping down as dean, students and a former faculty member have come forward with multiple complaints about the hybrid J.D. program, which Carpenter was instrumental in launching in 2019. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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US Senate Confirms 4 Trump Appointees to North Carolina Federal Courts
“It’s good to have the vacancies filled,” University of Richmond Law School professor Carl Tobias said after the U.S. Senate confirmed all four of President Donald Trump’s judicial picks to serve on North Carolina federal trial courts. Click Here To Read The Full Article
‘Titles Matter’: New York Government’s Big Law Attorney Argues for Ouster of Acting U.S. Attorney in Albany
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield is mulling whether to join other federal judges who have struck U.S. Attorneys selected by President Donald Trump’s administration. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Feuding Attorneys Ordered to Co-Lead Refugee Suit Against BNP Paribas
Despite “grave and disturbing allegations that Kathryn “Lee Boyd and Michael Hausfeld have made against each other, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York decided on Thursday that the pair must continue co-leading a suit seeking to hold BNP Paribas liable for the human rights abuses that forced 23,000 people […]
Misconduct Complaint Dismissed for Judge Who Dropped Retirement Plans After Trump Win
“The timing of a judge’s decision to assume senior status—or to reconsider that decision—is no analogue to the types of activities determined by the Committee [on the Codes of Conduct] to trigger Canon 5’s prohibition on political activity,” the dismissal order stated. Click Here To Read The Full Article