by Jennifer Dickquist, Staff Writer As of March 21, 2013, David Ranta became a free man after spending 23 years in a correctional facility in New York State. Mr. Ranta was placed in jail in 1990 after he was found guilty of killing a Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn, New York. […]
by Emily Shaffer, Staff Writer Among six student participants spread out across six months this academic year, I was lucky enough to have participated in the Pittsburgh Matrimonial Inns of Court in January. The Pittsburgh Matrimonial Inns of Court is a local group of attorneys and judges practicing family law […]
by Terry Falk, Associate Web Editor This year’s U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings moved Duquesne Law and seven other schools from the unranked second tier to the top tier. According to the National Law Journal, the dramatic shake-up in the rankings came from “a revised methodology.” The […]
by Adam Petrun, 3L Contributor Law students: do you remember the United States Supreme Court cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)? If you were (awake) in a constitutional law class, you probably recognize that these cases form the foundation for existing affirmative action precedent. But do […]
by Lauren Gailey, Staff Writer On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza horrified a nation when he fatally shot his mother at their home in Newtown, Connecticut before driving to nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he fired between 50 and 100 rounds of ammunition from a rifle and two […]
by Michael McGraw, Associate Print Editor While the crippling collapse of the housing market that resulted in devastating effects on the national and global economy began in 2007, 2013 and the next several years have the potential for landmark litigation results emanating from the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) suit […]
by Zack Bombatch, Staff Writer In October 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Butler v. Powers Estate, a case that may impact mineral rights in Pennsylvania and has the potential to create a significant disturbance in the already chaotic energy industry. In […]
by Matt Andersen, 1L Contributor On January 17, 2013, some of New York’s highest-ranking legal officials met at NYU Law School to discuss the unthinkable. Leaders of the New York bar, judges, and law school faculty members were discussing a rule change, which would allow law students to sit for […]
by Judy Hale Reed, Staff Writer American women attained a new level of citizenship in January 2013, a long 93 years after gaining the right to vote. To learn more about this change, I spoke with two female career military officers. They insisted that their names not be published for […]
