Press Release from Duquesne Law: March 11th, 2014 Duquesne University’s School of Law leaped 23 spots in the U.S. News & World Report‘s 2015 Best Graduate School Rankings. Last year, Duquesne placed among top-tier law schools for the first time in a decade. This year, Duquesne jumped up to the […]
by: Michael McGraw, Associate Editor From the locker room to the courtroom, playing on lawns to practicing law, and studying playbooks to reading casebooks, many accomplished athletes have transitioned into the study and practice of law. World Series-winning baseball manager Tony LaRussa and the man responsible for signing Jackie Robinson […]
by: Brittany Kreibel, Staff Writer According to a recent National Employment Law Project (NELP) report, one in four adults, nearly 65 million Americans, have a criminal record that could be uncovered with a basic background check. “Ban the Box,” has been a growing trend in recent news as a number […]
by: Judy Hale Reed, Staff Writer For me, I was lost until I happened to be educated about domestic violence. Then finally, I was able to understand why I felt the way I did for so long; feelings of having no control and being hopeless was something I couldn’t shake. Now […]
by: Meghan Collins, Graphic Designer In honor of the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, this is a look in the legal protection provided to designers and their artwork.[1] Surprise! There is hardly any protection at all. How could that be? How could an industry composed of talented visionaries have little […]
by: Jamie Inferrera, Staff Writer In recent years, political corruption scandals have been filling the pages of Pennsylvania’s newspapers within all three branches of Pennsylvania’s government. The media spotlight seems to have shined brightly on the judiciary, which saw the resignation of a state Supreme Court Justice last year for […]
by: Thomas Cocchi, Staff Writer One becomes accustomed to hearing about issues of Constitutional law as being solved in the Supreme Court, one of many Greco-Roman inspired buildings eight hours away in Washington D.C., But who would have thought that Pittsburgh would see its own battle over Constitutional rights right […]
by: Eric Donato, Executive Editor On Thursday, February 6 the Duquesne University School of Law hosted a three-person panel discussion of the controversial George Zimmerman murder trial involving Trayvon Martin. The event drew overflow crowds from Duquesne’s student body and the community. The wide-ranging discussion covered topics including police procedure, […]
by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced that she is reconsidering her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable.” Masto, a Democrat, felt […]
by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced in a statement that her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable,” despite the fact that […]
