by Skye | Jan 2, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Guest Author, Policing and Law Enforcement
Professor Jennifer Reynolds is an associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, visiting this year at Harvard Law School. This spring, she is teaching “Advanced Negotiation: Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Criminal Context.” This course is new...
by Skye | Oct 30, 2017 | Amicus, Immigration, National Security, Privacy and Technology
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted Massachusetts a one-year extension for coming into compliance with the REAL ID Act, a law that requires state-issued identification cards to meet certain standards in order to be recognized by the...
by Skye | Oct 21, 2017 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Enforcement
On the night of February 3, 2015, Kevin McKnight was driving around in his pickup truck when the police stopped him.[1] Ostensibly, they pulled him over for turning without using his turn signal, but the real reason was more complicated.[2] The officer who pulled...
by Skye | Apr 10, 2017 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Executive Branch, Legislation, Privacy and Technology
After more than 1,100 law professors sent an open letter opposing the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, many received something wholly unexpected in return: open records requests for their university-account emails containing the words...
by Skye | Mar 29, 2017 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth
Ahmad Bright was sixteen years old when he was involved in the shooting death of 19-year-old Corey Davis in 2006.[1] In one sense, Ahmad was the last person you would expect to be caught up in a murder: he was a hardworking and ambitious full-scholarship student at...
