How’s this for a nightmare? You’re getting a post-secondary education at a public college or grad school, doing well enough in your studies, in which you have invested years of your time and from which you have accumulated tens of thousands of dollars or more in student debt. Then one day, out of the blue, […]
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Article: Camden Uses New Tactics, Surveillance in Bid to Reduce Crime
Camden, New Jersey, an aging industrial city of about 78,000 across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, has seen better days. Its population has more or less steadily shrunk since the 1950’s, its manufacturing base has greatly eroded, and its crime rate has consistently been in the top ten among the nation’s cities. According to the […]
Article: An Entirely New Way to Get in Trouble with Your College
As often happens among young collegians, 19-year-old Jack Worth, a sophomore at Emerson College in Boston, found himself short of ready cash this January. Then inspiration struck, and Worth turned to the residence-sharing website Airbnb.com, where he posted an invitation for visitors to the city to take advantage of a “private, single-bedroom” at a central […]
Article: Suspects’ Technology Use Can Bring Law Enforcement Attention
Some law enforcement officials are actively exploring new ways to use technology — ranging from advanced surveillance methods to tracking social media to monitor criminal suspects — but in other cases it turns out to be the criminals’ own use of technology that winds up blowing the whistle on them. Here are two recent instances […]
Article: DOJ Stops Sharing Federal Asset Seizures with State, Local Police
Shortly before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was suspending a program which allows state and local law enforcement agencies to claim part of the assets seized in federal law enforcement cases. Known as DOJ’s “equitable sharing” program, the somewhat controversial practice lets state and local law enforcers stake a claim under […]
Article: Making Campus Disciplinary Hearings Fairer and Less Arbitrary
Previous articles 1 & 2 have spelled out why college or graduate schools often do a seriously bad job handling investigations, hearings and decisions on disciplinary charges against students. They’ve detailed how students are often denied due process in many campus disciplinary hearings that, for example, forbid students from having legal representation during hearings, fail to […]
Article: Disciplinary Hearings: Many Colleges and Universities Do Them Very Poorly
The failure of schools to fairly handle student disciplinary proceedings is no longer a well-hidden secret, as recent court decisions are spelling out in some detail. Take, for instance, the decision handed down in July this year by a state court in California in the case of Doe v. Regents of the University of California, […]
Article: A Real Nightmare That May Surprise College and Grad School Students
How’s this for a nightmare? You’re getting a post-secondary education at a public college or grad school, doing well enough in your studies, in which you have invested years of your time and from which you have accumulated tens of thousands of dollars or more in student debt. Then one day, out of the blue, […]
Article: Dethroning Draft Kings and Fan Duel
This week, we have a guest blog post on sports betting law by law student Gabriel Arevalo. His article follows. In the last few years, fantasy sports have become an American pastime. For each professional sport in this country, millions of Americans gather in living rooms and sports bars to set line ups and draft players […]
Article: Will Legal Marijuana Score Major Victories in 2016?
Despite gains, in New York and elsewhere, on medical marijuana, in 2015 no state was added to the slim roster of those (Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington), plus the District of Columbia, that permit recreational marijuana use — despite confident predictions about this time a year ago. A ballot initiative in Ohio last fall failed […]